Bail set at $1 million for mother charged in her daughter’s death
Brittney Jackson speaks attorney Kenneth Brashier after a court appearance June 20, 2023. Jackson is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated child abuse under six, abuse of a corpse, tampering with/ fabricating evidence and filing a false offense report. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Brittney Jackson is charged in the death of Sequoia Samuels, her 4-year-old daughter who found dead last year following a city-wide manhunt after she was allegedly reported missing.
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Sequoia Samuels Brittney JacksonAarron Fleming
Aarron Fleming covers Memphis and Shelby County’s court system and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. He formerly covered education and earned his B.A. in journalism from the University of Memphis.
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