Man gets 10 years for 2012 homicide

YOUNGSTOWN — A man charged in a 2012 murder, where the victim’s body was not found for months, entered a guilty plea today — the day jury selection was to begin in his trial.

Kevon Williams, 23, entered an Alford Plea of guilty in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to charges of involuntary manslaughter, tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse for the late November 2012 shooting death of 26-year-old David Jackson.

It took the entire morning, after back and forth talks between prosecutors, defense attorney Jeffrey Limbian and some of Williams’ relatives, and at one point even Judge Lou A. D’Apolito joined the negotiations.

Williams opted to be sentenced immediately, and Judge D’Apolito gave him a sentence of 10 years, with credit for time served while awaiting the outcome of his case.

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