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NEWS RELEASE
February 17, 2011
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Luther Strange
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
Alabama Attorney General
Suzanne Webb (334) 242-7351
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AG STRANGE ANNOUNCES ANOTHER COLD CASE VICTORY
WITH CONVICTION FOR ATTACK ON ANNISTON CHILD IN 1994
(MONTGOMERY)–Attorney General Luther Strange announced another significant cold
case victory, with the conviction today of a man for crimes involved in the home invasion and
violent sexual attack of a seven year-old Anniston girl around 3 a.m. on October 22, 1994.
Kenneth Jackson, 47, of Springville, this morning pleaded guilty to first-degree burglary with
injury and was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment.
Jackson is already serving a term of life imprisonment for crimes involving an eight-year
old girl in Birmingham in 1994, for which he was convicted of first-degree rape, second-degree
kidnapping and first-degree burglary. In addition, Jackson had previously been convicted for
the first-degree rape of a 24-year-old woman in Huntsville in 1995, and for aggravated robbery
and aggravated rape of an 18-year-old woman in Nashville in 1995.
The conviction announced today resulted from a project within the Attorney General’s
Office, in partnership with the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, to investigate violent
sexual crimes that previously had been closed due to lack of investigative leads. This program is
funded by a grant from the U.S Department of Justice. The project also resulted in a conviction
announced last week regarding a home invasion and violent sex crimes committed in Gadsden
in 1996.
The Attorney General’s Office presented information in June of 2010 to a Calhoun
County grand jury, including DNA evidence that identified Jackson as the man who committed
the crimes against the seven-year-old Anniston girl in 1994, which resulted in his indictment.
“I am pleased that this case provides another important example of the Attorney
General’s Office working together with other law enforcement agencies to persevere in
achieving justice for victims,” said Attorney General Strange. He praised the cooperative efforts
of the Attorney General’s Violent Crimes Division, the Attorney General’s Investigations
Division-Cold Case Unit, the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, and the Anniston
Police Department. Assistance was provided also by the police departments of Birmingham,
Huntsville, Decatur and Nashville; and by the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office.
Attorney General Luther Strange commended Assistant Attorney General Will Dill, who
prosecuted Jackson for the 1994 crime. He noted in particular the diligence and foresight of the
Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences and its biological unit under supervisory scientist
Angelo Della Manna.
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