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Posted on Wed, Apr. 20, 2005

Norristown man accused of murdering mother over Internet account

By Stephanie L. Arnold

INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

A Norristown woman was stabbed 27 times with six knives this week after an argument with her son over an Internet account, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office said today.

Derek Wayne Jackson, 18, of the 400 block of East Moore Street in Norristown, was charged today with first- and third-degree murder in the slaying of Karen Jackson, 49, after he confessed to police that he planned the crime, then attempted to rid the crime scene of any evidence, according to court records.

According to a police affidavit, Derek Jackson entered his mother's locked room on Monday, used her computer, and attempted to create a new account with America Online. When his mother walked in and found him creating the account, they began to argue, he said.

Early Tuesday, as Karen Jackson prepared for work, Derek Jackson retrieved four knives from the kitchen and waited for her to finish showering, the affidavit said. He then followed his mother into her bedroom and began stabbing her.

After he stabbed her 18 times, he stopped, ran downstairs to retrieve two more knives, and stabbed her again, documents state. Once he had finished stabbing her, he beat his mother in the head with a wooden stick.

Police said they were called to the scene after they received a call from a family friend, who spoke with Derek Jackson's sister Tuesday around 7:40 p.m.

Police said Jackson's sister told her friend to call police after a disturbing conversation with Derek Jackson.

After police knocked on the door, Jackson came outside with his hands raised and told police, "I had a situation... a murder," the affidavit said.

Police found Karen Jackson's body inside her home wrapped in a comforter and plastic bags and packing tape. Police said Derek Jackson told authorities that he used bleach, paper towels and plastic bags to clean the crime scene and the knives to "reduce the DNA at the scene." He then placed the cleaning items, along with the stick he used and the sweatpants he wore during the murder, in the trunk of his sister's car and parked it in front of the a fried-chicken restaurant on Main Street in Norristown.