LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have confirmed that the charred remains of a human body found cut to pieces and riddled with bullets in a Crenshaw dumpster are that of Goal Line Blitz running back LaShonTell McJackson.
Police speculate that McJackson, who went missing on Tuesday, was tortured extensively before being executed. "I've never seen anything so gruesome in my life," said LAPD Detective Don Clemmons. "The pain he must have endured...it's just sickening."
McJackson began his career as a star athlete at Long Beach Poly High School, where he was named a US Army All-American and Gatorade Player of the Year. After a long and drawn out recruiting battle marred by accusations of illegal benefits and corruption, McJackson ultimately accepted a football scholarship to the University of Southern California.
McJackson's stay at USC would be a short one. Less than a week after arriving on campus, LaShonTell was involved a serious altercation with Trojans RB coach Willie Harper that left the older man permanently paralyzed from the neck down. McJackson was dismissed from the program and briefly imprisoned.
Despite his checkered past, McJackson was offered a second chance by Grambling University. Although LaShonTell never attended a single class during his stay at Grambling, he went on to re-write the school's record books, rushing for 16,000 yards in a single season before declaring for the GLB draft. "The boy was dumb as a post," a former coach recalls, "but he could run like a cheetah on amphetamines."
That legendary speed made McJackson a hot commodity in Goal Line Blitz, where he starred for teams like the Monte Cristo Avengers and Honolulu Skulls over the course of ten brilliant seasons. Despite his success, McJackson was never able to shake his troubled past. "He was a thug. It was only a matter of time until he shot someone, got shot, or both. Honestly, I think the world is a better place without him," said one former teammate speaking anonymously.
Prior to his disappearance, McJackson was last seen smoking crack out of a Mountain Dew can behind a 7-11 store on Olympic Boulevard. There are currently no suspects in his murder, but police speculate that a messy feud with the West Scranton Invaders may be at the root of the bloodshed.
McJackson is survived by eleven ex-wives and fifteen children, including GLB prospects LaShonTell II, LaShonTell III, Scotty, Marlon, Jermaine, Tito, and LoQueef.
Police speculate that McJackson, who went missing on Tuesday, was tortured extensively before being executed. "I've never seen anything so gruesome in my life," said LAPD Detective Don Clemmons. "The pain he must have endured...it's just sickening."
McJackson began his career as a star athlete at Long Beach Poly High School, where he was named a US Army All-American and Gatorade Player of the Year. After a long and drawn out recruiting battle marred by accusations of illegal benefits and corruption, McJackson ultimately accepted a football scholarship to the University of Southern California.
McJackson's stay at USC would be a short one. Less than a week after arriving on campus, LaShonTell was involved a serious altercation with Trojans RB coach Willie Harper that left the older man permanently paralyzed from the neck down. McJackson was dismissed from the program and briefly imprisoned.
Despite his checkered past, McJackson was offered a second chance by Grambling University. Although LaShonTell never attended a single class during his stay at Grambling, he went on to re-write the school's record books, rushing for 16,000 yards in a single season before declaring for the GLB draft. "The boy was dumb as a post," a former coach recalls, "but he could run like a cheetah on amphetamines."
That legendary speed made McJackson a hot commodity in Goal Line Blitz, where he starred for teams like the Monte Cristo Avengers and Honolulu Skulls over the course of ten brilliant seasons. Despite his success, McJackson was never able to shake his troubled past. "He was a thug. It was only a matter of time until he shot someone, got shot, or both. Honestly, I think the world is a better place without him," said one former teammate speaking anonymously.
Prior to his disappearance, McJackson was last seen smoking crack out of a Mountain Dew can behind a 7-11 store on Olympic Boulevard. There are currently no suspects in his murder, but police speculate that a messy feud with the West Scranton Invaders may be at the root of the bloodshed.
McJackson is survived by eleven ex-wives and fifteen children, including GLB prospects LaShonTell II, LaShonTell III, Scotty, Marlon, Jermaine, Tito, and LoQueef.
