WBBJ TV
June 1, 2021
JACKSON, Tenn. Jackson police have confirmed the boyfriend of a missing Gibson County woman has been charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping in her death.
Police say Shawn Shaw has been charged with first-degree murder, especially aggravated kidnapping, domestic assault and tampering with evidence in the death of 19-year-old Patti Hathcock.
Hathcock was reported missing on Friday, May 28 to the Gibson County Sheriff’s Office after family members said they had not had contact with her since Thursday.
Police say Hathcock’s vehicle was found in a park in Jackson Friday night, and evidence in her vehicle indicated an assault.
One person is dead, another is in a Macon hospital with a gunshot wound, and a third person is being sought after a shooting in the Pepperton neighborhood (Pep) of
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The New Summit School in Jackson, formerly run by Nancy New and her son Zach New. Both were arrested in 2020 on charges they allegedly stole $4 million in Mississippi welfare dollars and in 2021 on charges they defrauded the state’s education department. They have pleaded not guilty and await trial. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Nancy New, owner of New Learning Resources and New Summit School, exits the federal courthouse in Jackson on Mar. 18, 2021. New was released on bond after pleading not guilty to sixteen counts. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Nancy New and her son Zach, owners of several for-profit and nonprofit organizations, were well on their way to building an education empire in Mississippi.