In January of 1999, thirteen-year-old Catherine Jones and her twelve-year-old brother Curtis Jones fatally shot their father’s live-in girlfriend, Sonya Speights at their Port St. John, Florida home. On several occasions prior to committing the murder, the young siblings had cried out for help about the sexual abuse they were enduring at the hands of another male relative who was living in the home. But when those cries for help fell on deaf ears, with their father nor his girlfriend doing anything to protect them, Catherine and Curtis turned to extreme measures planning to kill not only Sonja but also their father as well as the male relative sexually abusing them. However, investigators and the prosecution would paint a different picture, arguing that the two siblings were jealous of the victim because they were not getting their father’s full attention anymore. So, were these just two sinister siblings that committed a cold-blooded murder out of jealousy or were they children who felt so trapped, so alone and so victimized that they thought their only way out was through murder.
References:
16 Kids Whose Crimes Were So Brutal, They Were Tried As Adults (ranker.com)
Mother murdered 16 years ago, daughters still ask why (floridatoday.com)
Killer Curtis Jones, convicted at 12, exits prison at 29 | CNN
America's Youngest Convicted Murderers Are Being Released (nbcnews.com)
Young Brevard killer Catherine Jones now a free woman (clickorlando.com)
Catherine Jones jailed at 13 for killing father's girlfriend nears release at 30 | Daily Mail Online
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In January of 1999, thirteen-year-old Catherine Jones and her twelve-year-old brother Curtis Jones fatally shot their father’s live-in girlfriend, Sonya Speights at their Port St. John, Florida home. On several occasions prior to committing the murder, the young siblings had cried out for help about the sexual abuse they were enduring at the hands of another male relative who was living in the home. But when those cries for help fell on deaf ears, with their father nor his girlfriend doing anything to protect them, Catherine and Curtis turned to extreme measures planning to kill not only Sonja but also their father as well as the male relative sexually abusing them. However, investigators and the prosecution would paint a different picture, arguing that the two siblings were jealous of the victim because they were not getting their father’s full attention anymore. So, were these just two sinister siblings that committed a cold-blooded murder out of jealousy or were they children who felt so trapped, so alone and so victimized that they thought their only way out was through murder.
References:
16 Kids Whose Crimes Were So Brutal, They Were Tried As Adults (ranker.com)
Mother murdered 16 years ago, daughters still ask why (floridatoday.com)
Killer Curtis Jones, convicted at 12, exits prison at 29 | CNN
America's Youngest Convicted Murderers Are Being Released (nbcnews.com)
Young Brevard killer Catherine Jones now a free woman (clickorlando.com)
Catherine Jones jailed at 13 for killing father's girlfriend nears release at 30 | Daily Mail Online
email- sinistercrimesandcocktails@gmail.com
website-https://www.sinistercrimesandcocktailspodcast.com/
Facebook Page-https://www.facebook.com/sinistercrimesandcocktails
Instagram Page-https://www.instagram.com/sinistercrimesandcocktails/
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