His defense attorneys argue that his traumatic upbringing including molestation at the hands of his father and abuse from a violent stepfather damaged his mental health from an early age. Michael Jones Jr - UPDATE - - YouTube She told the jury that Jones "sentenced those children to death," and the same should happen to him. Two defendants still await sentencing, Assistant State Attorneys Amy Berndt and Rich Buxman, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Police also stated that he left the bodies in the home for a few weeks before placing them in his van. According to multiple reports, on September 14, 2019, deputies with the Marion County Sheriffs Office responded to a welfare check on Casei and the children. }) The lawyer said Jones made two confessions,oneto Georgia authoritiesand the other to local detectives. Prosecutors went on to say that Jones got his G.E.D. eventAction: 'render' On Sunday, Michael Jones crashed his van near Brantley County in southeast Georgia, about 150 miles. Detectives determined her husband, Michael Jones, was a person of interest in the disappearance, according to the sheriffs office. The sheriffs office confirmed the body of his 32-year-old wife Casei Jones was found inside. The victim's remains were in a tote, authorities said. Detectives identified Jones' husband, Michael Wayne Jones Jr., 38, as a suspect. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), Life or death? State law requires unanimous jury recommendations for death sentences. When asked about her grandchildren, she said: "They're my whole world, just like my kids. Update: 9/18/2019. As a sheriff it angers me," Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods told reporters on Monday. The judge also sentenced Jones to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering Casei. I dont know, just everything mounted up and it seemed like the way out, Jones told the investigators when asked about his motive behind the murders, according to Martin County Sheriffs Office documents. Jones, 38,. ga('create', 'UA-67136960-15', 'auto', 'ads'); Following Friday's hearing, Michael Wayne Jones' attorneys from the public defender's office said that they plan to appeal the sentence and had filed the paperwork with the motion. }); A jury on Thursday unanimously recommended that Michael Wayne Jones, the man who admitted killing his wife and four children in 2019, should be sentenced to death. ga('ads.send', { MEAWW previously reported that the authorities questioned Jones after they discovered the bodies in Brantley County, Georgia, where he transported the bodies from his home around 140 miles north of Marion County. Michael Wayne Jones sentenced to death for killing family Photo: Marion County Sheriff's Office. He then began devising plans by dropping the boys, his two stepchildren Preston and Cameron at their father's place and dropping his two daughters Mercalli Jones and Aiyana Jones, two children he shared with his wife Casei at her mother's home. On Thursday, the jury found that Michael Wayne Jones should be sentenced to death on four counts of murder. Michael Wayne Jones Jr., 38, is facing a charge of second-degree homicide for the death of his wife, 32-year-old Casei Jones, who was reported missing along with the four children Saturday night after family members said they had not been seen for six weeks.