Brandi Michelle Jones, 35, was killed on August 30, 2019, in Apple Valley, California. Authorities say Phillip Michael Williamson, 37, of Hesperia allegedly murdered Jones, placed her body inside his white Hyundai, then robbed and threatened an elderly man in Apple Valley. The elderly victim reported Williamson demanded money and a handgun and showed him Jones’s body, which led Apple Valley Station deputies to find her body near Wisconsin Street.

Williamson was already known to law enforcement from an August 2017 incident in which he reportedly kidnapped his children and barricaded himself in his home. After Jones’s body was discovered a manhunt led to Williamson’s capture. He was booked on multiple counts, including murder, robbery, grand theft of a firearm, and possession of a firearm by a felon. The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office charged him in three murder counts naming Jones, Jason Allen Culberson, and Melissa Graetz.

Friends and family of Jones mourned her loss and a GoFundMe was set up to help with memorial and burial expenses. If anyone knew Brandi or has information about what happened in Apple Valley on August 30, 2019, please come forward.