Marcus Cornelius Jackson was a 38-year-old truck driver known for being funny and kind-hearted. A graduate of Phillips High School, his life was tragically cut short just before Christmas in 2022.
In the early morning hours of Friday, December 23, 2022, police in Hueytown, Alabama, responded to a call at approximately 12:45 a.m. about a man who had been shot. At a residence in the 1400 block of Hueytown Road, they found Marcus suffering from a gunshot wound. He was rushed to UAB Hospital for treatment, but he was pronounced dead at 9:25 a.m.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found Chantal Bahadursingh, Jackson's 31-year-old girlfriend. She initially told investigators that she and Jackson had been to a party earlier in the night. However, police determined that her story was inconsistent with the evidence they gathered at the scene.
Believing the shooting was the result of a domestic dispute, authorities arrested Bahadursingh and charged her with murder.
The case concluded in court more than three years later. On February 26, 2026, Chantal Bahadursingh pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter before Jefferson County Circuit Judge David Carpenter. She was sentenced to 15 years in prison, with an order to serve three years behind bars followed by five years of supervised probation. As of February 2026, the case is considered closed.
