SYLVANIA TOWNSHIP, Ohio — An 18-year-old was arraigned in court Wednesday on multiple charges relating to the 2023 homicide of a Sylvania Township woman.
A Lucas County judge set Kaitlyn Coones' bond at $1.75 million during her arraignment. In January, she was indicted on five charges, including aggravated murder, murder, abuse of corpse, felonious assault and tampering with evidence.
Coones is accused of killing 53-year-old Nicole Jones, the mother of her adult boyfriend Jonathon Jones. Coones was 17 at the time of the alleged killing in April 2023. Coones and Jonathon Jones were arrested in May 2023 after authorities conducted a safety check at Nicole Jones' home.
According to court documents, Coones told Jonathon Jones, now 34, his mother was preventing them from being together and instructed him to kill her. When he did not follow through with her demands, Coones allegedly strangled and struck Nicole Jones with a rock, killing her. Coones told law enforcement that she and Jonathon Jones went to the store and bought a tarp and cleaning supplies.
Coones and Jonathon Jones then allegedly took Nicole Jones's body to a dumpster at an apartment complex. Surveillance video and GPS tracking through Jones's ankle monitor corroborated Coones's statements regarding the dumpster and purchases, according to authorities.
Authorities have not located Nicole Jones's body.
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