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Troy Duane Jones

Case from Pontiac, MI dated Feb 19, 2022

Victim Details

Troy Duane Jones

Male

Black / African American

Pontiac

MI

2022-02-19

49

Troy

Duane Jones

07/23/2026

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On a cold February evening in Pontiac, Michigan, the life of Troy Duane Jones, a 49-year-old man known affectionately to his family and friends as 'Punch,' was brought to a tragic and violent end. On February 19, 2022, Jones was discovered in the driver's seat of his car, which had crashed into a fence and a snowbank in the parking lot of a local party store on Franklin Road. The vehicle's engine was still running, his foot still on the accelerator. It was soon clear that this was no ordinary ca ...
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  • The Oakland Press: Charges filed against man accused of fatal shooting in Pontiac
  • The Oakland Press: Man slain in Pontiac; suspect in custody
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