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Seasoned East Baton Rouge Sheriff's deputies left a courtroom in tears Wednesday, after the mother of blues singer Jackie Neal confronted her daughter's killer. This came as James White pleaded guilty to first degree murder for killing Neal, and attempted first degree murder for shooting another woman who survived.

Before Judge Richard Anderson sentenced White to life in prison, the now-convicted murderer heard words spoken straight from the heart from Jackie's mother. In open court, Shirley Neal told White that he not only ripped away part of her family, but part of her heart.

In an exclusive interview to 9 News, Shirley Neal said, "I told him I don't hate him. I just hate what he done to my family... because, you know, we're a close family and he took my baby from me."

Jackie's famous father, Raful Neal, belted out his blues for years, and the family followed. A rising star in the blues world, Jackie Neal was gunned down inside a salon on Florida Boulevard in March of last year. The gunman, her angry ex-boyfriend, also shot another woman and himself, but both of them survived. That wasn't the only time White tried to take his own life. In June of last year, White overdosed on pills while in prison.

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Tragedy Strikes Neal Family Again

Jackie Neal murdered, ex-boyfriend charged Jackie Neal, younger sister of Kenny Neal, and daughter of the late Raful Neal was fatally shot by a former boyfriend on March 9 in Baton Rouge, where she was a blues singer. She released three CDs between 1995 and 2002 that blended blues, funk, and pop. Neal’s brother and band leader, Larry Neal, said his sister, who was one of ten siblings in a very musically talented family, was planning a European tour. “She was deep into her music. Her goal was to be successful in what she did,’ he said. “She’s just a loving person.” She was the third member of the Neal family to die in the past year. Raful Neal died in September and his son, Ronnie Neal, died in April 2004. Police told the Associated Press that Neal’s former boyfriend opened fire in a crowded beauty salon before turning the gun on himself. Another woman in the salon was critically wounded as she ran from the shooting. Baton Rouge Police Major Pat Tauzin says Neal, who was in her late 30s, died at the scene, and both Myers and White were rushed to the hospital with critical injuries. The gunman faces counts of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder.