Fourteen-year-old Clifford Jones Jr. was killed in a pre-dawn home invasion on April 26, 1986, at the family residence in Wayne County, Georgia, across from the Reedy Creek Restaurant his parents ran. Court records describe a violent robbery: money and property were taken, Clifford Jr. was beaten with a pistol, stabbed in the back, and shot; his mother Nina and father Clifford Jones Sr. were also killed. The father was stabbed, beaten, and shot multiple times.

Prosecutors focused on Larry Lee, his brother Bruce Lee, and Sherry Lee. The state’s theory held that Bruce and Larry entered armed while Sherry was connected to Bruce; Sherry later testified she saw part of the attack. Bruce Lee was killed in a separate burglary about two months later. Larry was convicted at a 1987 Wayne County trial and sentenced to death, but post-conviction reviews later found withheld exculpatory evidence, problems with a jailhouse informant, and that Sherry had earlier denied knowledge before testifying. Other names, including Robert and Joe Yarbrough, were later raised as possible suspects. Charges against Larry Lee were dismissed rather than retried.

Does anyone have memories of the Jones family or the Reedy Creek Restaurant from 1986 that could shed light on the case?