GUILTY SC - Five Jones children, ages 1-8, Lexington County, 28 Aug 2014 *Father Arrested*

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Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 1h1 hour ago
Ballentine steps down from the stand, leading the defense to call their next witness.

Sandra Black, an investigator for the Lexington County Sheriff's Dept. who interviewed Ballentine about Jones talking to himself, is on the stand.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 1h1 hour ago
Sgt. Black talks about the time Ballentine told her that Jones had mental health issues and talked to himself. Ballentine reneged on this statement at various points during her testimony.


Courtney King‏ @CourtReportKing 1h1 hour ago
Sgt Sandra Black, LCSD, takes the stand. She interviewed the ex-girlfriend and took the statement. Black says she wrote down exactly what Ballentine told her. Backs that Ballentine says #TimothyJones had mental problems @wachfox #TimothyJonesTrial


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 1h1 hour ago
Sgt. Black steps down from the stand. Judge Griffith calls for a break.
So far, four witnesses have taken the stand in the first hour and a half of court today. Seven took the stand yesterday.

 

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Chelsea Holcomb‏ @Chelsea19223287 55m55 minutes ago
For those following #TimothyJones trial via livestream, ⁦@CourtReportKing⁩ has a podcast covering it also. I listen to this while the court takes their breaks.


‎Timothy Jones Trial: Chapter Four: What did I do? on Apple Podcasts

 

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Crystal Ballentine's testimony will be impacting I am thinking.

 

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Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 49m49 minutes ago
Jury returns from their break. Defense calls Joy Lorick, a friend of Christina Ehlke who also babysat for the Jones children in the summer of 2014.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 47m47 minutes ago
Lorick describes some of the stuff she did around his home (saying there were roaches in some of the clothes). She also talks about a trip to Myrtle Beach she went on with Jones and the children.


Courtney King‏ @CourtReportKing 44m44 minutes ago
Another babysitter, Joy Lorick, is on the stand. She testifies she went to Myrtle Beach with #TimothyJones in June of 2014. @wachfox #TimothyJonesTrial

Caroline Hecker‏Verified account @CHecker_WIS 40m40 minutes ago
We're watching a video of Jones and his children on a summer trip to Myrtle Beach, just months before they were killed. Their babysitter at the time, Joy Lorick, cries as the video is played. Kids are splashing, playing in the water. @wis10


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 45m45 minutes ago
Defense now showing a video of Jones's children playing in the water in Myrtle Beach. The youngest daughter was on her feet in the video, and the oldest daughter showed Jones something she found in the water.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 40m40 minutes ago
Lorick talks more about when Jones and the children went to Disney World in the summer of 2014. On the way there, Lorick says Jones threatened to pull over on the side of the road, and have the kids do squats if they misbehaved.


Caroline Hecker‏Verified account @CHecker_WIS 41m41 minutes ago
Babysitter testifies on the drive down to Disney World with the family, if the kids began misbehaving, Jones would threaten to pull the car over and have the children do squats. She objected and Jones kept driving. @wis10


Courtney King‏ @CourtReportKing 36m36 minutes ago
The jury is seeing this picture all five Jones children at Disney World, weeks before authorities say #TimothyJones killed them. #TimothyJonesTrial @wachfox

Courtney King‏ @CourtReportKing 35m35 minutes ago
The three oldest children (Merah, Eli, and Nahtahn) with Cinderella. #TimothyJones @wachfox #TimothyJonesTrial

Courtney King‏ @CourtReportKing 33m33 minutes ago
The two youngest Jones children, (Abigail/Elaine and Gabriel) eating at a fast food restaurant during the family trip to Disney World #TimothyJones @wachfox #TimothyJonesTrial

Courtney King‏ @CourtReportKing 22m22 minutes ago
“If I make this call to DSS, nothing will be done” former babysitter for #TimothyJones recalls while being questioned by prosecution. Joy Lorick has cried off and on during her testimony #TimothyJonesTrial @wachfox

 

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Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 44m44 minutes ago
On the Disney trip, after coming back from a bar across the street, Lorick says Jones heard some of the children yelling and jumping around on the bed. She says Jones proceeded to spank them.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 43m43 minutes ago
Defense shows receipts from McDonalds and Red Lobster. Lorick says she doesn't recall stopping at McDonalds on the trip (the receipt says they had a 20 piece McNugget meal); instead, she recalls stopping at Chick-fil-A.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 41m41 minutes ago
Defense shows pictures of the Jones children from their trip to Disney and Sea World. One picture had all five of the children, while a couple had the three oldest (Merah, Elias, Nahtahn).


im Scott‏ @TimScottTV 40m40 minutes ago
More pictures show the children interacting with Disney characters, like Woody, Rapunzel, and Cinderella.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 33m33 minutes ago
Lorick starts to get emotional when talking about how the children had to eat oatmeal all day, and she wanted to feed them.
She also says she called DSS in August 2014 after she had a dispute with Jones over payment.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 28m28 minutes ago
Lorick says if she never called DSS, "nothing will be done."
She also says that the children were never allowed to talk about their mother. They showed her a picture album one day. Lorick has been crying at various points in her testimony.


