NAPERVILLE, Unwell. – A Chicago lady has been discovered responsible for her function within the barbaric execution-style murder of a Naperville man in 2018.
It took a jury about 90 minutes to succeed in the decision for 43-year-old Candice Jones.
On Jan. 18, 2018, Naperville police responded to Whispering Hills Drive for a report of a lacking man, recognized as 20-year-old Michael Armendariz, who was final seen round 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 14.
Prosecutors say Armendariz acquired a Snapchat message from one in all Jones’ co-defendants, 26-year-old Cassanda Inexperienced, of Rockford, at about 9:11 p.m. on Jan. 14. After receiving that message, it is alleged that Armendariz left his residence and acquired right into a car pushed by Inexperienced. 5 minutes later, prosecutors say 27-year-old Ernest Collins got here out of hiding at the back of the car and shot Armendariz twice at the back of the top.
Collins and Inexperienced then took Armendariz’s physique to Chicago the place they stuffed it in a rubbish can and positioned the bin in Collins’ mom’s storage, prosecutors stated. Collins’ mom is Jones.
Then, in some unspecified time in the future, the rubbish can was moved to the storage of a vacant house subsequent to Jones’ house.
In response to prosecutors, Collins and Inexperienced additionally took Armendariz’s residence keys and burglarized his house the day after the homicide.
Armendariz’s physique was found within the vacant storage a number of months later.
A month after the homicide, all three suspects have been taken into custody.
Ernest Collins, his girlfriend Cassandra Inexperienced and his mom Candice Jones are accused of the homicide of Michael Armendariz, whose physique was present in a rubbish can in Chicago.
“This night, a jury discovered Candice Jones, the final of three defendants charged within the homicide of Michael Armendariz, responsible of first-degree homicide,” DuPage County State’s Legal professional Robert Berlin stated.
“Responsible verdicts, nevertheless, can not carry Michael again to those that liked him. The diabolical plot devised by Candice Jones, Ernest Collins and Cassandra Inexperienced, and the execution of that plot, left a void within the lives of Michael’s surviving household and buddies that may by no means be stuffed. I want them power as they proceed their lives, having changed Michael’s presence with simply his reminiscence
Jones is due in courtroom on Dec. 18. She faces as much as 75 years in jail.
Collin’s is again in courtroom on Nov. 29. and faces as much as life in jail.
Inexperienced is due in courtroom on Nov. 13.
