Norway Woman Pleads to Burying 'Friend' in Backyard

87-year-old Vernelle Jackson of Norway woman is expected to deliver a guilty plea Friday, Sept. 26, after confessing to burying a woman in her backyard.

82-year-old Mae Shelton’s body buried in Jackson’s backyard in September 2019.

Jackson was charged with theft and forgery and abuse of a corpse.

A Norway woman who confessed to burying her friend in her backyard is expected to deliver a guilty plea on Friday. https://t.co/p9QpQRodph

— CBS 13 News (@WGME) September 26, 2025