Caroline Hecker‏Verified account @CHecker_WIS 30m30 minutes ago
Gut-wrenching testimony coming from a former babysitter on the stand right now. She got incredibly emotional reflecting on conversations she had with the children about what they were allowed to eat and how often. Incredibly difficult to listen to. @wis10


Caroline Hecker‏Verified account @CHecker_WIS 33m33 minutes ago
Former babysitter: "I made that call to DSS and they did nothing," she says tearfully. She testified to witnessing Jones beat Gabriel, 2; and Elias, 7; with a belt while on a trip to Disney World. @wis10


Caroline Hecker‏Verified account @CHecker_WIS 21m21 minutes ago
Two kids doing curl-ups with a bed post? It's a form of physical punishment Jones inflicted on his children, Joy Lorick, a former babysitter testifies. @wis10


Caroline Hecker‏Verified account @CHecker_WIS 20m20 minutes ago
As Lorick steps down from the stand, 11th Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard thanks her as she leaves the courtroom. Not even a nod from defense attorneys who called her to actually testified. @wis10


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 18m18 minutes ago
Lorick testifies that regardless of if it was right or wrong, Jones claimed he could do what he wanted with his children because they were his children.
She steps down from the stand.


Caroline Hecker‏Verified account @CHecker_WIS 3m3 minutes ago
Joy Lorick, a former babysitter of the Jones children, gave incredibly powerful and emotional testimony this morning. Here are some pictures from inside the courtroom. @wis10

 

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Courtney King‏ @CourtReportKing 12m12 minutes ago
Caroline Jones, former stepmother of #TimothyJones takes the stand @wachfox

Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 16m16 minutes ago
Timothy Jones Jr.'s former stepmother, Carolyn, takes the stand. She moved in with Timothy Jones Sr. when Tim Jr. was 10.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 7m7 minutes ago
CORRECTION: As Karen Williford, Jones's former stepmother, testifies on the stand, Jones starts to wipes his eyes.


Courtney King‏ @CourtReportKing 11m11 minutes ago
Correction: Karen Willaford, former stepmother of #TimothyJones, takes the stand. Says Jones witnessed violence in her relationship with his father. #TimothyJonesTrial @wachfox


Courtney King‏ @CourtReportKing 10m10 minutes ago
Court adjourns for lunch and will be back at 1:45 pm. Here's a look inside the courtroom so far today. #TimothyJones #TimothyJonesTrial @wachfox

 

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Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 3h3 hours ago
Jury is back from their lunch break, and Karen Willeford (Jones's former stepmother and Tim Sr.'s ex-wife) is back on the stand.
She is going over some family photographs from when Jones Jr. was younger.

 

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Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 3h3 hours ago
Willeford steps down from the stand.
Timothy Jones Sr., dressed in a suit and a dark shirt, takes the stand.


Caroline Hecker‏Verified account @CHecker_WIS 3h3 hours ago
Tim Jones Sr., Timothy Jones' father, is taking the stand. Tune in NOW >>https://www.wistv.com/2019/05/29/watch-live-trial-sc-man-accused-killing-his-children-enters-day/ … @wis10

Courtney King‏ @CourtReportKing 3h3 hours ago
Timothy Jones Senior takes the stand for the defense #TimothyJones #TimothyJonesTrial @wachfox

Caroline Hecker‏Verified account @CHecker_WIS 2h2 hours ago
Tim Jones Sr. is soft spoken so far during his testimony. Defense attorneys are beginning with Tim Jones. Jr.’s birth and walking the jury through his life. ⁦@wis10⁩

Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 2h2 hours ago
Jones Sr. starts by talking about his son's childhood and how he thought the child's mother was unstable, leading him to sign her up to be cared for in a mental health institution.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 2h2 hours ago
After finding a nude picture of her and his mom in a magazine during the time Jones Jr.'s mom ran off with the child, Jones Sr. said he had no choice but to hire an attorney and get a divorce.


