Andrew Lee Jones

On February 17, 1984, eleven-year-old Tumekica Jackson was living with her mother and her grandparents in the Scotlandville area of Baton Rouge.

The investigation immediately focused on Jones because his stormy romantic relationship of several years with Tumekica's mother had been broken off by her the week before.

The officers seized the tennis shoes and a pair of green gloves, and they requested that Jones give them a statement at the station.

Although he initially told conflicting stories, he eventually gave a detailed account of his activities with Andrew Jones on Friday night and Saturday morning.

The bag contained socks, a pair of blue jeans, and a pink sweatshirt, which were wet, muddy, and stained.

After advise and waiver of his rights, Jones gave a video-taped statement in which he asserted that he and Rudolph Springer had gone to the victim's house early Saturday morning to commit a burglary.

When Springer returned carrying Tumekica, Jones got in the back seat and pulled his cap over his face.

Having been granted immunity, Mingo testified about Jones's statements and his request to dispose of the TG&Y bag.

Another witness, Reginald Jackson, testified that on the night of the murder, Jones asked him for a ride to Scotlandville to look for Tumekica's mother.

He identified the tennis shoes, blue jeans and pink sweatshirt as the clothes worn by Jones that night.

A serologist established that the blood on Tumekica's underwear and pajama bottoms, as well as that on defendant's boxer shorts and the blue jeans, came from the victim.

On July 22, 1991, Andrew Lee Jones was executed in the electric chair at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.