Episode 24 - Rushed Execution Series Part V - Jack Jones Part 2 - Strictly Homicide Podcast

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for young ears. Listener discretion isadvised. Hey, y'all, thanks for
downloading episode twenty four and Part fiveof the Rushed Execution series. This is

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part two of Jack Jones Junior's episode, so if you haven't listened to episode
twenty three, make sure you goand do that now. In fact,
I would suggest listening to parts onethrough five of this series before starting this
episode. From here out, I'llbe reviewing the outcome of those cases that
I've already covered. In episode eighteen, I covered inmate number one of the

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Arkansas eight, Bruce Ward, scheduledto be executed on April seventeenth. In
twenty seventeen, Ward was granted astay of execution and avoided death on April
seventeen. In episode nineteen, Icovered inmate number two of the Arkansas eight,
Don Davis. He was scheduled tobe executed on April seventeenth as well.

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Davis was also granted a stay ofexecution, avoiding death on this day,
making April seventeen a day with noexecutions. In episode twenty I inmate
number three of the Arkansas Eight LadellLee, scheduled to be executed on April

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twentieth, twenty seventeen. Lee wasnot granted a stay of execution and was
executed on his scheduled date of Apriltwentieth. After twenty one years on death
row, Ladel Lee maintains his innocence. Prosecutors say Lee committed violent crimes against
five women, all in Jacksonville.In episode twenty two, I covered inmate

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number four of the Arkansas Eight,Stacy Johnson, scheduled to be executed on
April twentieth, the same day asLadell Lee, but he was granted a
stay of execution and did not diethat day, leaving us to this case
Jack Henry Jones Junior. We arecontinuing to discuss his case in episode twenty

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four, the second half of Partfive in the Rushed Execution series. Episode
twenty three ended right after Jack HenryJones was convicted and sentenced to the death
penalty. This episode will not includeany information on the town the murderer curreda

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the in byte code. Homicide.Jack Jones Junior grew up in Toledo,

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Ohio with his sister Lynn. Duringan interview, she said she recalls her
brother being a loving and caring childwho liked to draw and tell stories,
but she also remembers a whole otherside to him. She says that as
a child, Jack suffered mental andphysical abuse by his father and was sexually

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abused by three strangers who abducted andraped him. She said that Jack has
always suffered from mental illness and battledwith alcohol and drug addiction, which changed
the loving boy into an angry monster. Jack's mother had a serious gambling addiction

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which caused major problems, and hisdad was a severe alcoholic, mentally and
physically abusive. On Jack's first birthday, he had a very high fever which
caused convulsion, and at age five, he was taken to the doctor where
he was diagnosed with ADHD and prescribedRiddlin. His family described how he would

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sometimes rock back and forth and banghis head up against a cupboard. They
also said that he would see hallucinationsand thought that bugs, ants, and
spiders were trying to get him.He thought, in order to keep the
bugs from getting him that he hadto hold very still. It's very possible
that this was due to the Riddlinhe was prescribed at such a young age.

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When Jack was sixteen, his doctorsrecommended that his family see a psychotherapist
and family therapist, which was ignored. Jack suffered from bipolar, antisocial personality
and depression his whole life, whichwas left untreated did. He began using

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illegal drugs at a very young age, and in nineteen eighty nine, Jack
attempted his first record failed suicide.In nineteen ninety one, he attempted to
kill himself again by jumping off abridge and was involuntarily admitted into a psychiatric
facility. In nineteen ninety five,not even six months prior to the murder

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and bold knob, he voluntarily committedhimself to Pinnacle Point Hospital in Little Rock
for severe depression and repeated suicidal thoughts. He spent six days there and was
diagnosed with bipolar disorder and prescribed lithium. In two thousand and five, Jones

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filed an application for executive clemency,claiming significant circumstances concerning his mental health and
background, and how they were neverbrought up during trial. They used an
expert who had surrendered his medical licensein nineteen ninety three to enter substance abuse
treatment. He got his license reinstatedin nineteen ninety four, only under supervision

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from the medical board. This expertsaid he left Jones's file in the car
the morning that he testified, andthat Jack couldn't be bipolar because he was
bipolar himself. In nineteen ninety one, while Jack was living in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, a tourist was found rapedand murdered in her hotel room.

