Bobby Joseph Jones abuses and possibly kills girlfriends children

**Lucy** · July 22nd, 2008, 01:10 PM

http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news...e-3a724b2cd1ea

BRIGHTON, TN – Tipton County Sheriff’s Deputies say a 4 year-old child died in an Ohio Hospital and now they are investigating it as a case of possible child abuse.

According to investigators, the child was taken to Baptist Tipton for burns. Deputies say the 4 year-old girl was then taken to LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center, before being flown to the Shriners Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Investigators say the little girl died at that hospital around 2:30 p.m., Sunday, July 20, 2008.

Detectives say the child’s mother and her boyfriend, Bobby Joseph Jones, are being questioned as “persons of interest” in the case. Police say both Jones and the mother were with the child when the burns happened.

Jones is currently in jail on an unrelated child abuse case, said investigators. According to authorities, Jones has been charged with Felony Child Abuse of a 3 year-old who was also living in the house. Brighton Police say that child had injuries to the upper torso and buttocks.

Investigators say there were three children in the house, a 7 month-old, 3 year-old girl, and the 4 year-old who died at the Shrine Hospital in Ohio. Police say the 3 year-old and the 7 month-old boy are now in the custody of Children’s Services, pending the outcome of the investigation.

**Nell** · July 22nd, 2008, 01:38 PM

Ok, so this fuck was already in jail for abusing the three year old, so the mom of the year kept him around to off the four year old? They just need to be marched in a field and shot. I have no hope of rehabilatation for either of them. And since they are still breeding we need to clean this problem up pronto. Nothing like growing your own victims.

**SoUncool** · July 23rd, 2008, 11:14 AM

Family defends Brighton child abuse suspect

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news...abuse-suspect/

Relatives of a man accused of abusing the little sister of a 4-year-old girl who died Sunday after suffering burns said Tuesday that they never saw signs of neglect.

"If I saw anything going on, believe me, I would've stopped it," said Mamie Jones, whose stepson, Bobby Joseph Jones, 27, is in Tipton County Jail, charged with abusing his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter.

"He loves those children," the stepmother said Tuesday, sitting in her Brighton home, where the 4-year-old girl was scalded in the bath Thursday.

"It's an accident that happened," she said. "They're making him look like some kind of monster."

Bobby Joseph Jones was charged with child abuse Thursday after investigators at the Tipton hospital saw "physical injuries" on the 3-year-old girl, Turner said.

Investigators are awaiting autopsy results from the Hamilton County (Ohio) Medical Examiner's Office to determine a cause of death. No charges had been filed Tuesday in the death.

"The mother and (Jones) are the focus of the investigation right now because they were the caretakers at the house where the injuries happened," Turner said.

The 3-year-old girl and her 7-month-old brother are in the custody of the state Department of Children's Services.

Bobby Joseph Jones, his girlfriend and her three children had been staying with his father Bobby Jones Jr. and Mamie Jones at their home for about three weeks.

Mamie Jones said the mother, 25, was bathing the girls Thursday and had taken the 3-year-old out when the 7-month-old cried from the living room. The mother went to check the baby and the 4-year-old, Katlynn, turned the bath faucet to scalding hot. Katlynn suffered burns to her legs and back, Mamie Jones said. She and her husband were at work when the child was burned.

Bobby Jones Jr. said he asked his son about a bruise on the 3-year-old girl and his son said he'd spanked her on the bottom with a hairbrush.

"I didn't think he'd hurt a flea," the father said.