CROWN POINT — The mother of a Hammond woman killed in 2017 told one of her daughter's killers Tuesday, "I wish you nothing but bad luck."
Kashena L. Hayes, 27, pleaded guilty in February to one count of voluntary manslaughter, a level 2 felony, in exchange for a 20-year sentence.
Her children's father, Lavell Holloway, 28, was convicted at trial last year and sentenced to 60 years in prison for murdering Kadejah Ariel Jackson, 21, on Jan. 27, 2017, in the 900 block of Becker Street in Hammond.
Jackson's mother, Aisha Jackson, said her daughter — her "everything" — died in her arms in front of their home.
"I just don't understand — how could a small, simple fight lead to the death of my child?" she said. "All because of envy."
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According to court records, Hayes wanted to fight Jackson because Holloway, who has two children with Hayes, had an affair with Jackson.
Aisha Jackson said Hayes traveled from Chicago to Hammond to kill Kadejah because Hayes was jealous of Kadejah.
"The 20 years that you're getting — I really don't appreciate that," she said. "To take a life, yours should have been taken, too."
Lake County prosecutors should have taken Hayes to trial, not let her plead guilty to a lesser charge, Aisha Jackson said.
"I wish you nothing but bad luck," she told Hayes. "I wish the next piece of meat you put in your mouth, you choke on."
Kadejah was the life of a party, she said. She loved everyone, and almost everyone loved her back.
Hayes apologized to Kadejah's family and said she's matured during the past four years — time spent spent in the Lake County Jail while her case was pending.Â
She has two children and loved being a mother, she said.
Her attorney, John Cantrell, asked Lake Criminal Court Judge Pro Tempore Kathleen Lang to consider alternative placement.
Lang refused, saying Hayes' plea agreement said alternative placement wasn't an option. She sentenced Hayes to 20 years in prison, with credit for time served plus good time. Hayes must serve at least 75% of her sentence.
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Kadejah Jackson's homicide stemmed from a fight Jan. 26, 2017, at River Oaks Mall in Calumet City, where Hayes and Jackson fought, court records state.
Early the next morning, Hayes went with two other women to Jackson's home in Hammond with objects like a bat, a stick or a pipe. Jackson's family yelled for them to leave, and Hayes and her friends retreated, records state.
When Jackson and her relatives went outside to see where Hayes and the others went, Hayes pulled up in Holloway's 2012 Nissan Altima and Holloway fired multiple shots from the passenger seat, records state.
Jackson was shot multiple times, but three relatives standing near her were not harmed.
Lake County Deputy Prosecutor Reginald Marcus handled the case for the state.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Absolom Crisler

Age: 21
Residence:Â Merrillville
Booking Number(s):Â 2102637
Arrest Date: April 3, 2021
Offense Description:Â Confinement
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Alonzo Kelley

Age: 25
Residence:Â Gary
Booking Number(s):Â 2102626
Arrest Date: April 3, 2021
Offense Description:Â Domestic battery
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Amanda Sellers

Age: 38
Residence:Â Hammond
Booking Number(s):Â 2102729
Arrest Date: April 6, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Andrew Kreps

Age: 29
Residence:Â Valparaiso
Booking Number(s):Â 2102598
Arrest Date: April 2, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Antoine Tolbert

Age: 32
Residence:Â Chicago
Booking Number(s):Â 2102676
Arrest Date: April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Antonio Loinel Washington Jr.

Age: 38
Residence:Â Gary
Booking Number(s):Â 2102736
Arrest Date: April 6, 2021
Offense Description:Â Domestic Battery
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Ashley Worthman

Age: 29
Residence:Â Hobart
Booking Number(s):Â 2102642
Arrest Date: April 4, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Briana Miller

Age: 29
Residence:Â Indianapolis
Booking Number(s):Â 2102715
Arrest Date: April 6, 2021
Offense Description:Â Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Bruce Burns

Age: 53
Residence:Â Hammond
Booking Number(s):Â 2102623
Arrest Date: April 3, 2021
Offense Description:Â Domestic battery
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Bruce Dixon

Age: 30
Residence:Â Merrillville
Booking Number(s):Â 2102684
Arrest Date: April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â Aggravated battery, Domestic battery
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony, Misdemeanor
Cailena Nusz

Age: 23
Residence:Â Gary
Booking Number(s):Â 2102624
Arrest Date: April 3, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Carlos Barrera

Age: 31
Residence:Â Hobart
Booking Number(s):Â 2102685
Arrest Date: April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â Aggravated domestic battery
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Cecelia Reynoso

Age: 30
Residence:Â Merrillville
Booking Number(s):Â 2102599
Arrest Date: April 2, 2021
Offense Description:Â Fraud
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Christina Garza