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Thirty two year old Lorraine Barrett's motherwas against her plans to vacation in Fort
Lauderdale for five days alone, butLorraine insisted. She was a customer service
representative for a telephone company in asmall town in Pennsylvania. She was loved
by so many people who have nothingbut amazing things to say about her.

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Loraine was planning to visit her bestfriend Laura. They were very close,
always together until Laura had to moveto her parents' home in Fort Lauderdale due
to medical problems. Lorraine would oftenhelp her with day to day activities like
cooking and errands, but she eventuallygot worse and had to go stay with

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her parents. Friday evening, Lorrainearrived in Fort Lauderdale and phoned her best
friend to let her know. Shetold Laura that she would be meeting a
friend later that night in an establishmentnamed Cocoanuts. When the friend did not
arrive, she went to the ElbowRoom, where she met a man.

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The man claimed to be a worldtraveler. He was showing off his tattoos
at the bar, claiming to havegot them done all over the US.
Lorraine and the man left the barfor a while and returned that night for
another drink. After that, theyleft to walk to another bar at the
day's end. This was the lasttime Lorraine was seen alive with this man.

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In an elevator around two am,although many witnesses saw them together and
even spoke to the man. Noone knew his name or where he was
from. Saturday, June first,nineteen ninety one, around noon, Amine
was doing her rounds at the day'send, where she entered Lorraine's room on

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the eighth floor. She found Lorraine'slifeless body. During the investigation of her
murder, witnesses described the man Lorrainewas spotted with as five to eight and
one hundred and fifty pounds, aroundthirty years old, wearing blue jeans and
a sleeveless t shirt that showed offhis tattoos. The tattoos were very distinctive,

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and the ones on his wrist lookedlike barbed wire. Police did release
a sketch of the man that wasseen with Lorraine, but the case cold
and stayed cold until two thousand andtwo. The case was taken over by
a new detective in two thousand andtwo. He submitted DNA samples found at

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the crime scene to the national DNAindexing system, which did not exist in
nineteen ninety one. He requested thatit be ran against other states and not
just Florida. A year later,in March two thousand and three, the
detective learned that a match came backfor the DNA, a convicted murderer in

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Arkansas named Jack Henry Jones Junior.The description of the killer, his tattoos,
and facial features all match Jones,who they found lived in the area
on June first in nineteen ninety one, just four years and five days before
Jones walked into the accounting office inbaldnom They served a fugitive war on Jones

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at the prison in Arkansas and startedthe process to bring him back to face
the charges. By this time,Jones had already filed and lost two appeals
for his conviction in Arkansas, andwas in the process of a third appeal
when the fugitive warrant was issued.Jones's attorney wouldn't allow the police to question
Jones until the legal process in thethird appeal was completed. Once Jones was

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flown to Florida, the prosecuting attorneyoffered to waive the death penalty if he
pled guilty, and he accepted.Jack had an execution date of October sixteenth,
two thousand and seven. During histwo thousand and seven hearing on his
application for executive clemency, he pledfor forgiveness and told the parole Board that

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he owned responsibility for the murders andacknowledges that his apologies mean nothing and cannot
replace the person. The state rollBoard voted to recommend no clemency be given
to him. Jones argued that hisscheduled date of October sixteenth, two thousand
and seven, should be delayed asa Supreme Court here's two Kentucky inmate cases

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over the lethal injection method. Aweek before his execution date on October sixteenth,
he was granted a stay by thefederal judges. The Federal Appeals Court
in Little Rock lifted the stay,blocking jones execution a little under a year
later in September two thousand and eight, but no execution date was set.

