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New testimony sheds light on Timothy Jones’s faith and fears

Marriage counselor said Jones told her he heard voices but exhibited no other symptoms of schizophrenia

LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) — Testimony in Day Eight of the Timothy Jones Jr. murder trial shed more light on Jones’s faith and what he says were his fears during his marriage. Some people who took the stand today remember Jones as someone who had an intense devotion to his faith and family, but also as a person with crippling anxieties about…

Prosecution rests, first defense witnesses take stand in Timothy Jones trial

Only 32 out of a possible 150 witnesses took the stand for the prosecution

LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) — After only six days of testimony, prosecutors in the Timothy Jones Jr. murder trial decided to rest their case after hearing from 32 out of a possible 150 witnesses. Ranging from members of Jones’s family to law enforcement who say they heard confessions from Jones, prosecutors appeared confident about the proof they presented that Jones killed his…

Tension picks up in day six of Timothy Jones murder trial

LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) — Growing tension between the prosecution and defense set the tone for Day Six of the Timothy Jones murder trial. Just one day after emotional testimony from Timothy Jones’s ex-wife, Amber Kyzer, prosecutors brought in two correctional officers from Kirkland Correctional Institution to paint a picture of Jones’s first few hours in custody on September 12, 2014. The…

Day three of the Timothy Jones trial features chilling testimony from investigators

Jones was charged with the murders of his five children back in 2014

LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) — Testimony from investigators in Mississippi reveals what was inside Timothy Jones Jr.’s car at the time of his arrest, as well as his two conversations with law enforcement before he revealed where the bodies of his five children lay. After Jones was arrested at a public safety checkpoint in Mississippi, Stacy Jones, a forensic scientist with…