Couple Indicted For The Slaying Of Clark Atlanta Student Alexis Crawford
Jordyn Jones, 22, and her boyfriend, 21-year-old Barron Brantley, have both been indicted this Friday for the slaying of Clark Atlanta student Alexis Crawford.
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As we previously reported, the 21-year-old victim was discovered lifeless on Nov. 8, just a week after she was reported missing. It was later revealed that she died by asphyxiation. Both Brantley and Jones were charged with malice murder and booked at the Fulton County jail. Atlanta police Detective Mike Young testified in November that Brantley told police he choked Crawford after she and Jones got into a fight on Halloween morning. Evidence also indicated Brantley sexually assaulted Crawford days earlier, which led to his sodomy charge.
Now, days before Crawford’s death, she actually filed a police report accusing Brantley of sexual assault, including forcible kissing and unwanted touching in an off-campus apartment. Crawford and Jones got into a heated confrontation after Crawford became aware that Brantley was still being allowed to stay in the apartment. During the argument, Brantley reportedly entered Crawford’s room and began strangling her. She took her last breaths in a plastic garbage bag that was put over her head by Brantley.
The two then reportedly tried to clean up the apartment to get rid of any evidence. From there, they dumped Crawford’s party in a wooded area in Dekalb County’s Exchange Park. After, they returned to the apartment to nap and then attended a Halloween party.
Brantley and Jones were indicted today on two counts of felony murder as well as one count each of murder, aggravated assault, false imprisonment and concealing the death of another, authorities said. A spokesman for the Fulton County District Attorney’s office said Brantley was also indicted on one count of aggravated sodomy for allegedly sexually assaulting Crawford five days before her murder.
Both Jones and Brantley currently remain held at the Fulton County Jail without bond, records show.
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