Timothy Jones Jr., 40, of Miami, is accused of killing his five children on August 18, 2007. In a subsequent frenzy Jones strangled the other four children. Their bodies were later recovered in black trash bags along a dirt road in rural Alabama.

Jones was stopped at a traffic checkpoint in Mississippi, where officers observed suspicious behavior and uncovered evidence tying him to the missing children. During interrogation he admitted planning to mutilate the bodies but said he abandoned that plan. At trial he pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, asserting voices influenced him; psychological evaluations presented in court found he understood his actions and their consequences. The jury convicted him on all counts and he was sentenced to death.

If anyone knew the family, the children’s routines, or saw Jones driving through Alabama or Mississippi in mid-August 2007, does that information still exist to share?