By Donna Stillinger Correspondent A Warren County jury deliberated less than 90 minutes Thursday and found John Alan Jacobs guilty of murdering his wife, 52 year old Harriett Jacobs, in October 2014. Jacobs was sentenced by Toombs Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Roger Dunaway to life without parole plus five years.

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