[1] He was initially indicted for murder by the circuit court in Greenwood, Mississippi under the alias 'George Lee Jones', which meant that he faced a possible sentence of 20 years imprisonment.
[2] Because of this, prosecutors offered a plea bargain that allowed him to plead guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter and be sentenced to five years in prison instead.
Suspecting that this might be the work of a serial killer, the local police department partnered up with the FBI to seek for potential links between the cases.
[4] Investigators determined that since his release from prison on November 14, Jones had managed to assault two other women in addition to killing Carter, but ruled him out as a suspect in some of the other murders due to the fact he was imprisoned at the time.
[2] After being deemed sane, both Jones and his attorney were prohibited from discussing the case with the media, as Justice Diane Syes claimed that the publicity would make jury selection difficult.
[8] Unsealed documents showed that Jones acknowledged his sexual encounters with Jeter and Mims, but denied killing them or meeting Harris, whose body was found in a trash container near his house.
[12] After being successfully convicted and given another life term, Jones continued to serve his sentences at the Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun until his death from natural causes on April 30, 2012.