April 6, 2021 at 4:58 p.m.
Jones murder trial moved
New dates are set for late October
Jones murder trial moved
A Redkey man’s murder trial has been rescheduled.
Jay Circuit Court Judge Brian Hutchison during a hearing Monday rescheduled the five-day murder trial of Cory Jones to begin Oct. 25. Jones’ attorneys had filed a motion for a continuance last week.
Jones is charged with the Aug. 22 murder of Shanna Jones of Dunkirk.
The trial was originally scheduled for May and later moved to July. The court’s docket was backed up in part because Indiana Supreme Court suspended trials for several months because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Shanna Jones was found dead late Aug. 22 when Jay County Sheriff’s Office went to her home at 10402 W. 400 South, Dunkirk, for a welfare check. She had been shot in the head.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed in connection with the case, the call for a welfare check came from Ray Jones, the father of Cory Jones. Police say Ray Jones told them that his son said he accidentally shot Shanna Jones. He later sent his father a text saying he was “going 110 mph toward Illinois,” the document says.
The U.S. Marshal Service’s Fugitive Task Force arrested Cory Jones in Martinsburg, West Virginia, about 75 miles west of Baltimore, three days after the shooting. While being held there awaiting extradition, Jay County officers traveled to Martinsburg to interview him. He told the officers that he had been in Florida for three weeks, according to court documents.
Court records show Cory Jones pleaded guilty to a Class A misdemeanor charge of battery resulting in bodily injury in 2008.
He also has been found guilty or pleaded guilty to felony charges of burglary (1994) and auto theft (2014).
In Indiana, murder carries a sentence of 45 to 65 years with an advisory sentence of 55 years.
The trial for Cory Jones is one of four murder trials still scheduled this year.
Roger Boyd, 35, Portland, is slated to stand trial Oct. 11 through 15 for the Sept. 5 murder of James P. Miller, Montpelier. Shelby Hiestand, 19, rural Portland, and Hannah Knapke, 20, Fort Recovery, are scheduled for trials for the January 2020 murder of Shea Briar in August and November, respectively.
Esther J. Stephen, 30, was found guilty of Briar’s murder last month.
Jay Circuit Court Judge Brian Hutchison during a hearing Monday rescheduled the five-day murder trial of Cory Jones to begin Oct. 25. Jones’ attorneys had filed a motion for a continuance last week.
Jones is charged with the Aug. 22 murder of Shanna Jones of Dunkirk.
The trial was originally scheduled for May and later moved to July. The court’s docket was backed up in part because Indiana Supreme Court suspended trials for several months because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Shanna Jones was found dead late Aug. 22 when Jay County Sheriff’s Office went to her home at 10402 W. 400 South, Dunkirk, for a welfare check. She had been shot in the head.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed in connection with the case, the call for a welfare check came from Ray Jones, the father of Cory Jones. Police say Ray Jones told them that his son said he accidentally shot Shanna Jones. He later sent his father a text saying he was “going 110 mph toward Illinois,” the document says.
The U.S. Marshal Service’s Fugitive Task Force arrested Cory Jones in Martinsburg, West Virginia, about 75 miles west of Baltimore, three days after the shooting. While being held there awaiting extradition, Jay County officers traveled to Martinsburg to interview him. He told the officers that he had been in Florida for three weeks, according to court documents.
Court records show Cory Jones pleaded guilty to a Class A misdemeanor charge of battery resulting in bodily injury in 2008.
He also has been found guilty or pleaded guilty to felony charges of burglary (1994) and auto theft (2014).
In Indiana, murder carries a sentence of 45 to 65 years with an advisory sentence of 55 years.
The trial for Cory Jones is one of four murder trials still scheduled this year.
Roger Boyd, 35, Portland, is slated to stand trial Oct. 11 through 15 for the Sept. 5 murder of James P. Miller, Montpelier. Shelby Hiestand, 19, rural Portland, and Hannah Knapke, 20, Fort Recovery, are scheduled for trials for the January 2020 murder of Shea Briar in August and November, respectively.
Esther J. Stephen, 30, was found guilty of Briar’s murder last month.
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