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Scripture quoting South Carolina dad, Timothy Jones Jr, GUILTY of murdering his five children and driving their bodies around for a week – Jurors to deliberate on death penalty

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Computer engineer with Intel, convicted Tuesday of murdering his five children, by a jury in Lexington, South Carolina
Jurors will now deliberate the death penalty for  Timothy Jones Jr, after the state asked for capital punishment in the case
37-year-old Timothy Jones Jr committed the murders in Aug 2014, allegedly in a rage after his six-year-old son Nahtahn broke an electrical outlet in their Lexington, SC., mobile home
He was found guilty on all five counts of murder on Tuesday following a four-week death penalty murder trial and six hours of deliberation over two days 
The jury threw out the defense plea of not guilty by reason of insanity
Jones killed Nahtahn first by making him do hours of exercise, the court heard
He then strangled Mera, 8, and Elias, 7, with his hands, next he strangled two-year-old Gabriel and one-year-old baby, Abigail with a belt, prosecutors said 
After killing the children, Jones wrapped them in plastic, stashed the bodies in his SUV and drove across the US for nine days before leaving the bodies on a hilltop in Camden, Alabama
Jones faces the death penalty and the jury will determine his punishment – Sentencing begins Thursday at 8.45am 
Timothy Jones Jr 8     As his guilty sentence was read out Jones showed little emotion, occasionally pursing his lips
Merah Jones [left], and Elias Jones [right] 1Abigail Jones [left] and Gabriel Jones [right] 1Nahtahn Jones 2       Jones was found guilty of five counts of murder for the deaths of eight-year-old Merah [top left], seven-year-old Elias [topright],  and one-year-old Abigail [center left], two-year-old Gabriel [center right], and six-year-old Nahtahn [bottom left]
Jones Jr. who acquaintances said regularly quotes the bible, confessed to the murders after his arrest – but his defense team argued that their client suffers from schizophrenia and the voices in his head ordered him to carry out the killings.

His trial began on May 14, 2019 in which babysitters, doctors, officers who arrested Jones, his parents and the heartbroken mother of his children Amber Kyzer testified.
On May 20 Kyzer sobbed before the court as she spoke of her murdered children.
‘Oh god. Oh god. My babies. My babies,’ she said at one point before breaking down in tears.
Closing arguments began on Monday June 3 with 11th Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard III stating, ‘Tim Jones may love his family, but there’s someone he loves more, Tim Jones.’
The Lexington County jury considered the case for about six hours over two days before returning the five guilty verdicts for murder on Tuesday.

The jury had four options – guilty, guilty but mentally ill, not guilty by reason of insanity, or not guilty.
Jones was indicted for killing his children by ‘means of strangulation and/or other violent means or instruments’.
Timothy Jones Jr 8     The one time the defendant showed a brief moment of emotion was  during closing statements in his murder trial at the Lexington County Courthouse on May 22.
Timothy Jones Sr 1       The defendant’s dad Timothy Jones, Sr. [right], listens to closing arguments on Monday as his son stood trial for the murder of his five grandchildren
Amber Kyzer 2       Emotionally charged moment Amber Kyzer breaks down in court: Amber Kyzer (center), the mother of the five young children, broke down during her testimony last week where she wailed, ‘Oh god. My babies. My babies’
Amber Kyzer 4           An emotional Amber Kyzer’s wept as she recited the full name and dates of birth for all five of her children killed by their dad, in court. Jones had physical custody of the kids at the time of their deaths
Prosecutors said that Jones, an Intel computer engineer who was a devout Christian and had physical custody of the kids, snapped at his six-year-old son Nahtahn for breaking an electrical outlet in the home, and in his rampage strangled his kids in August 2014.
He first killed Nahtahn in a rage making him do hours of exercise until he died.

