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    William Alfred Jones, Jr. - California Death Row




    Summary of Offense:

    Jones was sentenced to death in Riverside County on February 8, 1999 for murdering Ruth Vernice Eddings, 81, in the course of a sexual assault on June 18, 1996.

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    Does anyone know when Jones is due to be executed?

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    jra, I am sorry, we don't have an answer for you. I'll peruse the CA Supreme Court on Monday to see if a direct appeal has been addressed.

    Nothing has been filed in the United States Supreme Court which would be the second step in the appeals process after the direct appeal to the California Supreme Court. The wheels of justice turn extremely slow in the state of California.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jra View Post
    Does anyone know when Jones is due to be executed?
    Jra, do you have any further information on the crime?

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    THE PEOPLE V WILLIAM ALFRED JONES Jr.

    State Supreme Court upholds 1999 death penalty

    The California Supreme Court Monday, May 7 upheld a death penalty sentence for a Mead Valley man sentenced in 1999 for his conviction of first-degree murder during a sexual assault on an 81-year-old woman who was a neighbor and long-time family friend.

    The state high court voted 7-0 to uphold the death penalty for William Alfred Jones Jr., now 55, who was convicted by jurors for the attack that left Ruth Vernice Eddings dead.

    Her nude body was found June 19, 1996, on the living room floor of her mobile home along Cajalco Road. Jones had torched the building to cover up the murder. Arson investigators discovered the body.

    Jones admitted to sheriff's investigators he had been drinking heavily when he went to Eddings' mobile home to sexually attack her.

    At the time, Jones was a parolee and registered sex offender living with his parents and working as a carpenter. He had been released from prison about 11/2 years earlier and had befriended Eddings, who had been his parents' neighbor for many years.

    Jones' criminal past included several attacks on women and children, starting at age 15 when he stabbed a teacher. In 1990, he raped a 16-year-old girl, went to prison and was paroled.

    Among the appeal items rejected Monday by the state Supreme Court was that the trial judge erred during the penalty phase by allowing the victim impact statement of the teacher, who was attacked in 1972.

    http://www.pe.com/local-news/riversi...th-penalty.ece
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    On August 6, 2012, Jones filed a habeas petition with the California Supreme Court.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...tTMCAgCg%3D%3D

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    From Heidi's post on 05-08-2012 it says that Jones was a registered sex offender.

    Searching on the CA SOR at http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov for "William Jones" gives several, one of which is:

    White Male
    Last Name: JONES
    First Name: WILLIAM
    Middle Name: ALFRED
    "INCARCERATED"
    DOB 07-21-1956

    So as of today (20-Sep-2014) using that DOB, he'd be 58

    Searching http://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov for inmate P29500 shows:

    JONES, WILLIAM ALFRED
    Age: 58
    Admission Date 02/17/1999
    Current Location: San Quentin

    Checking Jones on http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Capital_Punis...ListSecure.pdf

    Shows
    JONES WILLIAM WHI w/received date of 02/17/1999
    Last edited by GregFromSanJose; 09-20-2014 at 03:11 PM.

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    Hi.. the individual u are speaking about, is my biological father, my birth name was William Alfred Jones III, i do not carry the jones last name since i was adopted. i have tried contacting his side of the family,however, they do not believe me, but know and acknowledge my sister Sandy who is also named after her aunt. if anyone knows them or has any way i can prove to them who i am, and what else is in store for William Alfred Jones Junior.. please let me know

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