Capital Murder Charge Dropped for Tyler Man
Posted/updated on: December 20, 2018 at 9:39 am
SMITH COUNTY — The Smith County District Attorney has dropped the capital murder charge against the father who was arrested along with his son for the beating death of a Tyler woman. According to our news partner KETK, back in July, Bullard police arrested Charles Edward Lennon III, 29, and Charles Edward Lennon, Jr., 56, for the death of Rachel Lynn Jackson, 31. According to J. Brett Harrison, the attorney for Charles Edward Lennon, Jr, the D.A. declined the capital murder charge prior to Tuesday’s motion hearing. On Tuesday, Lennon Jr. was released on a bond after a judge set conditions of release during a motion hearing.
Online court records indicate that Lennon Jr. still has pending charges of tampering with physical evidence with the intent to impair human corpse. His jury trial is scheduled for late January.
As for his son, Lennon III, he remains locked up facing charges of capital murder.
