Seath Jackson Murder Video

In April 2011, 15-year-old Seth Jackson got a series of texts from his ex-girlfriend, Amber Wright. She claimed

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7 secondsshe wanted to patch things up, that she missed him. Heartbroken over their recent and ugly breakup, Seth agreed to

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14 secondsmeet her at a friend’s house. He thought he was getting a chance to reconcile, but he was actually walking into a meticulously planned death trap. This is

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22 secondsthe complete story of how a toxic teenage love triangle fueled by jealousy and pride spiraled into one of Florida’s most infamous and brutal murders. It’s a

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31 secondschilling look at how quickly adolescent drama can escalate into calculated violence and how a group of kids could conspire to commit an act so horrific it

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39 secondswould shake their small town to its very core. In the small community of Somefield, Florida, life for most teenagers revolved around the usual

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47 secondsthings: school, friends, and first loves. Seth Jackson was no different.

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53 secondsFriends described him as a loyal kid navigating the ordinary highs and lows of being 15. In December 2010, he started dating 15-year-old Amber Wright.

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1 minute, 2 secondsLike a lot of first loves, the relationship was intense. Seth was all in, telling friends he wanted to be with Amber forever.

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1 minute, 10 secondsBut their forever lasted only a few months. By March 2011, the relationship was over. The breakup was messy in

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1 minute, 17 secondspublic, playing out on Facebook, and Se took it hard. He couldn’t let go, a vulnerability that his ex and her new friends would ruthlessly exploit. While

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1 minute, 27 secondsSeith was struggling, Amber moved on quickly. Her new boyfriend was 18-year-old Michael Bargo, a guy known

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1 minute, 33 secondsfor trying to act like a tough guy. The stage was now set for a tragic collision of teenage jealousy and misplaced anger.

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1 minute, 41 secondsThe hatred between Seth and Michael Bargo was no secret. just weeks before the murder. Their rivalry boiled over at a party. Witnesses say Seath, though

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1 minute, 49 secondsyounger, got the better of Bargo in a physical fight. For Bargo, it wasn’t just a loss. It was a public humiliation. After the fight, the

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1 minute, 58 secondsconflict moved online, where Bargo began making open threats. At one point, he warned Seth, “I have a bullet with your

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2 minutes, 5 secondsname on it, a chilling threat Seath’s own mother overheard.” Bargo’s rage was stoked by stories from Amber. She claimed Seth had been abusive

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2 minutes, 14 secondsduring their relationship. Allegations that investigators later argued were exaggerated or false, designed to inflame Bargo’s animosity. The feud soon

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2 minutes, 22 secondspulled in others. Amber’s 16-year-old brother, Kyle Hooper, had once been friends with Seath, but their friendship

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2 minutes, 29 secondssoured after the breakup. Hooper’s anger grew, and text messages later revealed he was not just angry, but was discussing and agreeing to a plan to

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2 minutes, 37 secondskill Seath. What began as a teenage breakup was twisting into a shared dark obsession that Michael Bargo was shaping into a concrete plan for murder. By

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2 minutes, 46 secondsApril, Michael Bargo wasn’t just fantasizing about revenge. He was actively recruiting for it. He assembled a small group of teens and young adults,

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2 minutes, 55 secondseach joining the conspiracy for their own reasons. The group included 15-year-old Amber Wright, Cex, who would

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3 minutes, 2 secondsact as the bait. her 16-year-old brother Kyle Hooper, 18-year-old Charlie Illy, whose mobile home would become the crime scene, and 20-year-old Justin Sto.

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3 minutes, 12 secondsDisturbingly, the plot also involved an adult. James Havens, the 37year-old ex-boyfriend of Amber and Kyle’s mother,

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3 minutes, 20 secondsbecame aware of the violent plan. While his conviction would be for actions taken after the murder, his involvement pointed to a shocking level of adult

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3 minutes, 28 secondscomplicity in the grim events that unfolded. The plan was chillingly simple. They all knew Seth was still in love with Amber and vulnerable to her.

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3 minutes, 36 secondsBargo ordered Amber to text Seith, tell him she missed him, and lure him to Charlie Elie’s mobile home, pretending she wanted to get back together. The

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3 minutes, 44 secondstrap was set. All they had to do was wait. On the evening of April 17th, 2011, Amber Wright sent the fateful

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3 minutes, 52 secondstexts telling Seth she wanted to work things out. Seth, despite his heartbreak, wasn’t entirely naive. He

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3 minutes, 59 secondstexted back with suspicion. Amber, if you have me jumped, I will never give you the time of day. Ambers reply was a cold lie. I could never do that to

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4 minutes, 8 secondsyou. I just want me and you back. A friend with Seaw messages and warned him against going, but his hope to win Amber back was too strong. He decided to go.

