KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Donald Jackson Jr. — who is accused of shooting his sons to death before fleeing the state with his daughters, triggering a multi-state Amber Alert — appeared Friday in Leavenworth County District Court.
Jackson was arraigned “with his death penalty panel attorneys,” Leavenworth County District Attorney Todd Thompson said in a release.
Jackson’s arraignment was continued until June 7 at the request of his attorneys.
He is charged with capital murder and faces life in prison or possibly the death penalty for allegedly killing his sons — Austin, 12, and Logan, 14 — nearly two-and-a-half years ago.
When Jackson and his children didn’t show up for a soccer game on Oct. 24, 2020, family members who went to check on their whereabouts discovered the boys had been shot to death and the girls — Jackson’s 3- and 7-year-old daughters — were missing.
Several hours later, Jackson was stopped in Oklahoma, where he was arrested and the girls were recovered safely to be reunited with family.
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