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Friday, July 8, 2011

DEATH SOUGHT FOR SEATH TYLER JACKSON'S KILLER

THE DEATH penalty is being sought for one of the group of thugs accused of luring Seath Tyler Jackson to an abandoned house and battering him to death.
Prosecutor's claim Michael Bargo masterminded the twisted plot, which saw the youngster's ex-girlfriend text message him, asking to meet at the scene.   
Then, along with pals  Justin Soto, 20; Charlie Kay Ely, 18; Amber E. Wright, 15; Kyle Hooper, 16, Bargo beat him with an axe handle and shot him twice, in what must have been an excruciatingly painful death.  
The vicious gang stuffed his body in a sleeping bag and burned it in a fire pit before dumping his remains in paint cans.  
At the time of his April murder Marion County sheriff's detectives said the way the defendants carried out the crime was "unlike anything they had ever seen."
Friends said Jackson had recently had a run in with Bargo, 18, who was dating his ex-girlfriend and now prosecutor's will seek the death penalty if he is convicted because they believe he was the driving force behind the attack.  
Chief Assistant State Attorney Ric Ridgway told the Ocala Star Banner: "The fact (the decision) took us this long means it is not something we just jump to.
"Every case is different, every defendant is different. Sometimes the mitigators and aggravators are obvious, other times they take a little longer to develop."
The newspaper reports that Hooper and Wright were indicted as adults while James Havens III, 37, has pleaded not guilty to being an accessory after the fact to first-degree murder.

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