A Kent man has been sentenced to 28 years and 4 months in prison after pleading guilty to first degree murder in connection with a 2024 homicide in Auburn, according to the Auburn Police Department.
On Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, Calvin Jackson Jr. was sentenced after entering a guilty plea in the case stemming from the killing of a woman whose body was found near the 3700 block of West Valley Highway North.
Officers responded at about 2:20 p.m. on Feb. 14, 2024, to reports of a deceased female in a wooded area near the roadway. When officers arrived, they discovered the victim in bushes near the scene, police said…