Jeremy Bryan Jones

In the late 1970s, Jones' parents divorced and his mother remarried, but the family was nevertheless considered a stable one.

Due to this stepfather's work as a carpenter, the Joneses were considered relatively well-off.

In contrast to this, however, Jeremy himself showed signs of anti-social and aggressive behavior from an early age, due to which neighbors avoided interacting with him.

He also did not care about his academic achievements, and was frequently disciplined for his truancy and low grades.

Jeremy Bryan Jones (born April 12, 1973) is an American murderer and self-confessed serial killer.

Jeremy Bryan Jones was born on April 12, 1973, in Miami, Oklahoma, the elder of two boys.

In the late 1980s, he developed an addiction to alcohol and began using drugs, and by the end of 1989, he was expelled from the Miami High School.

In January 1990, Jones was arrested for assaulting a boy - during the incident, his own mother attempted to protect the victim, but was herself beaten as well.

He was then charged with two counts of assault, but they were eventually dropped after the victims reconciled.

Utilizing his charisma, Jones was considered popular among the young women in his hometown, with whom he would often have sex.

He then briefly attended the Quapaw High School in nearby Quapaw, but as he preferred to spend his time on the streets, Jones was eventually expelled in 1991, shortly before the end of the 12th grade.

His actions got him into conflict with family members.

In early 1992, Jones left Miami with one of his girlfriends and moved to Baxter Springs, Kansas, where he lived with a highschool friend named Justin Judd.

As he had no formal education, he resorted to working in low-skilled labor, causing him and his girlfriend to experience financial hardship.

The pair frequently argued, during which Jones physically assaulted his girlfriend - Judd frequently called the police, but no case was initiated because the girlfriend refused to file charges.

On May 9, Justin Judd married his girlfriend Jennifer, whom he had known since high school.

Two days after their wedding, an intruder broke into their home while Justin was away, bound Jennifer and proceeded to stab her multiple times.

During the investigation, Jones was named as a suspect based on the testimony of Justin, who claimed that that he was interested in her.

Jones insisted that he was innocent, and since there was no credible evidence to charge him, he was released.

After the murder of Jennifer Judd, Jones broke up with his girlfriend, left Baxter Springs, and began to live a criminal lifestyle.

During this period, he changed several places of residence, earned a living as a day laborer and occasional committed petty thefts.

On November 5, 1995, Jones was arrested for rape, but was released after posting bail and fled.

Between November 1995 and January 1996, he committed two additional crimes.

On January 10, 1996, he was arrested in Oklahoma on charges of rape and unlawful possession of methamphetamine.

During the investigation, police were contacted by a woman who claimed that Jones had assaulted her at gunpoint.

He was subsequently convicted of the drug possession charge and sentenced to two years imprisonment, which he served at the Dick Conner Correctional Center in Hominy.

He was granted parole and released in early 1997, but was soon taken into custody over the rapes.

During his trial, Jones, on the advice of his attorney, agreed to plead guilty on three counts of assault and sexual harassment, but his victims refused to appear in court, due to which their testimony was considered questionable.

On March 3, 1997, Jones was placed on probation for five years and released from the courthouse - however, as he was diagnosed with a mental impairment, he was placed on a psychiatric registry, ordered to see a psychiatrist regularly and to give DNA samples.

Jones refused to comply with the court orders, and continued to commit crimes.

In 2000, he became a suspect in two additional rapes, due to which his probation was revoked and a warrant was issued for his arrest.

Upon learning of this, Jones left Oklahoma and moved to Joplin, Missouri, where he met a woman in a bar whose son, John Paul Chapman, was serving a sentence at a state prison.

With his charisma, Jones won her affection and sympathy and moved in with her.

Sometime afterwards, he persuaded the woman to sell him her son's papers and social security card for $50, after which he stole the man's identity and left the state in December 2000.

Under the name of Chapman, Jones moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he lived for two years before financial difficulties caused him to move to Georgia.

On May 1, 2003, he was at the "Gipson's Restaurant and Lounge" bar in Douglasville when he met Vicki Freeman, who was 13 years older than him.

The two soon became roommates, frequently changing places of residence and jobs over the following two years.

In October 2003, Jones was arrested for disorderly conduct and taken to a police station, where his fingerprints were run through IAFIS.

Convicted and sentenced to death for murdering a woman in Mobile, Alabama, in 2004, Jones later confessed to murdering 20 additional people in four other states before recanting.

He has never been charged in any other murders, and the credibility of some of his confessions is considered dubious.