Marion County Sheriffs OfficeAmber Wright was ultimately found guilty of first-degree murder in her ex-boyfriends death.In April 2011, it seemed like 15-year-old Amber Wright wanted to reconnect with her ex-boyfriend Seath Jackson. She texted Jackson, who was also 15, that she wanted to work things out. But Jacksons text messages showed that he was uneasy.He knew that she had been dating an older teenager named Michael Bargo, and that Jackson and Bargo had been arguing intensely in recent days. In fact, Bargo had even threatened to shoot Jackson at certain points.So, Jackson texted Wright, Amber if you have me jumped I will never give you the time of day. Wright then responded, I could never do that to you. I just want me and you back.Despite Jacksons reservations, he agreed to meet up with Wright at a home in Summerfield, Florida, on April 17, 2011. When he arrived, he was murdered by Bargo and a group of his friends, who were waiting to ambush him.Though Amber Wright did not physically attack Seath Jackson herself, prosecutors later argued that she had set the trap for him to be fatally beaten, tortured, and shot, with his body later burned in a backyard fire pit. Without Amber Wrights invitation that night, investigators said, Seath Jackson would have never met such a terrible fate.How The Teenage Romance Between Amber Wright And Seath Jackson Turned ToxicPersonal PhotoSeath Jackson was just 15 years old when he was brutally murdered.Amber Wright and Seath Jackson were both 14 years old when they started dating. For the first few months of their relationship, the Florida teens seemed to be inseparable. At one point, Jackson confessed on Facebook that he loved Wright.But offline, the relationship was unstable. Just weeks after Jackson declared his love, the two had broken up. Jackson suspected Wright of cheating on her with an older teen named Michael Bargo, who was already 18 at the time.Amber Wright and Jackson traded public insults on Facebook, as they repeatedly attempted to make each other jealous following their split. At first glance, it seemed like ordinary teenage drama but something darker was brewing behind the scenes.Personal PhotoAmber Wright, pictured with Michael Bargo.Bargo wrongly believed that Jackson had abused Wright during the pairs earlier relationship, intensifying his already strong hatred of him. At one point, Jacksons mother overheard Bargo telling Jackson, I have a bullet with your name on it.By early April, things were escalating quickly. Bargo and his 16-year-old friend Kyle Hooper (who was also Wrights half-brother) challenged Jackson and one of Jacksons friends to a fight. But when Jackson and his friend approached, they heard a gunshot and fled. Bargo claimed that he had fired the gun to scare them off a little bit.At this point, Bargo, Hooper, and Wright had all been spending a lot of time at their mutual friend Charlie Elys home in Summerfield, Florida. And by April 17, 2011, the group had put together a brutal plan to kill Jackson, an idea allegedly sparked by Bargo.Their friend, 20-year-old Justin Soto, agreed to join in on the plot. Shockingly, James Havens, the 37-year-old ex-boyfriend of Wrights mother was also aware of the plot.Amber Wright would later claim that she thought Bargo was just joking. But the plan quickly went into motion. Wright then proceeded to lure Jackson to Elys home, claiming that she merely wanted to reconcile with him, and tragically, her trick worked.The Fatal Ambush Of Seath Jackson Orchestrated By Amber WrightWhen Seath Jackson arrived at Charlie Elys home on April 17, 2011, Michael Bargo and his co-conspirators were waiting to attack. First, Hooper lunged at Jackson, hitting him with a wooden object as Amber Wright and Ely left for a different room.Then, Bargo began firing his gun, injuring Jackson but not killing him immediately. Wounded but still alive, Jackson managed to make it outside the home. He came close to escaping, but then, Soto returned to tackle him to the ground.Bargo then shot him again.But the attack did not stop there. Jackson was dragged back into the home and placed in a bathtub. The bathtub was used to partly contain Jacksons blood as they continued to assault him. While cursing at him, they inflicted horrific torture upon him, including busting both of his kneecaps.Police PhotoPolice interrogating Amber Wright.Despite the brutality, Jackson was still showing signs of life, so Bargo shot him in the face twice to ensure his death, according to court documents.Shockingly, the violence did not end with Jacksons death. The group then fully broke his knees so they would be able to hog-tie his body and stuff his remains inside of a sleeping bag. They then put his body into a backyard fire pit, where they burned him.Neighbors who lived nearby reported seeing unusually high flames that night.After Jacksons body