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Joi Brown’s Murder Trial Reopens | Virginia Beach News
Joi Brown’s death was ruled not a suicide, and her partner Calvin Jackson faces a second murder trial after a hung jury. Prosecutors allege he shot her after she demanded to end their 19-year relationship. Friends testified to seeing bruises, scratches, and bloodstained clothes on her — all pointing to Jackson’s involvement. Autopsy confirmed high alcohol but no drugs. Ballistics matched shell casings to a gun found near her body, plus a bullet lodged in the ceiling. Jackson himself suffered a head wound and was cleaned before testing for gunshot residue — yet a skull fragment found at the…
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