TYLER, Texas — A police document shows the suspect in the shooting death of a 53-year-old man this past weekend and the victim lived in the same rental three-bedroom house in Tyler.
Timothy Eugene Jones, 26, of Tyler, was arrested in Dallas Monday evening on a murder charge in connection to the death of Anthony Wilson, whose body was found in a heavily wooded area in Tyler Sunday morning. He remains in the Smith County Jail on a $2 million bond.
On Tuesday, his girlfriend Edna Jones, 29, of Tyler, was taken into custody on charges of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and failing to report a felony. She was booked into the Smith County Jail on bonds totaling $275,000.
According to a search warrant, Jones knowingly and intentionally used a firearm to kill Wilson on Saturday.
Police responded Saturday to a welfare concern call at a residence in the 3000 block of W. Gentry Parkway.
The landlord of the rental house reported to police that he saw blood on the ground outside of the residence, and when he knocked on the door, none of the three tenants, including Timothy Jones and Wilson, answered, the warrant stated.
Police found blood, including a blood splatter on the wall, what appeared to be brain matter and a bullet fragment in the room rented by Wilson, according to the document.
Officers also located a shattered glass bedside table and a lamp on the ground in Wilson's room as well as blood on both Wilson and Timothy Jones' doors. Police noted that Wilson's vehicle, a Ford Explorer, was missing from the residence, the warrant explained.
In an interview with police, Timothy Jones' ex-girlfriend said she called Timothy Jones' current girlfriend Edna Jones, who told the ex-girlfriend that Timothy Jones "had really messed up," according to the warrant.
Edna Jones told officers she saw Timothy Jones and another person move Wilson's deceased body out of a room and place the body in the Ford Explorer, the document read.
Officers on Saturday found the Ford Explorer behind Timothy Jones' mother's house and blood was in the interior and on the exterior of the vehicle. Timothy Jones' mother said her son was at her residence earlier Saturday.
At the time of executing the search warrant, police had not yet found Wilson's body.
Around 11:10 a.m. Sunday, police found Wilson in a heavily wooded area south of the 1800 block of E. Duncan Street in northeast Tyler.
Police said Wilson's family was notified before his identity was announced, and an autopsy has been ordered for Wilson's body.
This case is still under investigation.
