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TX TX - Kendrick Jackson, 3, Houston, 7 April 2006 - *R. Fountain guilty*
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APR 7, 2021
Kendrick Jackson: Do you remember when this 3-year-old vanished? (click2houston.com)
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The missing child poster in his case has a heartbreaking detail for any parent who has dressed a child for bed: “When he was last seen, he was wearing a white t-shirt and pajama shorts with pictures of baseballs and footballs on them.”
If Kendrick had grown up, he would be 18 years old now. Fifteen years on, though, Kendrick hasn’t been seen and his body was never found, despite numerous searches.
A jury decided in 2011 that Kendrick’s father, Roderick Fountain, was guilty in in his 3-year-old son’s 2006 disappearance. Fountain, who was 37 at the time, was convicted of felony murder. He was sentenced to life in prison on Oct. 27, 2011.
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Prosecutors claimed in court proceedings in 2011 that Fountain beat Kendrick to death the day before he reported him missing.
“(Fountain) was the last person who had custody of him. Think about that. The last person who had him was the defendant. We know the person other than the defendant who last saw Kendrick Jackson alive heard the defendant beating him. We know while that was happening, Kendrick Jackson was crying and then suddenly stopped crying, which was out of character in the way he had behaved in past beatings he had received at the defendant’s hand,” prosecutor Connie Spence said in closing arguments during the trial.
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A police detective from Louisiana testified that Fountain is the main suspect in the death of a 16-year-old boy who was shot multiple times in 2002. A charge in that case was dropped after the main witness recanted, but Fountain’s ex-wife told the jury that he confessed to her.
Several people testified in the trial that they saw Fountain hit and try to drown Kendrick.
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Fountain told police in 2006 that his son left his apartment while he was doing laundry. Police believe Fountain killed Kendrick and then hid the boy’s body. Witnesses said they saw bruises on Kendrick’s body before he went missing, according to prosecutors.
Fountain has nine children. He was convicted of possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute in 1992 and robberies in 1994 and 1997.
Fountain remains in prison in Lovelady, Texas, about 35 miles north of Huntsville, Texas. You can read his offender history here. He is eligible for visitation, and eventually, for parole on June 22, 2039.
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Kendrick Jackson: Do you remember when this 3-year-old vanished? (click2houston.com)
[...]
The missing child poster in his case has a heartbreaking detail for any parent who has dressed a child for bed: “When he was last seen, he was wearing a white t-shirt and pajama shorts with pictures of baseballs and footballs on them.”
If Kendrick had grown up, he would be 18 years old now. Fifteen years on, though, Kendrick hasn’t been seen and his body was never found, despite numerous searches.
A jury decided in 2011 that Kendrick’s father, Roderick Fountain, was guilty in in his 3-year-old son’s 2006 disappearance. Fountain, who was 37 at the time, was convicted of felony murder. He was sentenced to life in prison on Oct. 27, 2011.
[...]
Prosecutors claimed in court proceedings in 2011 that Fountain beat Kendrick to death the day before he reported him missing.
“(Fountain) was the last person who had custody of him. Think about that. The last person who had him was the defendant. We know the person other than the defendant who last saw Kendrick Jackson alive heard the defendant beating him. We know while that was happening, Kendrick Jackson was crying and then suddenly stopped crying, which was out of character in the way he had behaved in past beatings he had received at the defendant’s hand,” prosecutor Connie Spence said in closing arguments during the trial.
[...]
A police detective from Louisiana testified that Fountain is the main suspect in the death of a 16-year-old boy who was shot multiple times in 2002. A charge in that case was dropped after the main witness recanted, but Fountain’s ex-wife told the jury that he confessed to her.
Several people testified in the trial that they saw Fountain hit and try to drown Kendrick.
[...]
Fountain told police in 2006 that his son left his apartment while he was doing laundry. Police believe Fountain killed Kendrick and then hid the boy’s body. Witnesses said they saw bruises on Kendrick’s body before he went missing, according to prosecutors.
Fountain has nine children. He was convicted of possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute in 1992 and robberies in 1994 and 1997.
Fountain remains in prison in Lovelady, Texas, about 35 miles north of Huntsville, Texas. You can read his offender history here. He is eligible for visitation, and eventually, for parole on June 22, 2039.
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