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A challenge was filed by an attorneyfor an inmate named Frank Williams Junior,
saying that they needed to review thenew lethal injection method. This caused a
delay in jones execution, a delaythat would last until two thousand and ten,
when Governor Babe scheduled March sixteenth,two thousand and ten, as Jack

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jones Juniors execution date. Well thirdexecution date in the fall of two thousand
and nine, the Supreme Court upheldthe lethal injection procedures. In February two
thousand and ten, jones clemency hearingwas held, followed by the victim's hearing.
It was almost fifteen years after Mary'sdeath and the worst night of Lacy's

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life. She was twenty five nowand told the Arkansas Board a rule that
Jack Jones Junior deserves no second chances. He pled for forgiveness again and said
he was under the influence of drugsthat day. On March eighth, two
ten, eight days before his executiondate, Jones filed a complaint in Federal

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District Court requesting a stay of executionor a preliminary injunction. The judge felt
that Jones met the standards and grantedhim a stay of execution. On March
twelfth, twenty ten, four daysbefore the scheduled execution date, the state
moved to vacate the stay. Thepanel assigned to the case declined to rule

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on the stay prior to his executionday of March sixteenth. At the end
of March, the Attorney General petitionedSupreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to lift the
stay, which was eventually lifted inApril, and his execution date was set
for May twenty fourth, two ten. After numerous complaints, lawsuits, and

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stays. In Tolino, Ohio,a young lady named Gina had petitioned the
probate court to have her birth certificatereleased. Gina was born in nineteen eighty
five and was placed for adoption.She received her birth certificate and contact information
for her biological mother. Gina foonedher biological mother, and during the conversation,

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one of the many questions Gina hadasked was who her biological father is.
Gina's biological mother told her that herbiological father's name is Jack Jones Junior
and he was currently on Arkansas deathRow. Gina was so upset, she
felt dizzy and didn't know how toprocess the news. And she thought the

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man who gave me my life tookthe life of others. Gina grew up
in a sheltered life, so sheimmediately felt grateful for her adoptive parents.
This didn't stop Gina from wanting tocorrespond with her biological father and let him
know that she was okay and turnedout great. Gina sent Jack a letter

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and he responded immediately. Gina saidof the relationship. We just built a
very intense bond. She strongly feltthat her father was not the same man
that he was when he committed thecrimes. She agreed that he needed to
be in prison, but did notagree that he needed to be executed.

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She believed that he changed. InSeptember twenty fifteen, nearly a decade after
Arkansas's last execution, the Attorney Generalasked the governor to set an execution date
for the eight inmates, and Joneswas scheduled December fourteenth, twenty fifteen,

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which was then blocked when an Arkansasjudge issued an order that temporarily blocked the
upcoming executions, Jones being one ofthem. The ongoing arguments between inmates and
the courts were exhausting. The familieswere sick of going through this pain over
and over again. The family membersbelieved that once he is put to death,

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closure will be brought to them,and in February twenty seventeen, when
the governor announced the new execution dayApril twenty fourth, twenty seventeen, Gina
headed to Arkansas to be at theCummins unit. On April twenty fourth,
twenty seventeen, Gina was able tomake the trip to Arkansas because of an

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anti death penalty activist and the founderof Death Penalty Action. She made it
to Little Rock just in time tovisit with her father the day before his
execution. It was the first andthe last time that she saw him face
to face. Before they parted,Jack took off his wedding ring and gave

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it to Gina, who now wearsit on a chain around her neck.
Gina, along with many others,had so many questions that would most likely
never be answered, like who wasthe supplier of the drugs being used in
the execution. This was part ofthe whole legal battle involving restraining orders,

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lawsuits, and stays with the eightinmates and their lawyers. In the end
of that fiasco, it was determinedthat the supplier's identity did not need to
be disclosed. Who were the executioners? Would they be using the same ones
for both executions? The public informationofficer declined to answer the question, citing

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that Arkansas law protects the identities ofthe executioners. April twenty fourth, twenty
seventeen, Jack Jones is scheduled tobe executed at seven pm outside protesters had
their own designated area that was tapedoff with caution tape in a field near

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the Cummins unit. Across the field, there was a separate area designated for
supporters of the execution. Inside thedesignated area for supporters of the execution or
members of the Phillips family gathered tosupport the execution of Jack Jones Junior.

