The last of nine defendants in the kidnapping and murder of an Osage Nation woman learns his fate.
30-year-old Tre Robert Allen Ackerson of Webb City, Missouri, was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison on Friday for his part in the kidnapping and murder of 35-year-old Jolene Walker Campbell in July 2020. The victim’s body was found in a remote field in Mayes County. The investigation showed that Jolene was robbed and kidnapped in Missouri and driven into the State of Oklahoma, where she was murdered by Ackerson.
Ackerson and several of the defendants used physical force or threatened the use of physical force against four witnesses in separate incidents. Various assaults on witnesses took place that included witnesses being kidnapped, restrained with zipties, blindfolded or having their eyes duct taped shut, being shot at, and being beaten. The acts were committed to prevent the witnesses from testifying or as retaliation for communicating to law enforcement about Campbell's murder.
Ackerson will remain in custody until he can be transferred to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons
