Anthony Richard Jones
Anthony Richard Jones, 35, of Clarksburg, died at the North-Central Regional Jail in Doddridge County, West Virginia, in October 2021. West Virginia State Police said he was pronounced dead after one of several separate incidents at the jail, which they believe involved several people held there, and a State Police release said the cause of death had not been stated. The release also said another person was seriously wounded and hospitalized in those incidents, and the investigation is ongoing. Prosecutors have said a man named Anthony "AJ" Jones was stabbed to death by another person held at the jail on October 18, 2021, but the reporting does not establish whether that is the same death.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. State Police and the Doddridge County Prosecutor's Office say another inmate stabbed him at North Central Regional Jail, and prosecutors call it a homicide.
Reported by: Doddridge County Prosecutor's Office; West Virginia State Police (outside investigators).
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