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LOCK HAVEN -- The woman accused of abusing her 9-year-old nephew and leaving him for dead in a bathtub was pronounced dead Sunday afternoon.
Jamie Lynn Jackson, 36, formerly of East Bald Eagle Street, Lock Haven, was pronounced dead at Lock Haven Hospital at 12:48 p.m. Sunday following a medical emergency, according to Crimewatch.
The announcement from a joint statement between District Attorney Dave Strouse, Coroner Zach Hanna and the Pennsylvania State Police.
Jackson was in custody at the Clinton County Correctional Facility in McElhattan awaiting her upcoming murder trial in spring 2022 for the death of her nephew, Anson Stover.
According to the release, Jackson "experienced a medical emergency at the correctional facility and was taken to Lock Haven Hospital by ambulance."
A full autopsy will be completed today to determine Jackson's manner of death.
"In regards to the death investigation of Ms. Jamie Jackson, who died at UPMC Lock Haven Hospital on Nov.14, 2021, the autopsy examination procedure is scheduled to be performed on Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at Mt. Nittany Medical Center, State College, Pa. Ms. Jackson's cause and manner of death will remain pending until full autopsy results are available," a release from Hanna said.
The original release on Sunday noted that no other individuals were involved in the death.
Nearly a year ago, Jackson was arrested and charged with homicide in the death of her 9-year-old Stover.
Stover's beaten and battered body was discovered in a bathtub in the second floor bathroom of Jackson's home on Nov. 30, 2020 by Lock Haven City Police.
Following two interviews on Nov. 30 and Dec. 2, Jackson was arrested and charged with Felony 1 counts of criminal homicide and two counts aggravated assault; Felony 2 count of endangering the welfare of children and misdemeanor counts of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, abuse of corpse and concealing death of a child by Detective Richard Simpson.
In January, Jackson pleaded not guilty to the charges and was expected to go to trial in March of 2022.