In the quiet town of Corbin, Kentucky, a tragic story unfolded in February 2018, forever altering the lives of a local family. Mary Edith Jackson, a 74-year-old female, was found shot to death in her home on Saturday, February 17, 2018. She was not the sole victim of this violent act. Alongside her lay her pregnant granddaughter, 33-year-old Tiffany Myers, who had also been fatally shot.
The grim discovery was made after Myers' brother escaped the home and alerted the police.
The investigation into the double homicide quickly led authorities to a suspect, 37-year-old Paul Brock. Initially, Brock attempted to mislead the police by claiming that Myers' husband, 45-year-old Aaron Byers, was responsible for the women's deaths. However, this claim was met with skepticism by investigators. The case took another dark turn when Aaron Byers' body was discovered in a shallow grave in a wooded area owned by Brock. It was determined that Byers had also been shot and killed, likely on the same day as his wife and her grandmother.
The motive for the horrific crimes was revealed to be a dispute over pain pills. According to testimony from Tiffany Myers' brother, Justin Collins, he awoke on the morning of the murders to the sound of a man he knew as 'Paul' in another room discussing the purchase of pills from his sister. Collins then heard a gunshot and his sister exclaiming, 'Paul, you shot me,' to which Brock reportedly replied, 'I'm gonna kill you.' Fearing for his life, Collins jumped out of a window and fled to a neighbor's house for help. He later heard more gunshots as he saw a pickup truck driving away.
Paul Brock was arrested and charged with three counts of murder and one count of fetal homicide for the death of Tiffany Myers' unborn child. After a lengthy legal process, a jury convicted Brock in 2022. To avoid a potential death sentence, Brock agreed to a plea deal, resulting in a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. In December 2024, the Kentucky Supreme Court unanimously upheld his conviction, ensuring that the man responsible for the deaths of Mary Jackson, her granddaughter, her granddaughter's husband, and their unborn child would remain behind bars for the rest of his life.
