BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) \u2014 After nearly 30 years, human remains found in Alabama have been identified as those of James Carol Jackson, a man from Groveton, Texas, whose death has been ruled a homicide.<\/p>\n
The Baldwin County Sheriff\u2019s Office in Alabama said Jackson was identified using forensic genealogy in April 2026. The Trinity County Sheriff\u2019s Office in Texas confirmed that Jackson was from Groveton.<\/p>\n
Officials said in January 1994, a person was walking in the wooded area off of State Highway 225 when they spotted skeletal remains. Found with those remains were a trucker hat, a western shirt, an inhaler, a digital watch, prescription glasses, a mechanical pencil and pen set, as well as a torch tip.<\/p>\n
Officials believe the homicide happened in 1988 or 1989, after he arrived in the area around 1987, when he was 50 years old.<\/p>\n
Jackson drove a 1978 to 1981 Chevrolet Camaro that the sheriff\u2019s office has not been able to locate.<\/p>\n
He was a welder, and in 1987, he told his family he was going to Alabama for work.<\/p>\n
At the time, I-65 was being expanded, and officials believe he may have come to the area to help work on the project.<\/p>\n
Officials also said he stopped communicating with his family about 12 months after leaving Texas.<\/p>\n
It is believed that he may have been living off Highway 225 and may have frequented the Tensaw Lodge.<\/p>\n
Family described him as a non-violent, easy-going guy.<\/p>\n
Anyone who may have any information on the case can submit a tip through the sheriff\u2019s office website or through Crimestoppers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) \u2014 After nearly 30 years, human remains found in Alabama have been identified as those of James Carol Jackson, a man from Groveton, Texas, whose death has been ruled a homicide. The Baldwin County Sheriff\u2019s Office in Alabama said Jackson was identified using forensic genealogy in April 2026. The Trinity County … Continue reading East Texas man confirmed as victim in decades-old Alabama homicide case<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2851],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1500165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-state-news-archive"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 10:59:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1500165"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1500839,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500165\/revisions\/1500839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1500165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1500165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1500165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}