Timothy Jones,a 32-year-old father has confessed to killing his 5
children.The victims, between the ages of two and eight, were found
stuffed into garbage bags today near a logging road in Alabama after
their father confessed to killing them and led police to the scene,
According to AFP,the children were reported missing by their mother on
Sept. 3.Jones had joint custody of the children and is divorced from
their mother. They said he told neighbors that he and the children were
moving to another state.
Marlene Hyder and her husband, Johnny Hyder, said Jones and his wife
moved into a house next to them about seven years ago in
Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina,, They said Jones told them he
worked in computers. Two years ago, the wife moved in with a male
neighbor and Tim Jones moved away with the children, the Hyders said.
Johnny Hyder said the children were often dressed in dirty clothes and
were seen home at all hours of the day because Tim Jones had said he
didn't believe in the public schools. Hyder said Jones was constantly
looking for a reason to argue and often threatened to call the police.
He said Jones approached him with a gun on his hip one day and was angry
about something, but Hyder couldn't remember what it was. When Hyder
said he was going to call police, he said Jones told him it was only a
BB gun.
"It wasn't a BB gun,It was a real gun. I know what one looks like, but I didn't want to cause any more trouble."
Marlene Hyder said Jones threatened to kill one of their dogs when it briefly went onto his property.
"He was a nut," she said.
Jones did not reveal a motive for the killings, which took place in
South Carolina. He then allegedly dumped the bodies in Alabama.
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