Prosecutors are looking to charge a 17-year-old girl from Canton, Ohio as an adult for the murder of Nicole Jones, 53.
She is also facing a tampering with evidence charge. 13abc does not name minors accused of crimes until the courts have officially decided to charge them as adults. The lead prosecutor on the case, Andy Lastra, said Thursday the suspect will be held at the Juvenile Justice Center temporarily before she is transferred to a different jurisdiction. He expects that to happen in a neighboring county.
In the days before authorities determined Jones had been killed, U.S. Marshals were looking for the teen and Jones’ son, Jonathan Robert Jones, 33. Prosecutors said Jonathan Jones had been convicted on sex crimes in Wood County and was accused of skipping town to evade sentencing when he allegedlyAuthorities apprehended Jonathan Robert Jones and the teenage girl, at the time considered a kidnapping victim, in Mexico.
Prosecutors told 13abc the suspect was staying at Nicole Jones’ Sylvania Township home before they fled to Mexico. Police in Arizona said the last time the two had been spotted in the U.S., they were in a vehicle that belonged to Nicole Jones. Police have not released a cause of death for Nicole Jones or disclosed a possible motive in her murder. Sylvania Township Police told 13abc on Wednesday authorities still have not recovered the victim’s body and the investigation is ongoing. Jonathan Robert Jones has not been charged with a crime connected to this case but the Wood County Sherriff’s Office tells 13abc he is still in custody in El Paso, Texas, and will be extradicted back to Wood County.
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