Nebraska Assistant Attorney General Sandra Allen gestures toward a video monitor while delivering the prosecution’s closing statement in the first-degree murder trial of Jason Jones Wednesday at the Dakota County Courthouse in Dakota City. A jury on Thursday found Jones, 44, guilty of four counts each of first-degree murder and use of a firearm to commit a felony and two counts of second-degree arson for the Aug. 4, 2022, shooting deaths of Michele Ebeling, 53, in her home and Gene Twiford, 86, his wife, Janet Twiford, 85, and their daughter Dana Twiford, 55, in their home and setting both houses on fire in Laurel, Nebraska.
Matthew McDonald delivers the defense’s closing statement in the first-degree murder trial of Jason Jones Wednesday at the Dakota County Courthouse in Dakota City. A jury on Thursday found Jones, 44, guilty of four counts each of first-degree murder and use of a firearm to commit a felony and two counts of second-degree arson for the Aug. 4, 2022, shooting deaths of Michele Ebeling, 53, in her home and Gene Twiford, 86, his wife, Janet Twiford, 85, and their daughter Dana Twiford, 55, in their home and setting both houses on fire in Laurel, Nebraska.
Nebraska Assistant Attorney General Sandra Allen gestures toward a video monitor while delivering the prosecution’s closing statement in the first-degree murder trial of Jason Jones Wednesday at the Dakota County Courthouse in Dakota City. A jury on Thursday found Jones, 44, guilty of four counts each of first-degree murder and use of a firearm to commit a felony and two counts of second-degree arson for the Aug. 4, 2022, shooting deaths of Michele Ebeling, 53, in her home and Gene Twiford, 86, his wife, Janet Twiford, 85, and their daughter Dana Twiford, 55, in their home and setting both houses on fire in Laurel, Nebraska.
Matthew McDonald delivers the defense’s closing statement in the first-degree murder trial of Jason Jones Wednesday at the Dakota County Courthouse in Dakota City. A jury on Thursday found Jones, 44, guilty of four counts each of first-degree murder and use of a firearm to commit a felony and two counts of second-degree arson for the Aug. 4, 2022, shooting deaths of Michele Ebeling, 53, in her home and Gene Twiford, 86, his wife, Janet Twiford, 85, and their daughter Dana Twiford, 55, in their home and setting both houses on fire in Laurel, Nebraska.
