Will Jerry Jones get the death penalty?

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Will Jerry Jones get the death penalty?

Jerry Jones pleaded guilty to to the January 2004 murders of four people, but he did so without any agreement that prosecutors would not seek his execution.

January 2004: An alert flashes on the Downtown Connector after four people, one an infant, were found shot to death at a mobile home in the Gordon County town of Ranger, and authorities were on the lookout for three children believed abducted. The Gordon County Sheriff's Department activated a 'Levi's Call' for the three children. Murder suspect Jerry Jones was seen driving in a 1991 red or maroon Ford Explorer.

January 2004: A Police officer in East Ridge, Tenn., picks up debris surrounding the vehicle driven by Jerry Jones after it was stopped by a Georgia state trooper. Jones was wanted for murder in Gordon County and also the kidnapping of three children, who were in the vehicle at the time. Jones shot himself after the vehicle stopped.

January 2004: Ambulance personnel prepare to transport quadruple murder suspect Jerry Jones from Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga.

January 2004: Debbie Blaylock, sister of Tom Blaylock, who was murdered along with three others, breaks down while talking with Gordon County Sheriff deputies outside of the crime scene

January 2004: Crime scene tape and memorial flowers mark the property in Ranger where four people were killed.

January 2004: Melissa Peeler, Jones' ex-girlfriend, with Brandy Jones, 4, (left) and Tami Hope Peeler, 3, two of the children who were abducted by Jones. Peeler's parents, aunt and 10-month-old daughter, whom she had with Jones, were killed by Jones.

January 2004: Tommy Dean Blaylock and his sister, Karen Jean Blaylock, get a hug from their aunt, Katherine Blaylock (center). Their father, Tom Blaylock, was murdered along with his wife, daugher and granddaughter.

January 2004: Family and friends of murder victims outside Trinity Baptist Church in Gordon County.

January 2004: Kathy O'Donnell embraces her husband, David, as they pay their last respects to Kathy's mother, Nola Blaylock, during services at the Trinity Baptist Church.

January 2004: A distraught April Bagley, niece of Tom Blaylock, one of the four people killed by Jerry Jones, leaves the funeral service at the Trinity Baptist Church in Calhoun.

January 2004: Funeral services for the four members of the Calhoun family drew a crowd of approximately 350 people at the Trinity Baptist Church. The casket of Jerri Georgia Jones, 10 months, leaves the service.

January 2004: Brittany Phelps is comforted by a family member during funeral services at the Trinity Baptist Church in Calhoun. The service was held for Tom and Nola Blaylock, their daughter, Georgia Bradley, and their 10-month-old granddaughter, Harley Jones. Brittany was one of the three children kidnapped after the murders.

January 2004: A court employee leads Melissa Peeler into the Gordon County Courthouse for a child custody hearing. The two are followed by Kathy Bitterman, special investigator for the Department of Family and Children's Services.

January 2005: Jerry Jones listens to his attorney, Rodney Mathis, during a hearing in Gordon Superior Court in Calhoun.

January 2005: Melissa Peeler (center) listens as the Gordon County District Attorney makes an announcement to seek the death penalty against Jerry Jones, charged with killing four members of a family in January 2004 at their home in Ranger.

January 2004: Melissa Peeler at Trinity Baptist Chruch in Gordon County before funeral services. With her is Kenneth Bradley.

January 2004: Melissa Peeler pauses to collect her thoughts while recounting her last encounter with Jerry Jones.

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January 2004: An alert flashes on the Downtown Connector after four people, one an infant, were found shot to death at a mobile home in the Gordon County town of Ranger, and authorities were on the lookout for three children believed abducted. The Gordon County Sheriff's Department activated a 'Levi's Call' for the three children. Murder suspect Jerry Jones was seen driving in a 1991 red or maroon Ford Explorer.

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