Mother of 4-year-old found dead was ‘afraid to come forth,’ lawyer says
Brittney Jackson is a victim of domestic assault and suffers from battered women syndrome according to her attorney Kenneth Brashier. She speaks to a Shelby County Sheriff's deputy while awaiting a court appearance June 20, 2023. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
“We have to be with our kids through the good and the bad times and this so happens to be one of the bad times I need to be with my daughter,” Clayton Jackson, Brittney’s father said.
Aarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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