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4 minutes, 18 secondsThe moment Seith stepped into the mobile home, the ambush was sprung. He was immediately attacked, beaten, and hit in the head. Michael Bargo then fired multiple shots from a 22 caliber rifle.

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4 minutes, 30 secondsSeth managed to break free and tried to run, but he was tackled and dragged back inside. According to trial testimony, Bargo’s plan was to keep Seith alive

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4 minutes, 39 secondslong enough for him to know who was killing him. In the bathroom, Bargo continued to taunt and beat him before firing the final fatal shot to his face.

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4 minutes, 48 secondsThe horror didn’t stop there. To make the body fit inside a sleeping bag, Bargo broke Seat’s kneecaps. The group then carried his body to a fire pit

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4 minutes, 56 secondsoutside and burned it for hours. What remained of Seth Jackson was shoveled into several 5gallon buckets. These were driven to a remote quarry, weighed down

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5 minutes, 5 secondswith cinder blocks, and dumped into the water. When Se didn’t come home, his mother, Sonia, reported him missing. At

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5 minutes, 13 secondsfirst, it was treated as a possible runaway case, but Sonia knew something was terribly wrong. The case finally broke open. Not from a brilliant piece

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5 minutes, 22 secondsof detective work, but from a pang of conscience. Just a day after the murder, Kyle Hooper was at home with his mother, watching a news report about Seath’s

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5 minutes, 31 secondsdisappearance. The weight of what he’d done became too much. He broke down and confessed that he had witnessed Se being murdered. His mother immediately did the

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5 minutes, 39 secondsright thing. She took him straight to the sheriff’s office. Hooper’s confession unlocked the entire case.

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5 minutes, 45 secondsInvestigators quickly rounded up the other conspirators. Amber Wright, Charlie Elely, and Justin Sodto. They initially pretended to be shocked, but

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5 minutes, 53 secondstheir stories fell apart when they were put in a holding cell together.

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5 minutes, 57 secondsBelieving they were alone, they started discussing the murder. Their conversation, captured on audio, showed no remorse. They weren’t upset that Seth

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6 minutes, 5 secondswas dead. They were just angry they’d been caught. While his accompllices were being arrested, the ring leader, Michael Bargo, was on the run. He had James

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6 minutes, 15 secondsHavens drive him to Stark, Florida to hide out with an acquaintance’s family. But Bargo didn’t try to lay low.

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6 minutes, 22 secondsInstead, he did something baffling. He started to brag.

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6 minutes, 26 secondsHe told multiple people that he had murdered Seth Jackson, recounting the crime with gruesome pride. He even shared details like how he had broken

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6 minutes, 33 secondsSeth’s knees to make his body fit into the sleeping bag. This pathological need for recognition was his undoing. His bragging left a trail of breadcrumbs for

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6 minutes, 42 secondslaw enforcement, and he was quickly apprehended. The evidence against the entire group was now overwhelming.

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6 minutes, 49 secondsThe trials that followed exposed a stunning disconnect between the crime and the perpetrators grasp of its consequences. During one interrogation,

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6 minutes, 57 secondsAmber Wright worried she might get a 5-year sentence, a shocking miscalculation for firstdegree murder.

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7 minutes, 3 secondsThe legal system delivered a much harsher reality.

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7 minutes, 6 secondsMichael Shane Bargo Jr., The ring leader was found guilty of firstdegree murder and sentenced to death. After his initial death sentence was vacated, a

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7 minutes, 15 secondsnew jury unanimously recommended death and the sentence was reinstated. At the time, he became Florida’s youngest death row inmate and remains there today.

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7 minutes, 24 secondsJustin Sto, 20 at the time, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder to avoid the death penalty. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility

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7 minutes, 33 secondsof parole. He is currently incarcerated at the Taylor Annex. Kyle Hooper, who was 16, was found guilty of firstdegree murder and received a life sentence.

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7 minutes, 43 secondsBecause he was a juvenile, his sentence was later amended. He is now eligible for a review after 25 years. He is

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7 minutes, 50 secondscurrently incarcerated at Everglades Correctional Institute. Charlie Elely, 18, was sentenced to life in prison.

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7 minutes, 58 secondsYears later, a federal judge vacated her conviction, ruling she’d had ineffective legal counsel. In June 2020, she pleaded

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8 minutes, 6 secondsguilty to the lesser charge of seconddegree murder, was sentenced to 10 years, and released immediately for time already served. Amber Wright, 15, was

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8 minutes, 15 secondsalso sentenced to life after being found guilty of first-degree murder. Her initial conviction was overturned because she hadn’t been properly reader

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8 minutes, 22 secondsMiranda writes, but she was found guilty again in a 2016 retrial. Like Hooper, her sentence includes a review after 25

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8 minutes, 30 secondsyears. She is currently incarcerated at the Homestead. Correctional Institute.