Lang
3/4/23
A judge has sentenced a former University of Iowa student convicted of killing his parents and sister to three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole.
Judge Lars Anderson sentenced 22-year-old Alexander Ken Jackson on Friday after his conviction in January of three counts of first-degree murder in the June 15, 2021, deaths of his father Jan Jackson, mother Melissa Jackson and sister Sabrina Jackson. Officers found them dead from multiple gunshots after Alexander Jackson called 911 and claimed there was an intruder at their Cedar Rapids home who had shot him and his father.
Prosecutors claimed Jackson shot his family after his father told him to get a job or move out of the house. The former UI business student told investigators that he did well his freshman year, but only passed one class out of the 15 credit hours in which he was enrolled during his sophomore year.