In order to avoid the death penalty, Stewart entered a plea of no contest and was given 50 years imprisonment in January 1985, to run concurrently with his other sentences for the sexual offenses.

[5] Lorraine "Lori" Anne Barrett, a 32-year-old tourist from Bridgeville, Pennsylvania was last seen at the Elbo Room, a bar located at the corner of Las Olas Boulevard and A1A State Road.

[6] Immediately following the body's discovery, police created a facial composite, complete with descriptions of the suspect's tattoos (barbed wire and hearts etched with names), and distributed it around Broward County.

[7] Jones, equipped with latex gloves, a wire, and a BB gun, broke into the office,[8] raped and murdered Mary, and beat Lacey so brutally that she appeared dead.

[10] Over the years, Jones' execution was stayed several times, due to illnesses such as high blood pressure and diabetes, which resulted in one of his legs being amputated.

[3] His sister's statements notwithstanding, Jones himself expressed regret over his actions and agreed with his sentence, explaining that he was haunted by the ghosts of his victims and was incapable of forgiving himself for what he did.

Jones' last meal consisted of fried chicken, potato logs with tartar sauce, beef jerky bites, three candy bars, a chocolate milkshake, and fruit punch.

[3] This revelation led to his body being exhumed and his DNA tested, and in February 2019, the Broward County Attorney's Office officially announced that Jones was the real killer, not Ronald Stewart.

A spokeswoman for the attorney's office, Paula McMahon, said in a press release that they would work to vacate Stewart's conviction, and would further investigate Jones' past in order to determine if he had killed other victims in Florida, or elsewhere around the country.