Woman accused of murder with ex-Horry County deputy coroner jailed again
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A woman accused of murder along with former Horry County Deputy Coroner Chris Dontell is back in jail after violating her home detention order last month, according to a case report obtained by News13.
Meagan Jackson was granted a $150,000 bond in 2022 and was ordered to home detention.
The bond required Jackson to remain at home and not have any negative contact with law enforcement, according to Judge Edgar W. Dickson.
According to the case report obtained by News13, Jackson violated her home detention order by leaving her home in Conway to go to an apartment complex in Murrells Inlet. Jackson was arrested in Murrells Inlet and taken to the J. Reuben Long Detention Center.
Jackson’s bond was previously revoked in 2021 after authorities said a GPS tracker showed her at locations where she wasn’t permitted to be based on her bond.
She also allegedly had contact with Dontell physically and over the phone, which was another action prohibited by her bond, according to court documents. Jackson’s attorneys appealed for a new bond in February.
Jackson and Dontell are accused of killing Gregory Vincent Rice, who was reported missing on Oct. 5, 2020, and was last believed to have been heard from on Oct. 2, 2020. At the time, Rice was considered missing, not endangered. Jackson, who is the mother of Rice’s four children reported him as missing on Oct. 5, 2020.
Rice’s body was found in the Pee Dee River on Nov. 8, 2020, according to the solicitor’s office. He had been shot multiple times.
Bond was recently denied for Dontell in June 2023. Dontell previously received a bond, but it was revoked last year after authorities said he violated its conditions.
Rice’s family filed a lawsuit against Dontell and Jackson in June 2021, claiming the two conspired together to hurt Rice. Dontell responded in legal documents by stating that the injuries and damages mentioned in the suit were caused by someone else.
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Taylor Ford is a digital journalist for News13. She joined the News13 team in January 2023. Taylor is a Florence native and covers the Pee Dee out of News13’s Florence Bureau. Read more of Taylor’s work here.
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