DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE HOMICIDE ON TURNPIKE ROAD

PORTSMOUTH, VA — On October 27, 2021, at approximately 10:26 p.m., officers responded to the 2800 block of Turnpike Road for a reported stabbing incident. When officers arrived, they located 76-year-old Carol Ann Jackson with a life-threatening stab wound. Jackson was transported to a local hospital, where her wounds proved fatal. One suspect was taken into custody, 24-year-old James Alexander Chapman. Chapman was charged with First Degree Murder and Shoot, Cut or Stab in Commission of a Felony. The investigation is ongoing.

We urge anyone with information about this incident to contact the Criminal Investigation Division at 757–393–8536 or leave an anonymous tip with the Crime Line at 1–888-LOCK-U-UP. Callers can also submit an anonymous tip through the Crime Line’s “P3 Tips” app or visit the Portsmouth Crime Line Website at www.p3tips.com. Crime Line tipsters are never asked to give their name or required to testify in court. If a crime line caller’s tip leads to an arrest, they may be eligible for the recovery of up to $1000.