A Yazoo County Circuit Court jury found a Durant man guilty of second-degree murder following a recent three-day trial.
The verdict arrived on Dec. 19, 2024 when Dexter White was found guilty after a deliberation that lasted for over three hours in the 2017 murder of Correy Thomas.
According to District Attorney Akillie Malone-Oliver, White was charged in the shooting death of Thomas that took place August 1, 2017 in Vaughan.
"The defendant shot Thomas after both attempted to rob an unnamed victim who played a pivotal role in leading to the jury’s guilty verdict of second-degree murder," Malone-Oliver said.
White was sentenced on Jan. 9 to 40 years in custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
White made headlines in January of 2024 following his arrest by Iowa law enforcement agencies after remaining on the run for almost seven years. He was arrested near Waterloo, Iowa by the U.S. Marshals Service and the Waterloo Police Department.
White fled the local area after bonding out of the Yazoo County Regional Correctional Facility, stemming from the 2017 murder charge.
