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Forte Gets Life for Killing Own Family

Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens issued the following statement. 
District Attorney Jody E. Owens, II, announces the successful prosecution in the trial of 29-year-old Maurice Forte who was convicted on four counts of capital murder.

On September 16, 2018, the Jackson Police Department responded to a shooting at a home on Marwood Dive. Upon arrival, officers observed a male sitting in the front yard with a pistol on his right side who identified himself as Maurice Forte. Officers proceeded into the residence and found the bodies of three unresponsive females lying in puddles of blood with multiple gunshot wounds to their bodies. The females were later identified as Forte’s 69-year-old grandmother, his 49-year- old mother, and his 26-year-old sister, who was seven months pregnant.

Forte was sentenced to life for each count of capital murder, without the possibility of parole. “We must remember that justice doesn’t end with a guilty verdict,” says District Attorney Owens. “Recent events highlight the devastation that occurs when one person is responsible for the loss of multiple lives, especially within one's own family.” “This individual shot his grandmother eighteen times, his mother, nine times, and his pregnant sister, twice; all in an act of senseless violence. Our office will continue to hold those who commit these acts responsible.”

Kingfish note: JJ reported in 2018: 

*The Grandmother was a long-time waitress at Chili's on Briarwood Drive.  

* There is a 2014 indictment against Maurice Forte in Hinds County Circuit Court for attempted armed robbery and house burglary. The case is still pending. The last entry was 2016. His d.o.b. is December 14, 1995.

*Forte had a father that was a pretty bad dude.  The Clarion-Ledger reported he was arrested in the early 1990's for a double murder in Chicago.  However,  there is no other mention of the case.  There is also no other mention of Forte until 1997 when his funeral notice was posted in the Clarion-Ledger. His death would have taken place within two years after our current triple murder suspect was born.

*This part of the post is totally unconfirmed rumor from the Street Committee, so take it for what its worth.  The Street Committee says that the elder Forte was a drug kingpin, one of a certain former Mayor's boyz.  The mother of Forte and her boyfriend at the time, someone with a street name of Goldmouth, had him whacked.  Yeah, I know, Goodfellas type of stuff.  However, the Clarion-Ledger archives are silent about the actual death of Forte nor his manner of death, much less a prosecution or arrest.  As stated earlier, this is an unconfirmed rumor that is out on the street.  The problem is, JJ has learned to listen to the Street Committee because it is right more often than not.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...



The wheels of justice in Hinds county are soaked with a mixture of molasses and sand-

Anonymous said...

Skreet Committee. Nice.

Anonymous said...

It only took 6 years.

Anonymous said...

How many bodies have to be stacked up before one qualifies for the death penalty?

Anonymous said...

The Forte line has ended.

Anonymous said...

It took 5 years for an indictment????
He should've gotten the death penalty.

Anonymous said...

That was quick, it only took 3 and a half years to prosecute.

Seems nice said...

Justice delayed is justice denied.

Old Sparky at Work said...

Dust off "old sparky."

Anonymous said...

the death penalty was de facto abolished in hinds county about 25 years ago.

the current D A has no ability to try a death penalty case and no interest in learning how.


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