Jones Package

but not on all charges he was facing. 47 abc’s julian sadur covered the two day jury trial — and has more on what the state’s attorneys office described as a graphic and disturbing case. after two hours of deliberation tuesday — the jury found travis jones not guilty of first and second degree murder – but decided he was responsible for the death of his ex fiancee’s 2 and half year old in 2015 — and found him guilty of invontary manslaughter and first degree child abuse. i’m just glad this is, that this part is finally to an end and that i can kind of, you know, have a little bit of closure track lester andrews is the boy’s biological father – and he’s been hoping for closure since july 2015. that’s when his two-year-old son and four-year-old daughter — were left alone with travis jones — who at the time was engaged to marry their mother. what the state and defense agree on – the two year old was fine that morning before his mother left for work – but by 7:30 that evening – the child was lifeless, with bruises all over his body. the assistant medical examiner testifying the child died from blunt force trauma – and dehydration. the two sides differed on what exactly happened during the day in question – the state arguing – who else but jones could be responsible for taking the childs life. the defense arguing that jones had no motive to kill the child he claimed he loved -and that the bruises came from a series of accidental falls the child days before his death. jones did admit to falling asleep while the child was left unattended in his crib for over three hours – and not providing the child enough fluids – on a hot july day – in a house with no central air conditioning. the defense claimed to the jury that jones recognized he failed — but that at the most — he could be convicted of involuntary manslaughter. the jury agreed — meaning jones did not intend to kill the child – but because of his negligence the child died. he was also convicted of first degree child abuse. for andrews though – jones’s admission of failure – doesn’t give him the one thing back he desperately wants. 162122 that, that was my only son 162125 and i was robbed of the time and opportunity to be in my sons life and raise him to be a good man 162139 take pod the manslaughter charge carries a maximum of ten years — while first degree child abuse carries a maximum of forty years. jones will be held without bond pending sentencing. a date for that – has yet to be set. reporting in studio – julian sadur 47 abc. jones was represented in this case by the office of the public defender – they declined to comment for this story. in dochester county — a house fire kills a