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Jenika Jaraya Jones

Case from Lancaster, SC dated Jan 19, 2012

Victim Details

Jenika Jaraya Jones

Female

Black / African American

Lancaster

SC

2012-01-19

24

Jenika

Jaraya Jones

07/02/2026

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On a cold January evening in Lancaster, South Carolina, the life of 23-year-old Jenika Jaraya Jones, a Black mother of three, was tragically cut short. On January 19, 2012, while at her home on Roseanna Lane, three men attempted to rob her. In the course of the crime, Jones was shot and killed. The harrowing event was witnessed by her 4-year-old son, who bravely ran to a neighbor's house to get help for his mother. The neighbor found Jones on her couch and alerted the authorities. Witnesses repo ...
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