Todd Ross Whitehead on Friday entered a guilty plea in the May 2017 death of Jacob Hunter Gentry in Kirbyville. Whitehead, who was represented by Jasper attorney Matthew Morian, struck
Jasper County Criminal District Attorney Anne Pickle says that if all goes as planned, she expects to soon take a man to trial who is accused of causing another manâs death.
In May of 2017, 22-year-old Jacob Hunter Gentry died in a Houston hospital about a week after he was involved in a disturbance. Kirbyville Police Chief Paul Brister said it happened in the 100 block of West Trout Street, and ended with Hunter being struck and ran over by a vehicle.
Brister said the argument between the two men was over a woman.
Since that time, the man who is accused of being at the wheel of the vehicle has been indicted by the Jasper County Grand Jury on two charges. Todd Ross Whitehead, 24, of Kirbyville, is charged with Manslaughter, and also Accident Causing Death.