Virginia prosecutors said Wednesday that the man who murdered his intellectually-disabled neighbor last month did so in an “extremely violent” manner.
According to WRC, the father and stepmother of Melia Jones, 23, found her strangled at her Alexandria apartment on December 7. Prosecutors said Jones — who has Down syndrome — was wrapped in a blanket and had a bag over her head.
Police who responded to the scene reportedly also observed signs of a sexual assault, in addition to blood and signs of a cleanup.
The Washington Post reported that prosecutors said Jones was killed three days before she was found. Fingerprints belonging to a neighbor, David Cunningham, 40, were reportedly located at the scene and his DNA was under Jones’ fingernails and on her body.
Cunningham has denied involvement in Jones’ murder, claiming he made friends with her in September. Cunningham also said he had sexual contact with Jones — but he claims the encounter was consensual and did not involve intercourse, WRC reported.
The news outlet also reported that Jones recently moved into Alexandria apartment, marking the first time she was living on her own.
Cunningham, who is charged with second-degree murder, was ordered to remain jailed without bail. He is due back in court on March 18.
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They should beat that sick M/F to death
Black on black crime but lets all be woke and look the other way! He did not have the advantage of growing up in a white supremacy family where we were taught to respect people and be especially gentle towards disabled people. Gee, where is BLM on this one? Where is Kamala? Al Sharpton?
Agreed, but if it is left up to the far left LIBERALS, they will say something like the poor guy he must have had a bad childhood, and the far left LIBERAL judge he goes up against will give him a slap on the wrist, people do not champion the victim any more they give leeway and excuses for the sickos in this world…
through gas on the bastard and watch him burn.
He deserves to be beat and what ever else could happen to him. So sad.
What an evil useless piece of garbage. Lethal injection!
Condolences to the family and friends of that beautiful girl. I am so sorry for your loss.
Lethal injection is to easy put him in a cell with the meanest person in the jail and turn him lose on him, what a sorry animal that he is taking that lovely girl, prayers for her family. ?
I HIGHLY doubt that he had consensual sex with her…I have an aunt that’s mentally handicapped and she doesn’t even know about sex! I feel so sorry for that lovely young woman’s family at this point. All she did was move into her very first apartment and then this POS ended up killing her…May he ROT IN HELL for what he did!!!!
Another violent homicide committed by one of those right wing, white extremists!!!
What a quandary for our despicable, lying mainstream media….
The victim was black…. The mainstream media loves that
BUT, BUT, BUT….
The violent killer was, once again, was black.
SO WHAT SHOULD THEY DO???????
(I know……don’t report it 24/7 like you would had the killer been white. In fact, don’t report this at all.)
Hope this guy when tried and convicted without a doubt that he did kill Melia Jones gets life in prison so he can face every day and totally have nightmares when he tries to sleep, he deserves every bad thing that is going to happen to him