Meagan Jackson Found Guilty, Sentenced to Life in Prison for 2020 Horry County Killing

Horry County woman sentenced to life in prison for murdering her children's father

Meagan Jackson, the Horry County woman accused of killing Gregory Rice, the father of her children, has been found guilty of murder after a five-day trial.

Meagan Jackson found guilty, sentenced to life in prison for 2020 Horry County killing

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) -- An Horry County jury has convicted Meagan Jackson of murder and a judge sentenced her to life in prison for the killing of the father of her four children in 2020. The guilty verdict was reached just before 2:15 p.m. after more than two hours of deliberations. The trial started on June 9 with jury selection before the sides rested their cases after five days of testimony. Court picked up at 9:35 a.m. Tuesday, and the…

Meagan Jackson Will Not Testify In Coroner Affair Murder Trial

Meagan Jackson told the judge she does not intend to testify and her attorneys do not intend to present witnesses in her murder trial. (6/17/25)

Woman found guilty, sentenced to life in prison for 2020 murder

The Meagan Jackson trial is continuing on Tuesday morning.

Horry County woman sentenced to life in prison for killing ex-husband

Senior Assistant Prosecutor Leigh Waller of the South Carolina 15th Judicial District framed her case as a “tale as old as time,” with an affair, a pregnancy and then a murder. For the Murrells Inlet woman on trial for the shooting death of her ex-husband, the end of the tale was positively nightmarish.