This podcast is a visit with Brazos County assistant district attorney Jessica Escue and WTAW's Bill Oliver.

A Brazos County district court jury had to wait for prosecutors and law enforcement to execute court orders to force three witnesses to testify.

After two adults were taken to jail and a juvenile was ordered to wear an ankle monitor to monitor their whereabouts, the jury heard about the stabbing death of a Bryan man in July of 2019.

The jury convicted 43 year old Deryl Jackson, Jr. of manslaughter in the death of his brother in law, Jevelle Kinney.

The jury sentenced Jackson to 60 years in prison.

Assistant Brazos County district attorney Jessica Escue says the trial judge issued arrest warrants.

Prosecutors and law enforcement also had to get a search warrant to enter the home of one of the adults. When that woman taken into custody, a juvenile voluntarily appeared before the judge.

A second woman was not found until after the trial began.

Escue says both women remained in jail until after the trial finished.

Escue also says whether either woman faces additional consequences for failing to appear remains under investigation.