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Donald Wayne Jones Sr., 78, was found shot to death inside his Collinsville, Mississippi, home after deputies responded to a 911 call about a possible burglary and forced entry through a damaged rear window on June 22, 2015. Jones had been a retired Lauderdale County School System employee and a former auto repair shop owner.

Investigators quickly identified his son, Donald Wayne Jones Jr., 30 at the time, as a person of interest. He was taken into custody the next day and initially held on a firearms charge before being charged with capital murder and residential burglary. Authorities said tips from the community helped lead to his arrest and that the suspected weapon had been recovered.

In February 2017 Jones Jr. pleaded guilty to second-degree murder as part of a cooperation agreement and received a 40-year day-for-day sentence. Two others were later convicted for roles after the fact: Delma Pruett for accessory after the fact to burglary of a dwelling and Coy DePriest for possession of a firearm by a felon.

Did anyone in Collinsville have information about Jones Sr. or the events around June 22, 2015?