Next he strangled eight-year-old Merah and seven-year-old Elias with his hands and two-year-old Gabriel and his one-year-old baby, Abigail with a belt, prosecutors said.
Both sisters’ last words to their father were ‘I love you’, according to Jones’ video-taped confession to police that was played in court earlier in the trial.
Jones then allegedly searched the internet for countries that don’t extradite suspects back to the U.S. and took his passport. He also researched how to disintegrate bodies faster.
After killing the children, authorities said Jones wrapped their bodies in plastic and put them in his SUV, driving aimlessly around the Southeast US for most of nine days before leaving their bodies on a hilltop in Camden, Alabama.
Jones was arrested at a Smith County, Mississippi, traffic checkpoint, where an officer testified he recognized a strong odor coming from the car he recognized as ‘the smell of death’.
Amber Kyzer 5Distraught Amber Kyzer is helped to the stand in court as the ex who killed her five young children stands trial
Timothy Jones Jr 7        Criminally insane: Prosecutors said Jones [photo],  killed his six-year-old son Nahtahn in a rage after finding the boy had broken an electrical outlet in their home near Lexington in August 2014. He then proceeded to strangle his other two sons and his two daughters with his hands and a belt
Timothy Jones Jr's home in South Carolina 1     After killing the children at their home [photo], in Lexington, SC Jones reportedly wrapped their bodies in plastic and put them in his SUV, driving aimlessly around the Southeast US for most of nine days
Hill top where Timothy Jones buried his children 1    After driving around for nine days, Jones eventually left the children’s bodies on a hilltop [photo] in Camden, Alabama
Jones was a devoutly religious person who spent time in jail in the early 2000s on a drug charge.
He believed he was doing the right thing before God in violently spanking his children and his marriage disintegrated as he became more religious and believed women she remain at home and out of sight.
Jones had full custody of his children at the time of his death. He and children’s mother Kyzer got married, but divorced after he became rigid in his religion and became demanding with her.
‘Women are to be seen and not heard. I was merely to take care of the children. To keep them out of his way,’ Kyzer said.
After they divorced, Kyzer couldn’t afford a lawyer, so she agreed to joint custody with Jones having physical custody of the five children.
Jones also had a job that paid $80,000 as an Intel computer engineer, and a car.
Kyzer would get a ride to the Chick-fil-A in Lexington to see them every Saturday under Jones’ watchful gaze.
He called her on the day of his murderous rampage. In court she recounted how she heard her son Nahtahn crying on the phone.
‘Mom, I didn’t mean to,’ Nahtahn told her just moments before Jones said in the background: ‘You could have killed yourself son.’
Kyzer testified that Jones sounded outraged and Nahtahn was dry heaving.
Jones then asked her why she was always defending the kids and when she responded he told her to ‘shut the f**k up’ and hung up the phone.
That was the last time she ever heard her son’s voice.
Roberta Thornsberry 1Jones’ grandmother, Roberta Thornsberry [L-R], testifying for the defense, talked about his traumatic childhood as the son of a schizophrenic mother
Chrystal Ballentine 1Prosecution witness, Chrystal Ballentine testified she could hear Jones beat his children through the walls of their home. She started babysitting for Jones just after turning 17 and quickly became his live-in girlfriend.
Joy Lorick 1     Joy Lorick, a former babysitter for the family who accompanied the family on trips to Disney World and Myrtle Beach testified that witnessed Jones spank his kids on the trip
Lexington County, KY prosecutor 1       Heat tugging: The prosecutor during Monday’s closing arguments showed a picture of six-year-old Nahtahn to the jury. The Lexington County jury deliberated the case for about six hours over two days before returning the count of guilty on all counts on Tuesday.
Prosecutors and the defense will present their evidence on Thursday – likely to portray Jones as a selfish, evil father.
Jones’ live-in girlfriend Chrystal Ballentine had testified that she could hear him beat his children through the walls of their home.
Another prosecution witness, Joy Lorick, a former babysitter for the family who accompanied them on trips to Disney World and Myrtle Beach said she witnessed Jones spank his kids on the trip.
Prosecutors had called the pathologist who did autopsies on the children to the stand in the trial, but refused to show pictures of the bodies.
Defense attorneys wanted them shown because it might aid in Jones’ insanity defense to show how badly decomposed the bodies were in the back of the SUV, but Circuit Judge Eugene Griffith refused.
The defense told the jury that Jones is schizophrenic and had not been diagnosed at the time of his death.
His attorney told the court Jones’ mother was institutionalized for 20 years for schizophrenia.
The defendant’s grandmother, Roberta Thornsberry, took the stand as a defense witness  and talked about his traumatic childhood as the son of a schizophrenic mother. 

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