LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A burglary investigation last year uncovered a web of crimes, including murder by poisoning, in a quiet southern Indiana town.
The woman charged in connection with the investigation was back in court Monday. Ashely Jones faces several charges, including murder, conspiracy to commit murder and burglary.
It all started when Jones' mom, Marsha Allen, reported that someone broke into her Jackson County, Indiana, home last October, stealing jewelry and guns.
Allen suspected Jones was involved because she was the only one who knew the combination to the gun safe.
When police talked to two other suspects, one of them said Marsha Allen poisoned her husband Harold Allen, who died in December 2022.
Deputies eventually found text messages between the mother and daughter discussing the murder.
Then, after the burglary, police found Marsha Allen dead in her home last October.
Jones confessed to ordering ethylene glycol — an odorless, colorless chemical commonly use in antifreeze — off the internet. She told police her mother was the one who put the chemical in Harold Allen's drink to kill him.
Authorities still haven't released information about how the mother died. That is expected to come out in court.
Jones' trial is expected to start in January 2025, more than a year after she was first arrested for the crimes.
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