Amber Jackson’s crusade for justice began almost a year ago today. Her 16 year old daughter Eden died November 6, 2025 after being hit by a pickup truck along Highway 80 near Fort Gibson. Eden’s friend Montanna Phillips suffered injuries but survived, and now struggles with Complex PTSD.
“Eden was an amazing young lady,” Jackson said. “If there was someone sitting alone in a room, that little girl would go sit by that person and make sure that they didn’t feel alone anymore...this world was better of having her in it.”
The suspect, Timothy Thompson, initially told investigators he’d hit a deer; two of his family members told them that his brother-in-law stopped to pick it up.
It took five months for the three to be taken into custody. Fast-forward to last Thursday, October 26, when Amber Jackson got dealt a blow to her crusade.
One of the accused accomplices, Cairl Hayes Jr., pleaded guilty to lying to a grand jury in US Eastern District Court. A count of witness tampering will be thrown out.
Lawyers for Stephanie Thompson - also an accused accomplice - have filed intent to do the same.
Timothy Thompson is still awaiting trial.
“That’s just not right...they helped cover up a death ...