October 8, 2025
PRESS RELEASE
(Escambia County, Florida) On October 8, 2025, Alyssa Marie Blackburn was sentenced to life in prison by Circuit Judge Amy Brodersen following her conviction for Principal to Second Degree Murder by an Escambia County Jury on August 15, 2025.
On the afternoon of October 29, 2023, Jesse Geoghagen was shot and killed by Jacob Colville at a home on Medford Avenue in Escambia County. On that day, Blackburn, Colville and Lawrence Bonner came to the house looking for Geoghagen. Blackburn went inside and confirmed he was there, after which Colville and Bonner entered with guns and began searching the house for Geoghagen. Colville found Geoghagen hiding in a closet in the back of the house and proceeded to shoot him several times with three different guns. The murder was captured on a home video surveillance system.
The evidence at trial showed that Blackburn was Geoghagen’s girlfriend but that she also was in a relationship with Colville. Text messages showed there was discord between Blackburn, Geoghagen and Colville relating to their relationships, and there was an earlier statement by Blackburn where she intimated she wanted Colville to “make” Geoghagen leave her alone. Further, nine minutes before the murder, Blackburn messaged another friend that Colville was going to kill Geoghagen. Blackburn left the house just prior to the shooting.
Jacob Colville was convicted of First Degree Premeditated Murder on June 13, 2024, and was sentenced to life in state prison by Circuit Judge Coleman Lee Robinson.
The investigation and arrest were made by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant State Attorney Amy Shea prosecuted the case on behalf of Ginger Bowden Madden, State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit of Florida. For more information, please contact Ms. Shea at 850-595-0207.
