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Jackson, Miss – Christopher E. Lemon , age 37, of Carthage , w as sentenced on Thursday by U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves to a term of 480 months in federal prison for second degree murder , announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst , Christopher Freeze, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Christopher Smith, Special Agent in Charge of the National Park Service – Investigative Services Branch .
On July 3 , 201 4, Lemon was riding in a car with a co – worker on the Natchez Trace Parkway in Leake County, Mississippi . Lemon had stolen a firearm from their employer’s store before getting into the vehicle with the victim. While inside the vehicle , Lemon shot the victim five times in the chest and leg , leaving her in the backseat of her vehicle . She was later found by a National Park Service ranger dead at the scene .
A federal grand jury indicted Lemon on September 20, 2016 , charging him with Murder in the Second Degree, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Possession of a Stolen Firearm, Stealing a Firearm and Use of a Firearm in Relation to a Crime of Violence . On September 6, 2017 , Lemon appeared before U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves and pled guilty to Murder in the Second Degree . This charge carries a penalty of any number of years and up to life in prison, 5 years of supervised release, and $250,000.00 fine.
Lemon’s sentenced of 480 months of imprisonment will be immediately followed by a 5 year term of supervised release . He was also ordered to pa y restitution in the amount of $ 7,269.34 to the Office of Attorney General – Crime Victim Compensation Fund .
This case was investigated by the National Park Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Leake County Sheriff’s Department . The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney s Candace Mayberry and Mary Helen Wall.
