Kent Mann who killed his children's mother in Auburn

A man from Kent, who was accused of killing the mother of his children on Valentine's Day 2024, has guilty because of the first degree murder and could spend between 25 and 31 and a half years in prison.

On April 29, 33-year-old Calvin Leonard Jackson Jr., whose last known speech was in Kent, announced for the murder of Anicia Howard (34) from Kent, the mother of his children, in Auburn. According to documents, the state recommended that Jackson receive a penalty of almost 32 years.

According to the court documents, his conviction with Jackson's perpetrator is from zero between 240 and 320 months and a 60-month improvement, since a firearm was used during the commission of the crime. If the judge follows the state recommendation, Jackson would receive a prison sentence of 380 months or about 31 and a half years in prison. In the state of Washington, a judge's judgment must remain within the condemnation standard area.

“On or around February 14, 2024 in King County, Washington, I am illegal with intentional intentions the death of Anicia Howard, my former girlfriend, with whom I have children, through the shooting together with a pistol,” said Jackson in his guilty request.

Jackson's conviction is on May 23 at 3 p.m. ahead of judge Mark Larrañaga in the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.

Details of the crime

On February 21, 2024, King County Jackson's first -degree public prosecutor accused the first degree and claimed that he killed Howard with deliberate intent.

Jackson hid in Howard's back seat after sneaking into her vehicle before shot her on her back several times through her headquarters, as it could be charged.

After shot howard, he transported Howard and, according to court documents, drove her vehicle to a parking space in the 3700 block of the West Valley Highway North in Auburn. In the parking lot he supposedly pulled her out of the vehicle and shot a round in the face to kill her.

An autopsy carried out in the King County medical examiner found that Howard died of the head and upper body at the consequences of several shot. A large part of the balls hit Howard, including one on the back of the head.

According to an affidavit, the police officers of Auburn Howard discovered the police officers after they had reacted to a report about a woman at around 2:24 p.m. on February 14, 2024 who was mobile without a ball housing.

According to documents, the officials Howard were in bushes and leaves alongside a commercial company complex. They removed a fabric material that covered their face and looked at the right side of their face. According to court documents, Howard was the mother of Jackson's children.

According to documents, Jackson voluntarily arrived in the Auburn police department on request on request and was interviewed. Jackson supposedly confessed to shoot howard, it says in documents.

In an interview with the police, Jackson said that Howard had asked him to take off several times in the past few months, and four days before Howard's death, he learned that she had started a new romantic relationship with a woman. Jackson reported to the police told the police how he switched on her vehicle around midnight after leaving the apartment. At around 3:30 p.m. he returned, hid in her vehicle and waited in the back seat that she started and went to work.

According to documents, Jackson said when Howard entered the car and put her handbag on the back seat, he took her pistol out of her handbag and shot her several times. Documents say that he said that he drove her car to the 3700 block of the West Valley Highway North in Auburn location before dragging her body out of the car.

According to documents, Jackson said howard twitched after pulling her body out of the car, and when he looked at her, he kept getting angry and he shot her for the last time. According to documents, he then took a Lyft home.

After the murder, Jackson returned to his and Howard's children and Howard's mother. According to the affidavit, Jackson and Howard's mother Howard reported the Kent Police Department as missing.

After the documents, Jackson expressed concern to the Kent officer that Howard did not appear for work. However, documents say that Jackson seemed emotionlessly on the day of murder with officers.

Documents state that Jackson's statements were confirmed by the physical evidence that was on site, the video surveillance of the Body Dump and the autopsy findings were confirmed.

Anicia Howard's life

According to her obituary, Howard left two sons behind 10 and 9 years in a funeral program published online by Adams Funeral Services in Savannah, Georgia. A service took place on March 2, 2024 in St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church in Savannah.

She was born on August 10, 1989 at the Georgia Baptist Medical Center. She completed the Bremerton High School and served in the US Marine from June 8, 2009 to June 7, 2013. Before her death, she was employed as a daycare teacher.

“Her love for her young, these two bright beautiful boys who brought them into this world was limitless,” wrote Alyiah Burns in a funeral program. “Anicia Goss her heart into her upbringing and brought them resilience, compassion and importance of the family. She was her rock, her familiar and her guiding star. When you grow, you will carry your legacy to the front and pull strength from the love that she showered them.”