Needles, Calif. --December 5, 2024, at 4:57 a.m., deputies from the Needles Sheriff’s Station responded to a residence in the 200 block of Walnut Street for a report of a stabbing. When deputies arrived, they located two victims. A 16-year-old male juvenile, the victim's son, had been stabbed and was transported to the hospital and Bryan Jackson.
Jackson, 48, was located inside the home with multiple stab wounds. Lifesaving measures were attempted; however, Jackson was pronounced deceased at the scene by emergency medical personnel.
The Sheriff’s Specialized Investigations Division – Homicide Detail also responded and assumed the investigation. Detectives identified Jackson’s wife, Carolyn Jackson, 44, as a suspect. Carolyn Jackson was located nearby and taken into custody. She was booked in at the High Desert Detention Center where she remains without bail for 187(A) - Murder.
An autopsy will be conducted on Jackson to determine the cause of death.
Anyone with information regarding this case is urged to contact the Homicide Detail at 909-890-4904. Callers wishing to remain anonymous should contact We-Tip at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463) or go to wetip.com.
Carolyn Jackson prior arrests
647(F) - Intoxicated in Public -- December 4, 2024
The Law
California Penal Code
187. (a) Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being, or a fetus, with malice aforethought.
Murder may be committed without express malice, that is without a specific intent to take human life. To be so committed, however, unless the felony-murder rule is applicable, the defendant must intend to commit acts that are likely to cause death and that show a conscious disregard for human life. Implied malice, as required for implied-malice murder, contemplates a subjective awareness of the risks, which according to some authorities involves a wanton disregard of the high probability of death.
Cases of Note
People v. Mumin, 15 Cal. 5th 176, 312 Cal. Rptr. 3d 255, 534 P.3d 1 (Cal. 2023).
Murder does not require the intent to kill, and instead, implied malice, which is a conscious disregard for life, suffices. Cal. Penal Code §§ 187(a), 188(a)(2). 
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