The family of a young Birmingham woman who was brutally assaulted and murdered by several people is asking for people to stop spreading videos of the gruesome attack online.
Police announced on Thursday that seven people had been arrested in connection with charges of kidnapping, sexual assault and murder of 20-year-old Mahogany Jackson.
Jackson went missing on Sunday, Feb. 25, after sending her family members text messages that she was being held hostage at an apartment complex.
Birmingham police and her family rushed to Serenity Apartments that morning, but she was nowhere to be found. Police questioned a woman in one unit who Jackson knew. She told authorities Jackson left the apartment earlier but didn’t know where she went. That woman was among the seven people charged with murder.
Then, early Monday morning, someone found Jackson’s body in an illegal dumping site under a mattress. Authorities discovered she had been shot at least one time. Earlier reports show she was found on the roadside.
Now, four men and three women are in police custody, facing charges for her death.
Brandon Pope, 24, Francis Harris, 25, and Jeremiah McDowell, 18, were charged with capital murder during a first-degree kidnapping and capital murder during first-degree sodomy.
Giovannie Clapp, 23, and Blair Green, 25, face felony murder charges as well as first-degree kidnapping and first-degree sodomy.
Teja Lewis, 26, is charged with felony capital murder during first-degree kidnapping. Lewis was the woman police questioned at the apartment complex who claimed she didn’t know Jackson’s whereabouts. She and Jackson were involved in a reported dispute over something taken from her apartment. Some fight videos circulated online during the time Jackson went missing.
Si’Nya McCall, 23, is charged with felony murder, first-degree kidnapping, and first-degree sodomy. Airana Robinson, 23, is charged with felony murder and kidnapping.
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