Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 4, 2006 12:02:37 GMT -5
Inmate who killed parents takes own life
Alabama death row inmate Timothy Jason Jones, sentenced to death
last year for killing his adoptive parents in Monroeville over use of a
vehicle, died by suicide Saturday night at the maximum-security Holman
Prison, a prison system spokesman confirmed Sunday.
Details of Jones' death were not released because Warden Grantt Culliver
was out of the prison until Tuesday because of the Labor Day holiday and
the investigation was incomplete.
However, Department of Corrections spokesman Brian Corbett said Jones' death
has been ruled a suicide. He was pronounced dead at 10:06 p.m. by Dr. Robert
Barnes, Corbett said.
"He was alone in his cell," Corbett said.
He said the body was discovered by an officer and taken to the prison health
clinic then to Atmore Community Hospital. The prison is located near Atmore,
north of Mobile.
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals in February upheld the death sentence
for Jones, who was 29 at the time of the murders of Dr. Tim Jones and Nancy
Jones in 2004.
According to testimony, Jones, a drug abuser, became enraged when they
refused to let him use their Chevrolet Blazer. The couple were beaten and
stabbed to death at the family's home in Monroeville.
Jones was captured in north Alabama during a police chase in Russellville.
His trial was held in Birmingham last year due to hometown publicity.
"Monroe County will never get over the loss of Dr. and Mrs. Jones. They were
very dear people," Monroe County Sheriff Tom Tate said Sunday after learning
of the death row suicide.
A jury recommended death for Jones by a 10-2 vote.
At the time, the prosecutor, District Attorney Tommy Chapman of Evergreen,
described Jones as a "monster."
(source: Associated Press)
Alabama death row inmate Timothy Jason Jones, sentenced to death
last year for killing his adoptive parents in Monroeville over use of a
vehicle, died by suicide Saturday night at the maximum-security Holman
Prison, a prison system spokesman confirmed Sunday.
Details of Jones' death were not released because Warden Grantt Culliver
was out of the prison until Tuesday because of the Labor Day holiday and
the investigation was incomplete.
However, Department of Corrections spokesman Brian Corbett said Jones' death
has been ruled a suicide. He was pronounced dead at 10:06 p.m. by Dr. Robert
Barnes, Corbett said.
"He was alone in his cell," Corbett said.
He said the body was discovered by an officer and taken to the prison health
clinic then to Atmore Community Hospital. The prison is located near Atmore,
north of Mobile.
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals in February upheld the death sentence
for Jones, who was 29 at the time of the murders of Dr. Tim Jones and Nancy
Jones in 2004.
According to testimony, Jones, a drug abuser, became enraged when they
refused to let him use their Chevrolet Blazer. The couple were beaten and
stabbed to death at the family's home in Monroeville.
Jones was captured in north Alabama during a police chase in Russellville.
His trial was held in Birmingham last year due to hometown publicity.
"Monroe County will never get over the loss of Dr. and Mrs. Jones. They were
very dear people," Monroe County Sheriff Tom Tate said Sunday after learning
of the death row suicide.
A jury recommended death for Jones by a 10-2 vote.
At the time, the prosecutor, District Attorney Tommy Chapman of Evergreen,
described Jones as a "monster."
(source: Associated Press)