Defense psychologist casts doubt on driver’s mental capacity in trooper murder trial
INDIANAPOLIS — Eddie Jones was clearly in a state of nearly incoherent hysterics in the moments after he fatally ran down Indiana State Trooper Aaron Smith in Plainfield on the evening of June 28, 2023. “Help me, I’m dying,” Jones cried out in ISP body-worn camera video shown to jurors. “I’m having an anxiety attack.” […]
HENDRICKS COUNTY, Ind. — A Missouri man will go on trial for murder on Wednesday for the killing of an Indiana state trooper during a high-speed pursuit in summer 2023. Eddie Jones, 20, of Sikeston, Missouri, is charged with murder, resisting law enforcement and auto theft in the killing of…
HENDRICKS COUNTY, Ind. -- The man accused of killing Indiana State Trooper Aaron Smith claims he has an intellectual disability that should limit his punishment. Prosecutors in Hendricks County are seeking life without parole for Eddie Jones, but that sentence will not be possible if the suspect is ruled to…
HENDRICKS COUNTY, Ind. -- A plea deal has been accepted by a Missouri man who struck and killed Indiana State Police Trooper Aaron Smith in June 2023. The deal was agreed to by both parties on Friday in Hendricks County. Eddie Jones, 20, a Sikeston, Missouri, man, was initially charged…