On the night of November 13, 1989, 32-year-old military veteran Juanita Jo Jones was working at the Circle K at Bodcau Station Road and Highway 80 in Haughton, Louisiana, when an apparent robbery turned deadly. A customer found Jones after she had been shot in the head; the store’s cash register was open and emptied. She was taken to Bossier Medical Center and died five days later from her injuries.

Jones worked two jobs while saving to open a home-style restaurant called Down Home Barbeque and had already submitted her resignation from Circle K. Her brother described her as a mother figure to her younger siblings. Investigators developed leads early on but no arrests were made, and the case later went cold. The Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office keeps the file open and believes the person or persons responsible may still have ties to Haughton or Shreveport.

Did anyone in the area remember seeing anything suspicious that night or know someone who worked late at the time?