In spring 2017 the body of 34-year-old David Jones Jr., a Rochester resident, was found on a pedestrian bridge in Genesee Valley Park. He had been shot and his body was set on fire, authorities say. Two people were arrested in connection with the death: 28-year-old Imani Williams and 32-year-old Syjesman Brown Jr., who was on parole at the time of his arrest.

Prosecutors said Jones met Williams at a strip club the night he died and left with her, while Brown followed in a separate vehicle. Williams and Brown also faced allegations tying them to other violent incidents in the area, including the murder of Alexander Powell and an attempted shooting and robbery of a third victim. The two were tried together beginning in April 2019, with separate juries used for evidence that applied only to one defendant.

In May 2019 Brown was found guilty of second-degree murder in Jones’s death, as well as convictions for Powell’s murder and the attempted murder and robbery; he received a 75 years to life sentence. Williams was acquitted of Jones’s murder but convicted of attempted second-degree robbery and attempted fourth-degree grand larceny and was sentenced to seven years. If anyone knew David Jones Jr. or has information about the events that night, please share what is known.