GULFPORT, Miss. (WRMT) — On Saturday, a Mississippi woman charged with the murder of her son was arrested.
According to police, Jerri Roby, 66, who also goes by the last name Israel, was arrested after police found the body of her 42-year-old son, John Allen Gaither, in a wooden box hidden behind a false wall in her home.
On December 22, 2023, authorities launched an investigation after one of Gaither’s out-of-state relatives called to report him missing.
Roby is now being held in Harrison County Detention Center without bond.
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