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James Jones Jr

Case from Marietta, GA dated Feb 09, 2015

Victim Details

James Jones Jr

Male

Black / African American

Marietta

GA

2015-02-09

21

James

Jones Jr

06/25/2026

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In what was supposed to be a simple transaction to purchase a new phone, 21-year-old James Jones Jr. found himself the victim of a fatal setup. On a Monday evening in February 2015, the Clark Atlanta University junior, who was studying chemistry with aspirations of becoming a doctor, responded to a Craigslist advertisement for an iPhone 6. He drove to a residence on Jamaica Cove in Marietta, Georgia, expecting to meet the sellers and make his purchase. The ad, however, was a deception, posted wi ...
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