Alonzo Jones, a 29-year-old Black man from Chicago, was killed after a confrontation in an apartment at 7425 South Parnell on February 28, 2004. A dispute began when Laquita Calhoun accused Jones of molesting her one-year-old daughter; witnesses named in court records included Jeanette Daniels, Lakesha Collins, Katherine Calhoun, Terrence Jones, and Derrick Fleming. Testimony describes Jones emerging from a back room with blood on his wrists, being struck and kicked, and repeatedly prevented from escaping.
Jones was later placed alive into the trunk of a green Pontiac Grand Prix and driven around Chicago’s South Side while pleading to be taken to a hospital or police station. Court records say he was removed near a liquor store and later forced into an alley near 5630 South Michigan Avenue, where he was beaten, struck with a stick, and then run over by a vehicle driven by Navon Foster; his body was found the next morning with crushing, sharp-force, stab, blunt-force, and drag injuries.
Multiple people were charged in connection with the killing, including Laquita Calhoun, Terrence Jones, Lakesha Collins, Katherine Calhoun, Jeanette Daniels, and Navon Foster. Sentencing and appeal issues are reflected in the court record, including convictions and plea deals for some defendants and a resentencing for Laquita Calhoun.