When Gregory Rice died in 2020, his longtime partner, Meagan Jackson, quickly became a suspect in the case. However, the case got even more complicated when it was revealed that Jackson was having an affair with a coroner who may have been involved in the killing. Investigative reporter Kristin Thorne breaks down the case in the latest episode of Us Weekly’s Uncovered.
Rice went missing in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in October 2020, and his body was found about a month later by a woman who was fishing. After she called 911, police arrived and discovered that Rice had five gunshot wounds in his body.
Upon the discovery, police first went to Jackson amid the investigation. “They had been separated from each other for a while, but they had four kids together,” Thorne explained of Rice and Jackson’s relationship dynamic…