Janina Gina Lorraine Jefferson, 38, was shot multiple times and killed in the parking lot of the Appalachia, Virginia water treatment plant on the evening of November 27, 2016. She worked the night shift there and was described as a devoted mother of three. Her death is tied to a violent, recently ended relationship with her ex-husband.

Investigators say the prime suspect is her former husband, Eric Monroe Jones. Reports state the couple’s divorce had been finalized months earlier; on that same day Jones allegedly assaulted and strangled Jefferson, leading her to obtain a restraining order. Authorities believe Jones lay in wait and shot her as she arrived for her shift, then fled. Janina’s work truck was later found at Jones’s mother’s home and nearby surveillance reportedly captured Jones buying alcohol and cigarettes soon after the estimated time of the killing.

Jacob Seth Rowland, an associate of Jones, was arrested and later convicted as an accessory for driving Jones to the plant and helping him escape. Jones remains a fugitive, wanted on charges including first-degree murder, unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and use of a firearm during a murder; he is considered armed and dangerous. If anyone knew Janina, saw her that night, or has information on Eric Jones’s whereabouts, please come forward.