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City · Mississippi, United States

True crime cases in Jackson

3case filesUpdated Jul 10, 2026

Casepin holds 3 case files in Jackson. By legal status, 1 marked unsolved and 2 marked solved.

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3
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2
Span
1970–2021
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1
Creators
9
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  • Credit: Instagram/@gabspetito, widely distributed in press coverageEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListen

    Bridger–Teton National Forest, Wyoming · 2021

    Killing of Gabby Petito

    Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old travel vlogger, was killed by strangulation and blunt-force trauma in August 2021 while on a cross-country van trip with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie. Laundrie returned to Florida alone, was named a person of interest, and later died by suicide, leaving a note admitting he had killed her.

    28 to watch & hear
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    Metro Inn parking lot, Jackson, Mississippi · 2011

    Murder of James Craig Anderson

    James Craig Anderson, a 47-year-old Black man, was beaten and then fatally run over by 18-year-old Deryl Dedmon in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 26, 2011, in what was prosecuted as a racially motivated hate crime. The attack, part of a wider FBI-investigated conspiracy involving ten defendants, led to state and federal convictions.

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    Jackson State College (now Jackson State University), Jackson, Mississippi · 1970

    Jackson State killings

    On May 15, 1970, police opened fire on a crowd of students outside a dormitory at Jackson State College in Jackson, Mississippi, killing two young men and wounding twelve others; no one was ever indicted.

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Case files in Jackson

The files run from 1970 to 2021. The 1970s hold the most, with 1 file. The oldest is Jackson State killings, from 1970.

By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (3), domestic violence cases (1) and robbery and burglary cases (1).

1 file of the 3 has coverage attached: 28 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 9 creators. The most covered is Killing of Gabby Petito, with 28 items to watch or hear. Annie Elise, Rotten Mango and 48 Hours have covered the most of them.

Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.

Every file

Every case file in Jackson

3 files

  • Gabby Petito — Credit: Instagram/@gabspetito, widely distributed in press coverageEditorial useSource
    SOLVED AudioKilling of Gabby PetitoBridger–Teton National Forest, Wyoming · 2021 · 28 to watch & hear
  • SOLVED AudioMurder of James Craig AndersonMetro Inn parking lot, Jackson, Mississippi · 2011
  • UNSOLVED AudioJackson State killingsJackson State College (now Jackson State University), Jackson, Mississippi · 1970

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How many case files in Jackson are on Casepin?

3. By status: 1 unsolved and 2 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.

What is the oldest of these files?

Jackson State killings, from 1970. Open the file

Which case in Jackson has the most coverage?

Killing of Gabby Petito, with 28 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file

Which creators have covered case files in Jackson?

Annie Elise (1 case), Rotten Mango (1 case) and 48 Hours (1 case), among 9 creators in all.

How current is this page?

It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 10, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.

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