Drama Erupts Before Trial of Nursing Student Death Begins

Описание: Relatives say Megan Sharpton was "lured" out of Manchester by the man identified as a "Person of Interest" in her death.Donnie Jones Junior was in court today on an un-related weapons charge and came face to face with Sharpton's family for the first time,He walked into a Manchester courtroom with shackles on his hands and feet, coming face to face with Megan Sharpton's mother, Kelly, who was clutching a picture of her daughter."I feel a lot better for our community that he's not out on the street. Girls are safer without him wandering freely," said Kelly SharptonMegan Sharpton's partially burned body was found in a field in Franklin County in early July. Investigators say Donnie Jones' wife -- seen here in court -- carpooled to nursing school with Sharpton last year. It's the first confirmed connection between the two. Leah Sharpton now says Jones lured her sister out of Coffee County with a story about a possible job the day she was killed."It's to my understanding she was going on a job interview to sit with a patient.  Yes, he was posing as the person that had contact with this patient that needed a sitter," said Leah Sharpton.Last week, authorities spent 9-hours searching Donnie Jones' trailer in Tullahoma. They found a gun and ammo inside which is illegal because jones' is a convicted felon. Detectives consider him a dangerous man."I know that he had a 98-escape when he actually tried to kidnap two young ladies in a car and made them take him to the interstate," said Detective Todd Hindman of the Franklin County Sheriff's Department.In court, Jones asked the judge for a speedy trail, and he mouthing to his relatives in what appeared to be "I didn't do it." "He knows in his heart.  The universe knows he's guilty.  I don't have to argue with him.  The police have done their work," said Kelly Sharpton.

_______________
Stay up to date with our social media:

WZTV on Facebook:   / foxnashville  
WZTV on Twitter:   / foxnashville  
Subscribe to WZTV on YouTube:    / @fox17nashville  

Daily News Playlist:    • Плейлист  

For more information, visit https://fox17.com/

Have a news tip? Send it directly to us:

Email us: [email protected]
Call the Newsroom: 615.369.1717

Fox 17 provides local news, weather, sports, traffic and entertainment for Nashville and nearby towns and communities in Middle Tennessee, including Forest Hills, Brentwood, Franklin, Fairview, Dickson, Clarksville, White House, Greenbrier, Springfield, Gallatin, Hartsville, Lebanon, Mt Juliet, Smyrna, College Grove, Thompson’s Station, Centerville, Murfreesboro, Columbia, Lewisburg, Shelbyville, Manchester, McMinnville, Smithville, Sparta, Cookeville, Hohenwald, Waverly, Camden, Paris, Lafayette, Portland, and in Kentucky, Russelville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Alvaton, Scottsville, Hopkinsville, Glasgow.

#WZTV #fox17news #foxnashville