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Gina wanted to witness the execution MichaelynnScott, Jack's sister and Gina's aunt,
but Arkansas does not allow relatives towitness execution. During the interview, she
said, I think of it thisway. I think of it as if
any loved one of mine, youknow, was in their final days,

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whether they were on a hospital bed, in hospice or wherever. You know,
you would want to be with yourloved one to the end, no
matter how it's going to happen.It doesn't take away from the fact that
I want to be there with Jackto the end. Is gruesome as it

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may sound to someone, He's mybrother and I can't walk away from him,
and knowing knowing that the witnesses thatwill be peering through the glass at
him have a different mindset than Iwould it hurts to know that there's nobody

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there at that time that truly caresabout Jack, And I would want him
to know that there's someone right therethat truly loves him. I don't like
to insert my personal beliefs or opinionson cases often, but I can't help
it here. Did she not stopand think about how the victims died,

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how no one was there with them. I may not think that the way
these executions occurred was humane, butI do feel strongly that Jack Jones was
a horrible person and needed to receivehis punishment for his crime sooner than the
twenty two years after the crime occurred. The governor an attorney general said that
the reason that they chose Bruce Ward, Don Davis laddel Lei, Stacy Johnson,

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Jack Jones, Marcel Williams, KennethWilliams, and Jason McGee for the
rushed executions in April twenty seventeen isbecause of the brutal nature of their crime.
Chris Raf, Junior Howard and BillLindsay, the law enforcement officers that
were first at the crime scene inBaldknot, said that they will never be

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able to forget this crime. Lindsaysaid, most of the people that we
run across, they've got either adrug problem or there's some other reason why
they've done something like this. ButJones, he was just cold blooded.
That's what I got from him.He was a cold blooded person. April

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twenty fourth, twenty seventeen, JackJones is scheduled to be executed at seven
pm, followed by Marcel Williams ateight fifteen pm, an hour and fifteen
minutes after the first execution. Lacey, who was thirty two at the time,

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said she planned to be at theexecution, but in a waiting room.
She did not want to watch.Her father, James, said he
was going to be there and plannedto witness the execution. Lacy's older sister,
Darla, said that they all hopethat their mother's murderer would be dead
by now. Darla said, thisis dragged on so long, it's affecting

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another generation. We don't want ourbabies to hear any of this. We
couldn't move on and have that closurebecause they wouldn't let us our worlds have
healed. They're making a circus outof it. Before his execution, Jack
issues a written statement that says Iwant people to know that when I came

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to prison, I made up mymind that I would be a better person
than when I came in. Ihad no doubt in my mind that I
would make every effort to do this. I'd like to think that I have
accomplished this. I made every effortto be a good person. I practiced
Buddhism and studied physics. I metthe right people and did the right things.

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There are no words that would fullyexpress my remorse for the pain that
I caused. Jack's daughter, Gina, expressed her interests to witness the execution,
reasoning that the people are going tokill her dad are going to have
a hateful eye on him for weeks. Attorneys and advocates warned about the dangers

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that could happen doing a double executionand the issues that have occurred in the
past with the drug my Dazzle lamb. Both of the men scheduled to be
executed on April twenty fourth, twentyseventeen, had major help problems. This
made their risk for problems higher.Outside of the comings unit, the protesters

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huddled together as the execution hour approached, ringing loud morning bells. Internal affairs
arrived and started the execution log attwo sixteen pm. At four forty five
pm, Jones begins his last meal, consisting of fried chicken, press,

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beef, jerky bites, potato logswith tartar sauce, sliced cheese, three
butterfingers, one chocolate butterfinger milkshake,and two cups of fruit punch. Jones
was finished with his last meal byfive fifty nine PM. Around six sixteen
pm, Jones then showers and dressesand clean whites before the escort team arrives

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six thirty nine pm. Jones entersthe chambers at six forty four pm and
is restrained in the catheter are inserted. The escort team exits the chambers and
the witnesses enter the viewing room atsix fifty pm. The witnesses consisted of
three media witnesses who are allowed onlya notepad and pen provided by the Arkansas

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Department of Corrections, eleven citizen witnesses, which included Chris Rath, four victim
witnesses which included Mary's son Jesse,Mary's husband James, one spiritual adviser,
and two attorneys. Jones's sister Lynnoutside sobbing in a parked car. She

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was being interviewed by David Coon,who was then asked to move to the
media area a quarter of a mileaway. Inside the Cummings unit, the
execution chamber and the viewing room doorsare locked at seven oh three pm and
the curtains to the viewing room areopened. The director then asks Jones for

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his last and Jones response, well, I just want to let the James
family and Lacy know how sorry Iam. I can't believe I did something
to her. I tried to berespectful from the time I took and become
a better person. I hope Idid better. I hope over time you
could learn who I really am frommy family and friends. I am not

