Jennifer hyatt murder of a correctional officer

2005 murder in Kingston, Tennessee, US

The Kingston courthouse shooting was a fatal shooting that took place on August 9, 2005, at the Roane County Courthouse in Kingston, Tennessee, United States.

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Her husband, George Hyatte, is scheduled to go on trial on March 25, George Hyatte is also facing first-degree murder charges in Officer Morgan's death.

Jennifer Hyatte fell in love with a career criminal and then murdered so she and her husband could taste freedom.

It resulted in the death of a Tennessee Department of Correction transport officer, and the wounding of another officer. The perpetrator, Jennifer Forsyth Hyatte (born February 11, 1974), began shooting immediately after her husband, George, (born June 30, 1971) pleaded guilty to a robbery charge in the courthouse.

Jennifer Hyatte is currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. George Hyatte pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the shooting in 2009 and was sentenced to life in prison as part of a plea bargain to avoid the death penalty.^[1]

The shooting

At approximately 10:00 a.m., after a court hearing, Tennessee Department of Corrections transport officer Wayne "Cotton" Morgan was fatally shot three t