Stanford Duane Jones, 44, was found shot to death inside his Mellon Street home in Columbus, Georgia, on August 10, 2018. Investigators concluded the killing was a robbery: the perpetrators targeted Jones for cash and drugs and ransacked the residence after the shooting. Jones had set up a home surveillance system; footage reportedly showed Curtis Baby C Williams III entering first, then Jeffery Red Flakes Jr. wearing surgical gloves and carrying a pistol. The video allegedly captured Williams opening the door for Flakes and both men going inside, and showed the surveillance equipment being disconnected after the shooting.

A grand jury returned indictments in November 2020 charging both men with malice murder, felony murder related to aggravated assault, and armed robbery. Their trial began in October 2022, and a jury found both Curtis Williams III and Jeffery Flakes Jr. guilty of Jones’s murder. Williams received life without parole; Flakes received life with the possibility of parole.

Did anyone in Columbus know Stanford Jones or have information about his movements in the days before August 10, 2018?