While out on bond after allegedly setting fire to his mother’s house, a man conducted a deadly assault on his mother in her East Point home, a Fulton County jury decided.
Keenan Jones was convicted Sept. 25 of malice murder, felony murder, arson and other charges in connection with the 2015 death of his mother, said Dexter Bond, a spokesman for the Fulton County District Attorney’s office.
Jones also was convicted of aggravated assault, aggravated stalking, exploitation and intimidation of an elder, criminal damage to property, simple battery, and possession of tools for the commission of a crime.
He was sentenced to life without parole plus 66 years, Bond said.
On March 26, 2015, a plumber hired to renovate the burned property of Arlene Tigner found her body on the basement floor, according to a news release about the case.
An investigation showed Jones forced his way into Tigner’s house, then hit her in the head, neck and ribs, according to the release. Tigner had 25 rib fractures and damage to her heart and liver.
Jones was arrested four days after his mother’s body was found.
That came after a June 2014 incident in which Tigner found Jones, who was not welcome in her home, in the living room, officials said. After they argued, she asked him to leave.
He pushed her to the floor, went outside and began throwing Molotov cocktails at the front door. The house became engulfed in flames.
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