Courtney King‏ @CourtReportKing 2h2 hours ago
Timothy Jones Senior says he found a naked picture of his ex-wife & mother of #TimothyJones in a magazine during a time Senior says she ran off with "the baby" @wachfox #TimothyJonesTrial


Caroline Hecker‏Verified account @CHecker_WIS 2h2 hours ago
"I went to sleep with my eyes open," Jones Sr., says of his first wife, Cynthia, who has been institutionalized for a couple of decades. Said after Tim Jr. was born, she started acting erratically. @wis10


Courtney King‏ @CourtReportKing 2h2 hours ago
Jones Senior is asked about drug use in his mother's home when his son, #TimothyJones, was growing up. He says there was but that there wasn't LSD or $*** like that. @wachfox #TimothyJonesTrial


Caroline Hecker‏Verified account @CHecker_WIS 2h2 hours ago
Jones Sr., testifies violence, drug and alcohol use was "off the charts" while Jones Jr. was growing up in his grandmother's house. @wis10


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 2h2 hours ago
Once Tim Jr.'s mom was out of the picture, Jones Sr. says Roberta Thornsberry (Tim Sr.'s mom who testified earlier this week), took on a bigger role in raising the child.
Jones Sr. says sometimes it would get violent since his mom was a "dominating woman."


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 2h2 hours ago
When asked if Tim Jr. was exposed to alcoholism and violence at a young age, Jones Sr. says that exposure was "off the charts."

 

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Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 2h2 hours ago
Jones Sr. says his mother "wore the pants in the family" and "whooped his *" from time to time.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 2h2 hours ago
When talking about how Jones was as a child, Jones Sr. says Tim Jr. was "very shy, had few friends" but he was proud of how smart he was.


Courtney King‏ @CourtReportKing 2h2 hours ago
Senior testifies that #TimothyJones "was a longer, 2-3 friends tops". @wachfox


Caroline Hecker‏Verified account @CHecker_WIS 2h2 hours ago
It's hard to describe the testimony coming from Tim Jones Sr. right now. He clearly loves his son, but...seems to be struggling to articulate that in a way that helps his son who is facing the death penalty. @wis10


Courtney King‏ @CourtReportKing 2h2 hours ago
"Everything seemed to change after his car accident," Jones Senior says of his son, #TimothyJones. Multiple doctors have testified that Jones has a TBI from the accident in his teens #TimothyJonesTrials @wachfox


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 2h2 hours ago
Jones Sr. starts talking about how his son started acting after the car accident. He says "he was turning into an adult...started acting too smart for his own shoes" so he had to teach him common sense.


Courtney King‏ @CourtReportKing 2h2 hours ago
Jones Senior is talking about a time his son was arrested with strippers, says he had a talk with him about it #TimothyJones @wachfox #TimothyJonesTrial


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 2h2 hours ago
Jones Sr. then starts talking about a time Jones Jr. got arrested while hanging out with strippers. He also talks about how his son and his friends stole a van, and how Tim Jr. bailed out a friend from jail using Tim Sr.'s checkbook.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 2h2 hours ago
Jones Sr. says the biggest change in his son after his release from prison was his religion. Says the two would clash often, saying that Jones's religion beliefs bordered on being in a cult.


Courtney King‏ @CourtReportKing 2h2 hours ago
Jones Sr says #TimothyJones changed when he got out of prison. Says he did not like his son's pastor, "I thought it was a d@^^ cult." @wachfox #TimothyJonesTrial


Caroline Hecker‏Verified account @CHecker_WIS 2h2 hours ago
Jones Sr. describes his son's Pentecostal church in Illinois as a "damn cult," and clashed with his pastor right away. He told the jury his son came out of prison fanatical about religion. @wis10


Courtney King‏ @CourtReportKing 2h2 hours ago
"It was a train wreck," Jones Senior on #TimothyJones junior's intense religious beliefs #TimothyJonesTrial @wachfox

 

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Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 2h2 hours ago
Jones Sr. says his son nor his wife were not "worthy" to have children, and then starts talking about when his son bought his Red Bank trailer, saying Amber was not happy about it.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 2h2 hours ago
Jones Sr. expressed his concerns about how Jones was going to balance taking care of the children and a high-stress job at Intel, saying that Amber "gave up a long time ago" after they moved to the Red Bank trailer.


