TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) — The final defendant in a 2021 triple homicide received his prison sentence on Tuesday.
Jaylen Wells, 22, pleaded guilty to three separate manslaughter charges for his role in the killings of Norahs Coleman, Jessica Pannell and Robben Wilson, District Attorney Jason Herring announced.
The killings happened on July 24, 2021, at a social gathering on Maynard Drive in Tupelo. Authorities later captured Wells in Albany, New York.
He received a 31-year prison sentence.
The other three defendants — Taquon Garth, Javion Clifton and Shamar Carroll — previously pleaded guilty.
Garth received a 60-year prison sentence in May for three separate manslaughter charges. Clifton received a 20-year prison sentence in 2023 for three separate manslaughter charges. Carroll received a 15-years sentence for accessory after the fact to capital murder in 2023.