Horry County sheriff’s lieutenant testifies about anonymous texts in Meagan Jackson murder trial

CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) — An Horry County sheriff’s office lieutenant testified Friday morning in the murder trial of Meagan Jackson, who’s accused of killing 46-year-old Gregory Rice in 2020.

Rice, the father of Jackson’s four children, was reported missing by Jackson on Oct. 5, 2020. His body was found on Nov. 8, 2020, in the Little Pee Dee River near Pitts Landing off of Highway 378 at the Horry and Marion county line.

Jackson and Christopher Dontell, who worked as an Horry County deputy coroner at the time, were arrested and charged with murder and conspiracy in connection with Rice’s death. It was later learned they were having an affair that began in late 2019…

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