Khaliyah Jones, 19, was killed on Sunday, July 16, 2023, after being abducted from her workplace at a Wingstop on North Glynn Street in Fayetteville, Georgia. Prosecutors say her ex-boyfriend, 20-year-old Cameron Ja’Michael Hopkins, entered the restaurant around 11 p.m., forced Jones into a red Chevrolet Camaro at gunpoint, and fled. Witnesses called police and officers soon spotted the vehicle.

A high-speed pursuit crossed from Fayette County into Clayton County, at times exceeding 100 mph, and ended in the driveway of Lovejoy High School where officers used a PIT maneuver to stop the Camaro. Gunfire erupted from inside the car; Hopkins also fired at patrol vehicles. Deputies used an irritant to force Hopkins from the vehicle. Jones was found inside with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Hopkins had been out on a $162,000 bond for a prior abduction of Jones on July 16, 2022, when he reportedly threatened to kill her if police intervened. After the July 16, 2023 killing, Hopkins was charged with malice murder, kidnapping, two counts of aggravated assault, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime; a judge denied bond. Jones’s mother said Hopkins had threatened the family for months and that Jones had wanted to help him despite the danger.

Did anyone working at the Wingstop or nearby see anything in the hours before the abduction that could shed light on what led to this second kidnapping?