White Man Stabbed to Death by Black While Preparing for Christmas

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December 31, 2013

Nicholas Matthew. His sister Megan, says her brother was happy and ready for Christmas when she last saw him at a birthday party for her son on Sunday.
Nicholas Matthew. His sister Megan, says her brother was happy and ready for Christmas when she last saw him, at a birthday party for her son on Sunday.

An death investigation of an Evansville man has been ruled a homicide.

Autopsy results revealed that 33-year-old Nicholas Mathew died from blood loss caused by multiple stab wounds to the neck.

His body was found in his apartment in the 1100 block of Hatfield Drive on Christmas Eve.

John Vernon Jackson viciously stabbed him in the neck multiple times until he died, before robbing him.
John Vernon Jackson viciously stabbed him in the neck multiple times until he died, before robbing him.

Police say 24-year-old John Vernon Jackson, Jr. is a suspect in the murder. We’re by authorities that Mathews’ credit cards were found on Jackson.

He is being held in the Vanderburgh County Jail on charges of stabbing and robbing an Evansville cab driver.

He is also accused of cutting a gas station clerk during a robbery last week.