62-year term issued in 2018 Cass Street slaying Devan Filchak | The Journal Gazette A 24-year-old man was sentenced today to 62 years for the murder of a 33-year-old woman in November 2018 at her Cass Street home. Cordell D. Patterson Jr., of Jackson, Mississippi, was charged with murder and felony robbery after Laura Larkin's death. A jury found him guilty on the charges in April, but Allen Superior Judge David Zent vacated the robbery charge during the morning sentencing hearing. Patterson met Larkin the day before her death at The Pantry. Prosecutors said during the jury trial that Patters...