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Pensacola heroin dealer indicted for murder

   July 27, 2016

State Attorney Bill Eddins announced today that an Escambia County Grand Jury indicted Marcus Dewayne Jackson for First Degree Murder in the death of Jim Cady.

Marcus Dewayne Jackson was initially arrested and charged with Murder on July 12 and the matter was presented to the Grand Jury for their consideration today.

On November 20, 2015 Pensacola Police Department found Jim Cady deceased in a halfway house on Barcelona Street in Pensacola. An investigation determined that Marcus Jackson sold a quantity of Heroin to Jim Cady on November 19, 2015. A medical examiner’s report determined that Heroin was the cause of death of Jim Cady.

Under Florida law Section 782.04(1)(a)(3), a person who distributes a controlled substance to a person which results in their death has committed First Degree Murder.

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