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a monster. There was a reasonwhy those things happen that day. I'm
so sorry, Lacy. Try tounderstand. I love you like my child.
At seven oh six pm, thewarden says the officials are ready to
proceed with the execution and the chemicalsare administered. Jones has checked as seven
eighteen pm, and the wardens summonedthe corner who entered the chambers and pronounced

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him dead. At seven twenty pmon Monday night, Arkansas executed inmate Jack
Jones. The state prepared for anotherlethal injection for later in the evening in
what would be the nation's first doubleexecution since two thousand. Jones was pronounced
dead at seven twenty Monday night atthe state's Cummins Unit. Jones's chest stopped

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moving two minutes after officials checked forconsciousness and there were no apparent complications.
Jones gave a lengthy last statement withthe final words I'm sorry. Shortly after
seven twenty pm, a TV reportergot a phone call and announced to the
protesters and supporters it's done. Ginacried for her dad, because she also

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felt relief. She hugged her fellowactivists and prayed with a church group.
After the execution, Mary's husband said, it don't matter if they suffered a
little bit, as far as I'mconcerned, because my wife suffered big time.
I know a lot of people forgivenhim and all that kind of stuff.

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They can protest all they want,it doesn't matter. Lacy described the
wait for Joan's sentence to be carriedout as mentally exhausted, especially the last
month. The Phillips have to relivethat horrible night for twenty two years,
while a man who admitted to thecrimes fought for his punishment. Lacy said,

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what they've done is help serve justice. They took care of what was
ruled in nineteen ninety six, andthey gave our family some justice. So
thank you and I appreciate everything.I'm glad it's done. I'm glad that
part of my life, that chaptercan be closed. That chapter can be

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closed for the Phillips and the Barrettfamily. But not long after his execution,
when he was already dead, anew chapter reopened for the family of
murder victim Regina Harrison. Twenty yearold Regina Harrison is described as a deeply

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religious, sweet young lady who wasattending Palm Beach Atlantic College, which is
a Christian school in West Palm Beach. She had just returned home for summer
vacation, and on May second,nineteen eighty three, she went out for
an after dinner bike ride. Witnessessaid that they saw her along a popular

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bike path with a skinny, longhaired man on a black bike. That
would be the last time anyone wouldsee Regina. The next day, her
body was found nude in a park. She had been raped and strangled for
five months. This case went unsolveduntil a Fort Lauderdale detective saw the case
on TV and felt the description fita serial rapist that was serving time for

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rape in Mississippi. His name wasRonald Stewart. A witness picked Stewart out
of a photo lineup, and anacquaintance of his said that he confessed to
him that he raped and murdered agirl and left her in apart. In
January nineteen eighty five, Florida offeredStewart a deal that if he pled guilty
to second degree murder, they woulddrop some of the other charges he was

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facing for sexual assault. Stewart acceptedbecause he felt like he didn't have a
defense. Stewart accepted the plea becausehe felt like he didn't have a defense,
and was sentenced to fifty years,which he would serve concurrent with time
sentenced from other crimes. Stewart wasserving time for multiple rates that occurred in

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Florida and Mississippi in the early nineteeneighties. He died in two thousand and
eight while serving his sentence. Becauseof Ronald's history, no one ever doubted
that he was not the killer,and he never disputed killing her in eighty
three. DNA testing wasn't available.If it was, Ronald would have never

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been convicted for Regina Harris's rape andmurder. While Jack Jones was on death
row in Arkansas, he wrote aletter to his sister, Lynne Scott.
Jones gave his sister this letter intwo thousand and seven and asked that she
not opened it until a year afterhis execution. In November of twenty eighteen,

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over a year after Jones's death andeleven years after she was given the
letter, she opened it. Thepenmanship in the letter is hard to read,
but a messy translation was found,and I will do my best.

