A man recently arrested for a cold case murder is on his way to prison on unrelated charges.
60-year old Daniel Andrew MacGinnis was arrested last month for the 1988 murder of
36-year old Patricia Jacobs. Her body was found in the Neches River in Port Arthur. DNA
testingled to the arrest of MacGinnis. MacGinnis appeared in a Tyler County courtroom
yesterday and was sentenced to life in prison and 99 years in prison for possessing drugs and a
firearm. Those charges date back to September 2017.