Jarmelle JoJo Jones, 26, of Memphis, Tennessee, was shot and killed during a home invasion on November 28, 2014, in Cordova. He and his girlfriend were returning to his mother’s house when two masked men forced their way inside and demanded money. Jones was shot in the chest while trying to disarm one of the intruders; his girlfriend was wounded in the leg. The assailants fled in Jones’s Dodge Charger after taking cash and a cellphone; the vehicle was later found burning in the Raleigh area.

The case stalled for a time before a 2016 indictment named Thaddeus Money and Rafael Farmer on charges including first-degree murder, aggravated robbery, and attempted first-degree murder. A third suspect, Terrance Harris, was later arrested in Minnesota and extradited to Memphis on a first-degree murder charge. Prosecutors said Money and Farmer targeted Jones and his girlfriend after seeing social media posts about a recent New York vacation; Farmer later testified that he and Money committed the robbery together.

In December 2021 a Shelby County jury found Thaddeus Money guilty of first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, especially aggravated robbery, and related charges; he was immediately sentenced to life in prison. Trials for the other two men were reported to be pending. If anyone knew Jarmelle or has information about the case, please come forward.