By Crystal Kobza
KTRK
HOUSTON — It’s a shocking murder confession. A man who wrote a letter to a judge admitting he killed someone when he was a teenager was in court this morning at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center.
Louis Jerome Jackson was only 16 years old when he now admits to shooting and killing 20-year-old Jevonnie Jenkins back in 1997. Until this past April, this has been considered a cold case in Harris County.
Jackson, who is now 32 years old, has been serving a 39-and-a-half year prison sentence on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge.
According to prosecutors, Jackson sent a letter to a judge earlier this year admitting his involvement in the 1997 murder of Jenkins. Prosecutors tell us Jackson admitted to shooting and killing Jenkins while trying to rob him.
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