Calhoun County Man Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter

CALHOUN CO., Miss. (WCBI) – A Calhoun County man will spend ten years in prison after his wife is found dead in the woods.

Matthew Collins pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the February of 2015 of Courtney Leigh Collins.

District Attorney Ben Creekmore says the couple was having marital issues when they went into the woods near Slate Springs to get some deer stands.

Collins’ four-wheeler got stuck in a creek. He went to get some tools, and when he returned, Courtney Collins could not be found.

Search crews found her about one hundred yards away from the four-wheeler.

She apparently drowned.

Collins will also be on probation for five years.