Utah prisoner, Kristoffer Jones, 29, charged with solicitation of murder after he ‘solicited other inmates to kill the 13-year-old girl he is accused of raping’
Utah prisoner, 29, ‘solicited other inmates to kill the 13-year-old girl he is accused of raping’
Kristoffer Jones, is facing charges of soliciting other inmates to kill girl he is accused of sexually assaulting in a murder-for-hire scheme
Kristoffer Jones, 29, was arrested in January on child sex offense charges
He’s been held at the Purgatory Correctional Facility, in Utah since March on four counts of rape of a child, one count aggravated sex abuse of a child and three counts sex abuse of a child
After months of investigation at the jail where he’s being held, he is now facing further charges of solicitation of murder
Jones had taken ‘substantial steps from inside the correctional facility’ to have the girl killed in an effort to stop her testifying, according to court documents
He pledged money, provided her home address and school schedule, her parents schedule
He further specified she could be killed in a drive-by shooting, by hitting her with a car, or by injecting her with insulin
Accused pedophile, Kristoffer Jones, [photo], is facing charges of soliciting other inmates to kill girl he is accused of sexually assaulting
Kristoffer Jones, 29, is currently being held for sexual molestation of a child from January 2019 which involve a 13-year-old.
Consequently Jones now faces two more charges – of counts of criminal solicitation for murder – following an investigation spanning several months.
Jones is an inmate at the Purgatory Correctional Facility, in Washington County, Utah has now been booked on two counts of Criminal Solicitation for Murder following a months-long investigation
Washington County Sheriff’s Office say he allegedly solicited several inmates to either kill or assist in coordinating the murder of a juvenile witness and victim in the case for which he is currently incarcerated.
Cops said they were made aware of the alleged murder-for-hire scheme through information gathered by deputies at the Purgatory Correctional Facility’s Corrections Intelligence Unit [CIU].
In a statement the sheriff’s office said: ‘Detectives were able to obtain evidence to substantiate the information reported by the CIU and continued their investigation into the solicitation plot.
‘With the aid of an undercover officer, sufficient evidence was gathered to support the fact that Jones had taken substantial steps from inside the correctional facility, to carry out the plot to have the juvenile victim/witness killed in an effort to prevent them from testifying in the pending criminal case against him.’
The suspect has been in jail since March when he was charged with four counts of rape of a child, one count of aggravated sex abuse of a child and three counts of sex abuse of a child, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.
Jones had taken ‘substantial steps from inside the correctional facility’ to have the girl killed ‘in an effort to prevent [her] from testifying in the pending criminal case against him,’ according to the news outlet.
Washington County Sheriff’s Office said Jones, [L-R], allegedly solicited several inmates to either kill or assist in coordinating the murder of the juvenile victim and other witnesses in the case for which he is currently incarcerated, to stop them testifying
An inmate, who assisted police, told Jones that ‘he knew people on the outside that could help with something like this.’
The suspect said he would pay a sum of money to the man if killed the girl which was contained in a letter ‘with a guarantee’ on it.
The probable cause document states that Jones ‘drew a map of the apartment complex and the specific building and apartment’ where the victim lived.
In addition he gave details about ‘what school the victim attended and [her] parents’ work schedule.’
He suggested the girl could die in a drive-by shooting, by hitting her with a car, or by injecting her with insulin.
I want her wanted her ‘gone, gone, gone’: The suspect Jones [photo], in jail since March when he was charged with four counts of rape of a child, one count of aggravated sex abuse of a child and three counts of sex abuse of a child, wanted his accuser killed
Jones allegedly agreed to a video call with an undercover agent posing as the hit man, the probable cause statement continued. The agent spoke to Jones from in front of the teenager’s apartment, and Jones confirmed he was at the correct address.
According to the statement, the undercover agent gave Jones “one last chance to back out” and asked “if he wanted him to follow through” with the killing; Jones replied, “Yes.”
And another inmate told investigators Jones passed him a note asking “if it’s possible if you know a way to get rid of someone” because “I’m facing 25 to life for rape of a child that I never committed, & I need the b—- to disappear for good.”
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