Age: 28
Residence:Â East Chicago
Booking Number(s):Â 2102632
Arrest Date: April 3, 2021
Offense Description:Â Battery
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Christopher Rich

Age: 30
Residence:Â Lansing
Booking Number(s):Â 2102713
Arrest Date: April 6, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Christopher Taylor

Age: 50
Residence:Â Chicago
Booking Number(s):Â 2102644
Arrest Date: April 4, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Cody Qualls

Age: 32
Residence:Â Lake Station
Booking Number(s):Â 2102597
Arrest Date: April 2, 2021
Offense Description:Â Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Da Janique Trimble

Age: 21
Residence:Â Gary
Booking Number(s):Â 2102635
Arrest Date: April 3, 2021
Offense Description:Â Theft
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Daniel Gamez

Age: 50
Residence:Â Hammond
Booking Number(s):Â 2102633
Arrest Date: April 6, 2021
Offense Description:Â Domestic battery, resisting
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Darion Carter

Age: 46
Residence:Â East Chicago
Booking Number(s):Â 2102630
Arrest Date: April 3, 2021
Offense Description:Â Domestic battery
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Darryl Mance

Age: 22
Residence:Â Gary
Booking Number(s):Â 2102688
Arrest Date: April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â Intimidation
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Demitreus Dickerson

Age: 28
Residence:Â East Chicago
Booking Number(s):Â 2102705
Arrest Date: April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â Battery against a public safety official
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Denear Scott

Age: 31
Residence:Â East Chicago
Booking Number(s):Â 2102698
Arrest Date:Â April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â Dealing in marijuana
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Deric Payton

Age: 51
Residence:Â Hammond
Booking Number(s):Â 2102696
Arrest Date: April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Donald Ingram

Age: 59
Residence:Â Gary
Booking Number(s):Â 2102710
Arrest Date: April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â Invasion of privacy
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Duane Herbert Jackson

Age: 43
Residence:Â Homewood
Booking Number(s):Â 2102751
Arrest Date: April 7, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Edward Richardson

Age: 29
Residence:Â Hammond
Booking Number(s):Â 2102641
Arrest Date: April 4, 2021
Offense Description:Â Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Eleazar Deleon-Oviedo

Age: 46
Residence:Â Portage
Booking Number(s):Â 2102707
Arrest Date: April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Eliaser Jeronimo

Age: 29
Residence:Â East Chicago
Booking Number(s):Â 2102680
Arrest Date: April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Emmanuel Mendez

Age: 33
Residence:Â Hammond
Booking Number(s):Â 2102709
Arrest Date: April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Eugene Yosef Patrick

Age: 23
Residence:Â Gary
Booking Number(s):Â 2102730
Arrest Date: April 6, 2021
Offense Description:Â Robbery
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Fabriciano Jaimes

Age: 51
Residence:Â Hammond
Booking Number(s):Â 2102604
Arrest Date: April 2, 2021
Offense Description:Â Operating a vehicle after driving privileges are suspended
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Fantasia Scott

Age: 29
Residence:Â Highland
Booking Number(s):Â 2102665
Arrest Date: April 4, 2021
Offense Description:Â Aggravated battery
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Fotre Devine White

Age: 24
Residence:Â Gary
Booking Number(s):Â 2102739
Arrest Date: April 6, 2021
Offense Description:Â Domestic Battery causing injury, battery with a deadly weapon, possession of a handgun with no permit
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Frederick Whiteside

Age: 51
Residence:Â Lynwood
Booking Number(s):Â 2102669
Arrest Date: April 4, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Gijeon Dupree Spence

Age: 38
Residence:Â Hammond
Booking Number(s):Â 2102729
Arrest Date: April 6, 2021
Offense Description:Â Possession of firearm with no permit
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Gregory Cox

Age: 43
Residence:Â Griffith
Booking Number(s):Â 2101799
Arrest Date: March 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Jaime Ruvalcaba

Age: 21
Residence:Â Hobart
Booking Number(s):Â 2102695
Arrest Date: April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â Aggravated battery with a deadly weapon
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
James Lawrence

Age: 38
Residence:Â Gary
Booking Number(s):Â 2102722
Arrest Date: April 6, 2021
Offense Description:Â Domestic battery
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Jayme Lopez

Age: 35
Residence:Â Gary
Booking Number(s):Â 2102610
Arrest Date: April 2, 2021
Offense Description:Â Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Jazmine Kendrick-Booker

Age: 24
Residence:Â Gary
Booking Number(s):Â 2102603
Arrest Date: April 2, 2021
Offense Description:Â Resisting
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Jeremy Booker

Age: 33
Residence:Â Valparaiso
Booking Number(s):Â 2102596
Arrest Date: April 2, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Jerome Alan Pawlowski

Age: 63
Residence:Â Valparaiso
Booking Number(s):Â 2102743
Arrest Date: April 6, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Jessica Castro

