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MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A antheral erstwhile charged with execution and kid maltreatment was released from jailhouse aft the Merced County District Attorney's Office dropped execution and kid maltreatment charges against him.
Dhante Jackson was released connected Monday aft pleading blameworthy to accessory to murder, following the decease of 8-year-old Sophia Mason successful March 2022. Jackson had pleaded not blameworthy to the complaint successful September 2022.
Sophia Mason was recovered dormant successful a bathtub a period aft her death, successful the location wherever she lived with her mother, Samantha Johnson, and Johnson's boyfriend, Dhante Jackson. The find led to a nationalist manhunt for Dhante Jackson, who was yet arrested successful the Bay Area.
According to the DA's office, a Merced County justice sentenced Jackson to the maximum condemnation of 3 years for accessory to murder. He was released for clip served.
The girl's mother, Samantha Johnson, is scheduled to beryllium successful tribunal successful November. She continues to look execution and kid maltreatment charges.
