Watch live: Trial resumes for man accused of kidnapping Shavon Randle
Prosecutor Jennifer Falk said Shavon was kidnapped in retaliation over $250,000 worth of marijuana.
She said Shavon died for no reason.
"You are going to learn she was run out of the home, she was put in the back of the car, that she had her hands bound behind her,” Falk said.
Jones is the first of multiple suspects to go on trial in Dallas County in connection with Shavon's disappearance and death. No one has been charged with murder in Shavon's death.
In court Monday, prosecutors played audio of an FBI interview with Jones where he admits to being the lookout when Randle was taken from her aunt's Lancaster home.
“They put like a thing over her face,” Jones says in the audio.
“Like a bag or a blindfold?” asked FBI special agent Mike Mahan.
“A pillowcase,” Jones said.
Prosecutors say Jones led the FBI to her body and to the body of Michael Titus, Randle's cousin. Investigators believe Titus stole close to a quarter of a million dollars from Jones and his gang, and they wanted revenge.
“They want their dope back. Either the dope or the money or something bad is going to happen,” Falk said.
Falk said the kidnappers made a call to Randle’s family that said, “Give us our [expletive] or we will kill the girl."
Jones told investigators he was in the home when Randle was killed and heard the gunshots but didn't see it happen. He said she was killed after she saw one of the suspect's faces.
If convicted, Jones faces up to life in prison.
Day 1 of testimony is at above link.
Legal analysis: Trial for alleged kidnapper involved in death of 13-year-old Shavon Randle
The cousin of Shavon Randle testified Tuesday that she didn’t immediately call police after the 13-year-old was kidnapped because she feared the girl would be killed.
After the girl was taken, her cousin, Ledoris Randle, started receiving threatening phone calls.
At one point, the kidnappers called Randle from Shavon’s phone.
“They was like, ‘You better not get the police involved. Bring us our drugs,’” Randle testified Tuesday.
Randle testified that she didn’t immediately call police after the threats started.
“I felt like if we didn’t tell the police, it would help her,” Randle said.
Randle’s family eventually called police and told them about the threatening calls. But Shavon’s cousin didn’t explain why the kidnappers took the girl.
Randle’s boyfriend, Kendall Perkins, was one of the men involved in the drug theft at a motel. She testified that she didn’t tell authorities the full story because she "was scared.”
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