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Angela and I married November of eightytwo, and you all left for Florida
early eighty three. We stayed withRick and Missy till you settled in and
we then followed you down to Hollywood. It's been twenty three years, so
I don't recall the month, butit happened a few weeks before Angela and
I left to return to Ohio.She haunted the little apartment we had there

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at the end of the block.The motel converted to apartment. That's the
time frame, maybe early summer ofeighty three, late spring, early summer.
There's Hollywood, Florida, and justbeside us is Dania. Right.
I might have pronounced that wrong.Sorry if I did. Back to the
letter. Okay, you go tothe end of the street. We lived

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on the Italian restaurant. There usHighway one that goes north and south.
Hang a left and head north afew blocks to the next main road heading
east and west east to the beach, Sheridan, I believe, turn right
and head towards the beach east.There is a park on the right I
believe called Sheridan Park, Little WoodenPlace, bike pass, a small pond.

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I met her riding bikes. Wewent to the beach, rode around
down there, and came back upto Sheridan and into the park. That's
where it happened. White girl,red hair, maybe a hundred and ten
pounds five five. I think hername might have been Catherine. It's been
so long. She haunted me forthree years, and we made peace.

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She moved on. She was reallymad at first, missed her parents,
but she learned things over there thathelped her, and she got to understand
who I was and why I'd donesuch a thing. She forgave me I
never forgave myself. I believe shewas found the next day. The following

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evening, there was a story inthe newspaper a composite picture drawn of me.
Someone remembered us writing around by thebeach. Didn't look much like me.
I think there's a reward. Therewas. I believe it was.
And it says ineligible ten thousand orperhaps even a hundred thousand. John Mongo,

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CURSEO nine five four old number,sell nine five four old number.
I think they took it out.I'm trusting that you'll deal with this tactfully,
with the respect it deserves. Nocircus here. You check the newspaper
archives, you'll find the story,the name of the family, if you
can track them down on your owngrate. If you cannot, then John

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can for sure. I trust Mongo. He'll handle it well enough. He
already knows that I have someone inquote who's going to handle this whole thing
once I'm gone, but doesn't knowwho. I've never given him a reason
to believe I wouldn't take care ofit, So he trusts me. That
far always been straight with him,which is why he respects me and we're

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friends, but mongoes a cop,and I believe that if you went to
him, he'd handle this with youvery quietly, non publicly. However,
ethically, I'm pretty sure he'll haveto tell his superiors, and at that
point I lose faith anything could happenfrom there. I'm sure he'd do his
best to keep it a secret andquiet as possible on his end, but

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he's no control over the others.There are leaks in the system, and
the media could get with and runa story in the paper of a twenty
three year old cold case being solved. I don't know. I certainly prefer
that it be done discreetly, thatit doesn't come back to freak out Mom
and Dad anyone else. Dad knows, or at least he knows that I'm

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going to give this to you tohandle for me. Doesn't know any details.
Again, if you can find thecase on your own reach the family,
that's my preference. I'm trusting youand you do the thing. You
have everything here to complete the mission, kay. However, you got to
get it done. If and whenI want you to let these people know,
I how'd you do this that Iwanted them to know? It's one

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thing to learn that their daughter's killerhas finally been brought to justice one way
or another. But it's more soof a closure instance when the information came
about peacefully, without resistance, sothat piece is added to peace rather than
adding a measure slash element of negativity. I'd considered writing something to give them,

(38:37):
but I believe that after all theseyears, their closure process doesn't need
to be overly complicated. So youjust let them know that I'm deeply sorry
that I couldn't rest easy until theyknew the truth. Let them know that
in the end, I became abetter person and I did the best I
could do to be as much asI could for others out of respect for

(38:58):
the ones I've harmed. It's ahell of a thing to have to do,
so I thank you it's the rightthing. I'll be watching and do
what I can to help from overthere. His sister did as he asked,

(39:22):
and they ran DNA tests, whichconfirmed in February twenty nineteen that Jack
Jones Junior raped and murdered Regina Harrison. Since Jones had killed three individuals,
all in different locations in different times, he's now considered a serial killer,
so for twenty two years. Thismonster put his victims in victim's family through

(39:45):
hell, biting his sentence, knowinghe raped and murdered three different women that
he's confessed to a monster like thisnever needs to be released back into society.
His sentence was well deserved. TheDNA results also proved that Ronald Stewart
was innocent, and the Boward CountyState Attorney's Office asked a judge to throw

(40:07):
out his murder conviction. Since Joneswas already executed, they did not officially
charge him with the murder of Regina. Thank you so much for downloading this
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