A man convicted of fatally beating his daughter in St. Paul, who became a fugitive after his release from prison, was apprehended Tuesday night.
Beauford Jackson III, 29, pleaded guilty to second-degree, unintentional murder of Destiny Jackson, a toddler, in 2007 in exchange for a sentence of 13 years and 9 months.
Inmates in Minnesota prisons generally serve two-thirds of their sentences behind bars and the rest on supervised release in the community.
Jackson was released from prison on May 9, 2016, to supervised release. He was listed as a fugitive on Feb. 8.
He was under supervision in Texas and did not report to his supervision agent, according to Sarah Fitzgerald, Minnesota Corrections Department spokeswoman.
He was apprehended without incident in Fort Worth, Texas, on Tuesday night and is in custody, Fitzgerald said Wednesday.
“His absconsion from supervision is being investigated and next steps will be determined,” she said.