{"id":141107,"date":"2026-02-02T21:04:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141107\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T21:04:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:04:19","slug":"man-accused-of-strangling-his-mother-arrested-for-murder-jacksonville-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141107\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of strangling his mother arrested for murder, Jacksonville police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/341deb82838d0cd286e37b1183e28130.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A man is in jail after he strangled his mother on Friday, the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Avery Garrison, 31, is charged with second-degree murder and is being held in the Duval County Jail, JSO said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE &lt;&lt;&lt;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE &lt;&lt;&lt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers responded to a reported battery at an East Arlington home on Bleinheim Place on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They found Jacqueline Jones-Garrison inside the home; police said she had been strangled and died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said initially said that Garrison was cooperating with detectives during the investigation into his mother\u2019s death. 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