Grand jury: SC father strangled 4 children, beat 1 to death

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Grand jury: SC father strangled 4 children, beat 1 to death
| February 26, 2015

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Grand jury indictments indicate that four of the five South Carolina children who allegedly died at the hands of their father were strangled and one was beaten.

The State newspaper reported the information Thursday (http://bit.ly/1AcwOnP).

This is the first time any information has been released about how the children died.

Authorities say 33-year-old Timothy Ray Jones Jr. killed his children at their Red Bank home in late August, and drove around with their bodies in trash bags in his SUV for nine days before dumping them in a field in rural Alabama.

He was arrested in Mississippi after a deputy said he smelled the stench of death coming from the SUV at a traffic checkpoint.



Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Grand-jury-SC-father-strangled-4-children-beat-6104343.php

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[sakabatou]

1. I hope he gets the maximum.

[MissDeeds]

2. Those precious little faces

Words fail me...

[freshwest]

3. +1

[awoke_in_2003]

8. The youngest one has chubby cheeks...

and a nose just like my 15 month old granddaughter. I am against the death penalty, but it is sometimes hard to maintain that stance.

[Hekate]

4. Okay, where's mama? The link doesn't say. It looks like they had a baby a year there...

There's a load of information missing from the article.

Breathtakingly awful.

[Archae]

5. I have just one question...

Why?

[Hekate]

6. Like I said, there's a huge blank space at that link, where answers should be

[ReRe]

7. No words...

... only tears.

[Lurks Often]

9. The death penalty is too good for him

Put him in general population and let the other inmates know what he did. With some luck, he'll suffer a great deal.

[GOLGO 13]

10. MONSTER!

I know how to fix his "problem".

[Sunlei]

11. October 16: DSS closes the case, saying, “Risk is reduced and services no longer needed.”

October 16: DSS closes the case, saying, “Risk is reduced and services no longer needed.”

December 2: The Jones’ fifth child, Abigail Elizabeth, name later changed to Elaine Marie, is born

2013:

Feb. 8: Amber and Timothy Jones attend divorce hearing. The children are in Mississippi with Timothy Jones' family

Sept. 2: The Jones agree to terminate their marriage upon written agreement

October: The Jones divorce is final and he is awarded primary custody. At the time of the divorce, Amber Jones is 27 and Timothy Jones is 31.

2014:

May 5: SC Department of Social Services and deputies interview Jones after allegations of abuse. Children tell DSS father likes to “horseplay” and makes them do exercises for punishment. Children do not seem afraid of father, DSS says. One had a mark in his neck, according to DSS.

http://www.wyff4.com/news/timeline-of-jones-family-before-deaths-of-5-children/28064774