A jury previously found Jerome Frank Jones guilty of first-degree aggravated murder.
RENTON, Wash. — The man found guilty of murdering a woman and her 3-year-old in 1994 in King County was sentenced to life in prison Friday.
Jerome Frank Jones was previously found guilty by a jury for two counts of aggravated first-degree murder for the deaths of Stacy Falcon-Dewey and her son Jacob. His sentence does not include the possibility of parole or release.
State attorney Mary Barbosa said it’s “difficult to imagine a case more deserving of the tile of aggravated murder.”
Jones’ defense attorney said no witnesses or motives were ever established and that he would be exonerated and that DNA evidence has limits. They plan to appeal.
“Mr. Jones entered a not guilty plea at his arraignment hearing two years ago and he maintains his innocence for all of the charges,” said defense attorney Miranda Maurmann.
On Feb. 15, 2022, Jones was imprisoned in California for a separate murder that was committed in 1998 when he was charged with the deaths of Falcon-Dewey and Jacob.
On the morning of Oct 28, 1994, a Seattle Times newspaper delivery person discovered the scene in Renton, according to probable cause documents. Officers found the two victims lying in the middle of a road with fatal gunshot wounds.
According to charging documents, Jones bound, beat, and raped Falcon-Dewey. He is believed to have shot her son in front of her before killing her, according to the documents.
Evidence collected at the scene suggests there was a struggle and that Jones “may have been looking for something,” according to probable cause documents. The contents of Falcon-Dewey’s purse were “strewn about” her vehicle.
Jones was eventually identified through DNA evidence.
After the crimes in King County, Jones killed a man in California in March of 1995, according to charging documents.
Following that crime, Jones fled back to Seattle where he was later arrested and held in King County Jail. While in custody, he assaulted a corrections officer. He was convicted of second-degree assault in 1996.
Jones was extradited to California to stand trial for murder. He was convicted of first-degree murder in 1998. He was still in prison for that offense when charges were filed against him for the murders in King County.
A King County jury convicted him of two counts of aggravated first-degree murder in October.
Jones was previously convicted of assault for shooting someone during a robbery in 1987 and has been convicted of several additional crimes while in prison, including assaults in 2004 and 2013, and felony possession of a weapon in 2016.
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