A jury took just three minutes to deliberate before finding Pontrey Jones guilty of the brutal stabbing murder of his stepmother Magdalena Ruiz.
He said that Ruiz's celebration was disrespectful to him and his father, which prompted the stabbing. Police say he showed no remorse during the interview, and when informed Ruiz had died as a result of his attack Jones responded:"I was hoping so."
At the start of the trial, Jones's lawyers declined to enter a plea. His defense declined to present any arguments towards absolving him of the murder, instead asking for leniency due to his mental health issues. In his affidavit, Jones said that he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder but had gone off of his medication two years prior to the crime. The case had been on hold for a year after a psychologist declared him unfit to stand trial, according to theThe case will now move to sentencing, in which Jones faces a prison term of five to 99 years.
Football has driven people to murder before. In 2013, Adrian Laroze Briskey was found guilty of shooting Michelle Shepherd after the annual University of Alabama - Auburn game. When the Crimson Tide lost, Briskey was upset that Shepherd didn't show enough grief at the team being knocked out of the Nationals, so she went to her car, got a gun and shot her according to
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