Father Charged With Killing All His 5 Children

Authorities in Mississippi area unit holding a father of 5 in the deaths of his youngsters, ages one to eight, the state's Department of Public Safety said Tuesday evening.
"The seriousness of this violent crime is unconscionable," said Albert Santa Cruz, Mississippi's public safety commissioner.

Timothy Jones Jnr., 32, is being held in Smith County on kid endangerment charges and is awaiting surrender to South Carolina for prosecution.

Timothy Jones Jnr., 32, had custody of his 5 youngsters, ages one to eight.

The youngsters, reported  missing from South Carolina last week, were found dead in Alabama on Tuesday, authorities aforementioned.
Their remains were discovered off a mud road in Wilcox County, said Sgt. Steve Jarrett of the Alabama Department of Public Safety.

Jones led enforcement to the crime scene, Jarrett said. No alternative details were directly accessible regarding how the kids died.
A multi-state hunt for the kids and their father involved the Federal Bureau of Investigation and state enforcement agencies. it absolutely was launched when the mother told Lexington County, South Carolina, sheriff's investigators on September three that she has been unable to contact her former husband.

"Neighbors told deputies that the youngsters's father aforementioned he was moving along with his children from his home close to Lexington to a different state," said Lexington law officer Lewis McCarty.

Jones and also the children's mother were unmarried  and he had primary custody.
On Saturday, Jones was taken into custody in Mississippi on suspicion of driving under the influence. once his SUV was towed, authorities found proof of a criminal offense, the state's Department of Public Safety stated.

A check of the National Criminal info Center found he was wanted in South Carolina.

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