JACKSON COUNTY, Ind. (TCD) — A recent burglary investigation led to the arrest of a 29-year-old woman for allegedly helping her mother poison and kill the mother’s husband in 2022.
According to a news release from Jackson County Sheriff Rick Meyer, on Sept. 19, Marsha Allen reported a burglary at her home on North State Road 135. Upon further investigation, the Sheriff’s Office identified two men, Steven White and Nathaniel Kane Napier, as the primary suspects.
It was determined that Allen’s daughter, Ashley Jones, helped the men burglarize the home.
According to an affidavit obtained by WXIN-TV, the suspects stole firearms and jewelry.
During an interview with White, he reportedly said Allen had “murdered her husband by poisoning him somehow.”
Meyer said investigators searched Allen’s cellphone and uncovered text messages between her and her daughter in which they “discussed murdering Marsha’s husband, Harold Allen, by poisoning” him in December 2022.
According to Meyer, officers confiscated additional electronic devices from Allen’s home to find further evidence. Authorities also interviewed and released Allen as they continued their investigation.
On Monday, Oct. 16, at approximately 7:52 p.m., Marsha Allen’s family contacted the Sheriff’s Department because they were unable to contact her. Officers responded to Allen’s home and found her dead with “no signs of violence.”
Officers interviewed Jones the next day, and she “confessed to ordering ethylene glycol off the Internet,” but she claimed her mother was “the person who had placed the ethylene glycol in Harold’s drink.”
On Wednesday, Oct. 18, the Sheriff’s Office arrested Jones on charges of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, and burglary. She remains held in the Jackson County Jail.
White and Napier were charged with burglary of a dwelling, conspiracy to commit burglary of a dwelling, and theft.
The investigation is ongoing.
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