Age: 17
Residence:Â Gary
Booking Number(s):Â 2102701
Arrest Date: April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â Robbery
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Jessica Pichon

Age: 31
Residence:Â Highland
Booking Number(s):Â 2102686
Arrest Date: April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â Resisting law enforcement using a vehicle and causing serious bodily injury, Sex offender registration violation
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Jose Rodriguez

Age: 37
Residence:Â Hammond
Booking Number(s):Â 2102625
Arrest Date: April 3, 2021
Offense Description:Â Intimidation
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Kathleen Donaldson

Age: 36
Residence:Â Gary
Booking Number(s):Â 2102659
Arrest Date: April 4, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Kenneth Ford

Age: 46
Residence:Â Hobart
Booking Number(s):Â 2102700
Arrest Date: April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â Criminal recklessness
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Kevin Cason

Age: 27
Residence:Â Valparaiso
Booking Number(s):Â 2102608
Arrest Date: April 2, 2021
Offense Description:Â Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Khalil Lewis

Age: 20
Residence:Â Gary
Booking Number(s):Â 2102387
Arrest Date: April 4, 2021
Offense Description:Â Theft
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Kristina Bohn

Age: 37
Residence:Â Whiting
Booking Number(s):Â 2102601
Arrest Date: April 2, 2021
Offense Description:Â Fraud
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Lamesia Kawanna

Age: 33
Residence:Â Lowell
Booking Number(s):Â 2102658
Arrest Date:Â April 4, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Laniah Tiana Davis

Age: 27
Residence:Â East Chicago
Booking Number(s):Â 2102642
Arrest Date: April 6, 2021
Offense Description:Â Resisting, battery against public safety official
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Lovie Diggs

Age: 28
Residence:Â Crown Point
Booking Number(s):Â 2102708
Arrest Date: April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â Domestic battery
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Luke Probus

Age: 17
Residence:Â Gary
Booking Number(s):Â 2102702
Arrest Date: April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â Robbery
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Mariah Dennie

Age: 30
Residence:Â Griffith
Booking Number(s):Â 2102611
Arrest Date: April 2, 2021
Offense Description:Â Resisting, Neglect of dependant
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Mark Castro

Age: 28
Residence:Â Hobart
Booking Number(s):Â 2102671
Arrest Date: April 4, 2021
Offense Description:Â Battery
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Matt Chrzanowski

Age: 37
Residence:Â Hamilton, OH
Booking Number(s):Â 2102649
Arrest Date: April 7, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Michael Edward Parrish

Age: 41
Residence:Â Griffith
Booking Number(s):Â 2102734
Arrest Date: April 6, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI, habitual traffic offender
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Naima Seales

Age: 43
Residence:Â Grand Rapids, Mich.
Booking Number(s):Â 2102674
Arrest Date: April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Oliver Daniel Brown

Age: 38
Residence:Â Gary
Booking Number(s):Â 2102652
Arrest Date: April 7, 2021
Offense Description:Â Possession of a narcotic drug
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Pamela Brusven

Age: 33
Residence:Â Merrillville
Booking Number(s):Â 2102628
Arrest Date: April 4, 2021
Offense Description:Â Domestic battery
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Ramiro Ruvalcaba

Age: 26
Residence:Â Hobart
Booking Number(s):Â 2102694
Arrest Date: April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â Aggravated battery with a deadly weapon
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Raymond Lane

Age: 38
Residence:Â Hammond
Booking Number(s):Â 2102663
Arrest Date: April 4, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI with a prior conviction
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Rubin Ketchem

Age: 32
Residence:Â Lake Station
Booking Number(s):Â 2102612
Arrest Date: April 2, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Selena Marie Cortazar

Age: 18
Residence:Â Gary
Booking Number(s):Â 2102647
Arrest Date: April 7, 2021
Offense Description:Â Theft
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Terrence Tate

Age: 36
Residence:Â Chicago
Booking Number(s):Â 2102711
Arrest Date: April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â OWI
Highest Offense Class:Â Misdemeanor
Thomas Allendorf

Age: 46
Residence:Â Hobart
Booking Number(s):Â 2102673
Arrest Date: April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â Intimidation
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Veronica Wronkiewicz

Age: 24
Residence:Â Chicago
Booking Number(s):Â 2102687
Arrest Date: April 5, 2021
Offense Description:Â Possession of cocaine or narcotic drug
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Victor Hernandez

Age: 33
Residence:Â Hobart
Booking Number(s):Â 2102656
Arrest Date: April 4, 2021
Offense Description:Â Possession of a controlled substance
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony
Vincent Tillotson

Age: 23
Residence:Â Hammond
Booking Number(s):Â 2102634
Arrest Date: April 3, 2021
Offense Description:Â Domestic battery
Highest Offense Class:Â Felony