On the evening of February 15, 2018, a resident in a Burtonsville, Maryland townhome community noticed a car that had been parked and left running for some time. Inside the vehicle were 29-year-old Joshua Michael Frazier and 34-year-old Ashley Susan Dickinson, both of whom appeared to be deceased. First responders arrived at the scene on Aldora Circle and confirmed the deaths.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner later determined that both Frazier and Dickinson had died from gunshot wounds, ruling their deaths as homicides. They had each been shot once in the back of the head from the backseat of the vehicle.
Investigators learned that Frazier, a resident of Woodbridge, Virginia, had traveled to Burtonsville with Dickinson, of Alexandria, Virginia, to collect a debt from a man named Gregory Jones. Text messages between Frazier and Jones revealed that Jones owed Frazier money and had insisted on meeting in person to repay it, providing a meeting address on Robey Terrace, not far from where the bodies were discovered. Authorities believe the debt was related to a drug transaction.
The investigation quickly pointed to Gregory Terrell Jones, then 24, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, as the primary suspect. Evidence gathered included witness interviews and phone records that established the planned meeting between Frazier and Jones. A search of a residence in West Virginia connected to Jones uncovered a piece of paper with Frazier's name on it, as well as an unspent 9mm cartridge. Two 9mm shell casings were also recovered from inside the vehicle where the victims were found.
Gregory Jones was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder. In December 2021, following a two-week trial, a Montgomery County jury found Jones guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, firearm use in the commission of a felony, and conspiracy to commit murder. In May 2022, he was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, plus an additional 30 years in prison. Prosecutors stated that Jones chose to kill Frazier rather than pay his debt and also executed Dickinson because she was a witness.
However, Jones's 2021 conviction was later overturned on appeal. He was retried, and in December 2025, a jury once again found him guilty on two counts of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, and multiple firearm charges. His sentencing is scheduled for February 10, 2026, where he again faces two potential life sentences without parole plus 40 years.
