By Kevin Rincon @ December 22, 2010
26-year-old Latoya Latresa Jones got into an argument with her estranged boyfriend. During that argument 25-year-old Kevin Christopher Jones (no relation) stabbed her and forced her to drive to a hospital.
The two were driving on the Northside. On the way to the hospital they argued again and he reached over to the driver's side and began to strangle her.
She was choked until she became unconscious.
As the car drifted off the road Jones jumped out of the vehicle and watched as the car slammed into a utility pole. She crashed near the 400 block of Clark Road.
Police say Jones fled on foot and was arrested later that night.
Jacksonville Fire and Rescue initially thought she was shot but during an autopsy the Medical Examiner's office determined it was a stab wound. Doctors then determined she died from strangulation and not from the crash or from the stab wound.
Jones was arrested by police on murder charges. He was the one that actually called police and admitted to having choked her. He even demonstrated how he did it on a detective by grabbing his throat and squeezing.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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