Caroline Hecker‏Verified account @CHecker_WIS 2h2 hours ago
Jones Sr. is still on the stand and likely will remain there for the duration of the afternoon. His testimony is profanity-laced and while he seems to sincerely want to help his son, I'm wondering what the jury is thinking right now. @wis10

Courtney King‏ @CourtReportKing 2h2 hours ago
Jones Senior has made many allegations against the children's mother, Amber Kyzer, accusing her of not fighting for the kids and that she wouldn't help around the house because she didn't want to live in a trailer #TimothyJones @wachfox


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 2h2 hours ago
He called it a "s*** sandwich" when Jones Jr. and his ex-wife, Amber, separated. He says "I told you so" to his son because he had so many kids, and thought he couldn't handle taking care of them all.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 2h2 hours ago
Jones Sr. talks about a time he went in the trailer and saw there was "clothes and s***" all over the floor, and he picked Gabriel, so much urine dripped out from under him. He demanded Jones Jr. to change that "**** baby".


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 2h2 hours ago
Jones Sr. says he talked to the teenager Amber had an affair with, saying that it had lasted for six months. Jones Sr. says "that really messed him up, man."


Courtney King‏ @CourtReportKing 2h2 hours ago
The judge just asked Timothy Jones Senior to watch the language and said it was "too salty." Jones had dropped some F-bombs, and several S-words. #TimothyJones #TimothyJonesTrial @wachfox


Caroline Hecker‏Verified account @CHecker_WIS 2h2 hours ago
Judge Eugene Griffith stops Jones Sr. as he's testifying and tells him he's "too salty" and to stop using so much profanity. @wis10

 

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Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 1h1 hour ago
Jury returns to the courtroom, and Jones Sr. is back on the stand. Says he spent a lot of time with the children since Jones Jr. was going back and forth between Mississippi and South Carolina.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 1h1 hour ago
Jones Sr. said his son was very angry when he went to his home for Christmas after Amber left. Jones Sr. says this really frustrated him since he wanted to help him out.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 56m56 minutes ago
Jones Sr says he called everyone he could once he found out the children were missing. He found out his son was arrested after Sheriff Charlie Crumpton (Smith County, Miss.) called him.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 53m53 minutes ago
Jones Sr. says once he drove down to Smith County to sit in on the interview with Tim Jr., he says "that wasn't my son" in there. He recalls when Jones Jr. put his hands near his throat, then says his son started to cry afterwards.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 50m50 minutes ago
Jones Sr. starts to get choked up on the stand when he said to Tim Jr. "I'll go with you" after the interview in Smith County.
At the same time, Jones Jr. starts wiping his eyes.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 47m47 minutes ago
Defense now showing a series of photographs with Jones Sr. with his son and the children.


Caroline Hecker‏Verified account @CHecker_WIS 43m43 minutes ago
"This is the Tim I was scared I was going to see one day," Jones Sr. finishes direct examination talking about whether the Tim in the courtroom is the same son he used to know. Now, Solicitor Hubbard will get his chance to question him. @wis10


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 42m42 minutes ago
Based on how his wife turned out, Jones Sr. said "this is the Tim I was scared I was going to see one day."
Solicitor Rick Hubbard begins his cross-examination, asking about Jones Jr.'s mother.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 38m38 minutes ago
Jones Sr. says his son was always teetering on the edge between "brilliance and insanity."

 

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Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 31m31 minutes ago
Jones Sr. says he started to worry about his son when he got to his mother's age, and he reiterates that Jones Jr's fascination with religion was a little too much.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 28m28 minutes ago
Jones Jr. says he married Jones's mom because she was pregnant, but Jones Jr. married Amber so "he could sleep with her." He thought Jones Jr. should date her for a while so he can get to know her.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 27m27 minutes ago
Jones Sr. continues to harp on Jones Jr.'s fascination with religion, calling it crazy. He says his son was "losing his mind" when he was indulging with religion.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 10m10 minutes ago
Jones Sr. said "when Tim got mad, he did stupid s***."


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 7m7 minutes ago
Jones Sr. also says if he took the kids away from his son, "he might kill me."


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 5m5 minutes ago
Some pictures from Jones Sr.'s testimony. Says if someone kills his five children, they've got to be "*** crazy".

Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 3m3 minutes ago
Jones Sr. says "nobody deserves" what's happened to him and his family over the past few years. Says his family has been ripped apart by this tragedy.


Tim Scott‏ @TimScottTV 14m14 minutes ago
Judge Griffith calls it a day. Jones Sr will still be on the stand when court resumes tomorrow morning.

 

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Ex-girlfriend of man who killed his 5 kids says he was ‘overangry’ but not insane

May 29, 2019

"LEXINGTON — The ex-girlfriend of Timothy Jones Jr., who faces the death penalty for killing his five children, said Wednesday he whipped them so hard, she could hear it through the walls.

