'Became enraged': Wife saw that ex-husband was 'building a new life for himself and his daughter' so she had him killed

An Oregon pistillate is headed to situation for decades for the execution of her ex-husband because she was jealous that helium was starting a life with different woman.

Reina Gabriela Jackson, 45, was sentenced to beingness successful situation with the anticipation of parole aft 25 years for the shooting death of Dr. Craig Jackson astatine his location successful Coos County, the Oregon Department of Justice said. A assemblage convicted Jackson of second-degree murder aft a three-week proceedings past month.

Prosecutors accidental Reina Jackson and 2 men barged into her ex-husband's location successful North Bend connected Aug. 2, 2021. Deputies with the Coos County Sheriff's Office aboriginal recovered him dormant with gunshot wounds to the caput and rectum. Craig Jackson's caller woman told deputies they were sleeping erstwhile she heard intruders wrong the home.

The caller woman said her hubby awoke and began warring with 2 of the suspects. She hid nether the furniture and past heard a gunshot. When she felt it was harmless to travel retired from nether the bed, she recovered her hubby connected the crushed successful a hallway extracurricular the bedroom. She called the constabulary but had occupation communicating due to the fact that of a connection barrier. She contacted a person who was capable to relay accusation to the police.

Paramedics recovered Craig Jackson and pronounced him dormant astatine the scene.

Cops aboriginal reviewed surveillance footage that showed 3 masked radical — 2 men and 1 pistillate — successful the vicinity of the home. Investigators went to the location of the victim's ex-wife, Reina Jackson. When they arrived, they noticed a occurrence successful the fireplace that made the location truthful blistery that each the windows were open, which made responding officers uncomfortable inside.

The suspect showed "little emotion" aft proceeding of her ex-husband's demise, prosecutors said. If the occurrence was meant to pain cardinal pieces of evidence, she failed to dispose of 1 important item. In her vehicle, cops recovered a representation outlining her ex-husband's location adjacent though she denied ever being inside. They besides discovered a $40,000 cheque from her husband. Friends told authorities helium ne'er would person fixed her that benignant of money, and cops believed she forged his signature.

Reina Jackson met her hubby successful her autochthonal Guatemala portion helium was attending aesculapian school. They joined successful 2008 and had a girl successful 2013. They moved to Oregon successful 2014, but the matrimony fell isolated and she filed for divorcement successful 2016. A justice awarded afloat custody of the miss to the victim.

Reina Jackson allegedly broke a model astatine her ex-husband's location successful 2018 aft she saw helium was with a woman friend. She besides assaulted him.

Craig Jackson joined a pistillate helium met successful China successful 2020, and the spousal enactment helium was paying his ex-wife ended successful 2021. The suspect fled the state with her girl and traveled to Guatemala soon aft the murder, but was arrested upon her instrumentality to the U.S. successful 2023. She's been successful jailhouse ever since and her girl has remained successful Guatemala.

While down bars, she made incriminating statements, telling a chap inmate her lawyer showed her a video depicting "me and the 2 men that killed my husband." She besides wrote letters to her daughter, trying to person the miss to archer authorities that her begetter gave her the $40,000 cheque meant for her mother.

Craig Jackson served successful the Navy earlier becoming a doctor. He worked astatine a section wellness clinic.

"Dr. Craig Jackson served his country, built a vocation dedicated to caring for people, and was gathering a caller beingness for himself and his daughter," Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said successful a statement. "What happened to him was brutal and calculated. His household deserved justice, and the condemnation reflects the gravity of what was done."

Authorities person ne'er identified the 2 different suspects.