JASPER COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Officials in Mississippi announced that two of the three monkeys that escaped after a crash are dead.

According to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP), one Rhesus Macaque remains unaccounted for as of November 4, 2025. The second monkey was recovered deceased in Jasper County near mile marker 118.

One of the monkeys that escaped was killed by Jessica Bond Ferguson, a Jasper County homeowner, on November 2, 2025, after it was discovered on her property.

“I did what any other mother would do to protect her children,” Bond Ferguson, who has five children ranging in age from 4 to 16, said. “I shot at it and it just stood there, and I shot again, and he backed up and that’s when he fell.”

The crash occurred in Jasper County on O

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