SYLVANIA TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A 17-year-old Canton girl who went missing earlier this month with a 33-year-old man wanted by police and later found in Mexico has been charged in connection with the man's mother's death, according to 13 ABC in Toledo.
Sylvania Township police said they were asked by Canton Police to do a welfare check on Nicole Jones, the mother of Jonathan Jones, last week.
Authorities went to Nicole Jones' home in Toledo on May 5 but were unable to find her. Jonathan Jones and the Canton teenager were found in Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico, on May 8. He had been wanted by the Wood County Sheriff's Office on charges of pandering obscene material and child endangerment.
Police said new information now indicates Nicole Jones was killed.
Patty Wardrop, the assistant prosecuting attorney on the case, told ABC13 in Toledo that both the teen and Jonathan Jones were staying at Nicole Jones’ home.
"So she was staying there, and he lives with his mother, and one day they abruptly leave, disappear, but while she’s on the road, she calls a case worker to inform that she has done something terrible," Wardrop said.
Authorities went to her home and collected evidence, looking for clues in the homicide.
“What they find matches almost exactly what she has explained as the crime as it occurred," Wardrop told ABC13.
Following an investigation, the Canton teen has been charged with aggravated murder and tampering with evidence. She's currently being held in juvenile detention in Stark County.
Wardrop says that while the teen confessed, they have yet to find a body.
“In the course of her confession, she did indicate certain things, so we’re following the leads that she has left, and I’m really hopeful for the family — the community at large — and for the family, that we're able to at least bring her body back," Wardrop said.
The investigation is ongoing, and police said charges are expected to be filed against another individual in connection with the homicide.
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