“He was overangry. He should’ve calmed himself down before he took discipline actions,” Chrystal Ballentine told jurors. “I could hear it and couldn’t do nothing about it. Every time I did, we’d get in a battle. It caused a lot of conflict.”

The beatings caused bruising, she said. She walked out in summer 2013 when “he looked like he was going to whip” her daughter, who was less than a year old at the time, for knocking over a drink or something similarly minor. It was the final straw.

“He didn’t get to her, but it was leading to that point,” said Ballentine, who testified she was legally blind. “I just left.”...

Ballentine discounted the insanity defense.

“He knew what was right and wrong. He knew about God — what you should do in life. He was pretty sure of himself and pretty sure of everything,” she said, noting Jones’ alcohol of choice was Crown Royal, as “everybody knows liquor gets you drunk quicker.”

She was among a litany of Jones’ former babysitters who testified Wednesday, starting with Jodie Durney, who began watching Jones’ then-four children in 2012...."

Ex-girlfriend of man who killed his 5 kids says he was 'overangry' but not insane

 

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Timothy Jones Jr. trial: babysitter said she called social servies

May 29, 2019

"Joy Lorick, a babysitter for Timothy Jones Jr., testified in his murder trial..."

 

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The Latest: Dad: Son charged with killing kids a ‘sick man’

May 29, 2019

"COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on The Latest on the death penalty trial for a South Carolina father (all times local):

5 p.m.

The father of a man facing the death penalty after killing his five children says he never thought his son should have had children.

Timothy Jones Sr. testified Wednesday that he was proud of his son for making it through college and getting a nice computer job, but Timothy Jones Jr. was too religious and strict and got angry too quickly.

Jones Sr. says the son he saw on trial was the man he was always scared he was going to see after his mother was sent to a mental institution for decades for schizophrenia.

Jones Sr. blamed bad DNA and called his son “a sick man.”..."

The Latest: Dad: Son charged with killing kids a ‘sick man’ | WTOP

 

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Father of man on trial for murdering his five children claims he would spank the kids and then preach to them, while babysitter who became his girlfriend at 17 said she could hear him hitting the kids through the walls

29 May 2019

"The father of the Kentucky man who is on trial for killing his five children said he believes his son was in the equivalent of a 'cult' and wasn't 'worthy' to have children.

Timothy Jones Sr took the stand on Wednesday to testify in the trial of his son Timothy Jones Jr. ...

Timothy Jones Sr testified that his son changed after he served a year in prison for cocaine possession, burglary, and car theft.

Shortly after his release in 2003, Jones joined a Pentecostal church in Chicago.

Timothy Jones Sr said he believed his son was in the equivalent of a 'cult' as he became deeply religious.

He recalled that he once walked in on his son spanking Merah before he started preaching to her.

Timothy Jones Sr also revealed he begged his son not to marry Amber Kyzer, saying he didn't think Jones was in the right place to get married. He also didn't believe Kyzer or Jones were 'worthy' to raise children. ..

Also taking the stand was Joy Lorick, a former babysitter for the family who went on trips with them to Disney World and Myrtle Beach.

Lorick said she witnessed Jones spanking Nahntahn, six, and Gabriel, two, with a belt on the Disney trip, which occurred just a few weeks before they and their siblings were murdered.

She said the children also begged her not to tell Jones when she fed them because then he would not feed them, according to WACH. ..."

Father of Timothy Jones Jr claims he would spank the kids, then preach to them | Daily Mail Online

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Timothy Jones Jr. trial | testimony in trial of man accused of killing his children.

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I’ve been watching this trial and it’s been tough to watch. But Joy Lorick’s testimony today(5/29) was heartbreaking. Hearing her say “Those children loved their Daddy” as tears streamed down her face and then hearing her detail all the horrific things their Daddy did to them was shocking beyond words. The tears were streaming down my face too. He beat them, his other discipline measures were basically torture and he starved them. Yet all their pictures show smiling little faces. So very sad.
My thought, Tim Jones Jr wanted custody of all the children to punish Amber, his wife, for no longer submitting to his control. Caring for five young children is hard and it wore him down and he became depressed. He let himself go and his house became a pigsty. The prosecution has already proven he had a history of losing his temper. This case comes down to did he kill his children because he is mentally ill or because he got too angry. I think he got too angry and loss control.
After today’s testimony frankly I don’t care if he is schizophrenic, they don’t have to execute him, I want him in jail for the rest of his life. I want him punished, they can treat him in prison if need be, but I want him away from me, away from all children, and away from everybody.

 

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