Jamie L. Thackston Jones, 35, of Momence, Illinois, was found unresponsive from multiple gunshot wounds in a room at the Fairview Motel in Kankakee on the morning of September 12, 2018, and was pronounced dead at the scene. She was born October 15, 1982, in Kankakee and was the mother of six: Blake, Keith Morellas, Janet, Shane Goodman, Rose Goodman, and K’den Goodman.

The Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office and Kankakee Police Department investigated and ruled the death a homicide. Emanuel D. Burns, 33, of Pembroke Township, was arrested in connection with the killing; he had been held at the Jerome Combs Detention Center since the day of the homicide and faced additional charges from an incident that occurred hours after Jamie’s death. A bill of indictment was secured and Burns was scheduled to appear in court on April 4th; bond was set at $750,000.

If anyone has information about Jamie’s last movements or saw anything near the Fairview Motel the morning of September 12, 2018, please come forward.