was burned, his killers placed his remains inside of paint cans and discarded the cans in a quarry off State Road 40. At one point, Bargo realized that Jacksons skull still had all the teeth inside, so he took a pair of pliers and pulled the teeth out one by one, in an attempt to further cover their tracks.The group also attempted to cover all the other traces of the murder by using an extensive amount of bleach in the home. Wright and Ely initially took this task up on their own, but Hooper and Soto also participated in the cleaning.Investigators would later say the group believed they had erased all of the evidence from their gruesome crime. They had not.The Confession That Cracked The Case And The Sentences That FollowedWhen Seath Jackson failed to come home, his parents quickly reported him missing. News coverage of his disappearance spread quickly, and as Kyle Hooper watched the reports, he broke down and ended up confessing his role in the crime to his mother.Hoopers mother immediately contacted authorities, and from there, the rest of the group was quickly rounded up and taken into custody. During police interrogations, Amber Wright, Hooper, and Ely all seemed to direct most of the blame onto Bargo, claiming they were all surprised that Bargo wanted him dead. They also claimed that the victim had shown up uninvited and that everything had spiraled out of control unexpectedly.However, after investigators left them all in a holding cell together, they soon began discussing the murder in shocking detail, and Hooper even implied that Jackson had deserved to die at one point, saying he wasnt innocent.Unsurprisingly, they were all unaware that they were being recorded by police, and this recording became key evidence in the case.Around the same time, Amber Wright gave her motive for her involvement, repeating earlier claims that she had been a victim of Jacksons abuse: He hit me. He almost gave me an STD. He cheated on me. He turned my friends against me.Marion County JailThe six people who were arrested in connection with the crime. Clockwise from top left: Justin Soto, Kyle Hooper, Charlie Kay Ely, James Havens, Michael Bargo, and Amber Wright.Though Bargo had initially fled town, staying in Starke, Florida, he made no other attempts to lie low. In fact, people who saw him while he was on the run said that he described in horrific detail what hed done to Jackson, seemingly showing no remorse. He was soon arrested, as police uncovered gruesome pieces of evidence, including burnt human remains in the fire pit that the group had failed to remove.Amber Wrights case drew the most attention. Prosecutors argued that she was the essential link, the person Jackson trusted, and the one who lured him into the trap. Wright maintained her claim that she never believed Bargo would actually carry out the killing.Shes manipulative, shes diabolical, one detective said of Wright. She is the most dangerous 15 year old Ive ever encountered.Amber Wright was ultimately found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison for her actions. Most of the other defendants in the case were also sentenced to life in prison, except for Havens, who pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact. Ely spent about nine years in prison before she was released in 2020. And Bargo was sentenced to death for his key role as the instigator of the murder, making him the youngest inmate on Floridas death row.Sonia Jackson, Seath Jacksons mother, addressed Wright directly in court: Amber, we hope that guilt eats you inside and out knowing that you caused all this. Seath would have never been at that house without your manipulation.The Fate Of Amber Wright Following The TrialThough Amber Wright underwent a retrial in 2016 due to issues with how she was given her Miranda rights, she was found guilty of first-degree murder yet again and given the same sentence she received in 2012.More than a decade later, Amber Wrights role remains the most debated element of the case.To prosecutors, she was the catalyst, the person whose text messages set everything in motion. Without her involvement, Jackson would have never entered that home. Her defense offered a different picture: a young teen caught in a volatile social circle, influenced by an older and increasingly violent boyfriend.Either way, the enduring tragedy in the case is that Jackson never made it to his 16th birthday, and he left this world in a horrifically violent way. As Circuit Judge Anthony Tatti put it: I have not seen or heard anything more despicable than what lead to Seath Jacksons death.After learning about Amber Wright, read about the tragic murder of Hae Min Lee. Then, learn about the killing of Tristyn Bailey.The post The Story Of Amber Wright And How She Led Her Ex-Boyfriend Seath Jackson To His Brutal Death appeared first on All That's Interesting.