Louis Correctional Facility in Gratiot County. Paul Jones was sentenced to between 30 and 75 years in prison for second-degree murder and is the St. He is at the Carson City Correctional Facility in Montcalm County. Matthew Jones was sentenced in July, 2015 to mandatory life in prison. In a 23-page ruling, the three-judge panel rejected those arguments and upheld the convictions. They also challenged the testimony of several witnesses regarding statements the brothers reportedly made. They say they should have been granted a change of venue, a mistrial should have been granted and that a “copious amount of irrelevant and inadmissible evidence’’ was allowed at trial. The brothers challenged their May, 2015 convictions on several fronts. In 2011, a cold case team of investigators revisited the case, which some had called “unsolvable.’’ The brothers were interviewed, but no charges were filed.
A hunter found her mutilated, decomposing body in the Manistee National Forest near Newaygo three months later. They were still teens when they killed Siders, 18, after she rejected their sexual advances, investigators said. His younger brother, 44-year-old Paul Michael Jones, was found guilty of second-degree murder. Two brothers in prison for the July, 1989 Newaygo County murder of Shannon Siders have lost a bid to have their convictions overturned after the Michigan Court of Appeals rejected their argument that testimony from a key witness should have been excluded at trial.Ī Newaygo County jury convicted Matthew Wayne Jones, 46, of first-degree murder. We will secure justice for the Siders family."
"Today's arrests confirm that our work is never done while a cold case remains unsolved. "There is no statute of limitations for the peace of mind of a parent who lost a child to murder," stated Attorney General Bill Schuette. "This case is a perfect example of what can be accomplished when multiple agencies cooperate, collaborate and share resources." "This case remained open for many years but Shannon Siders was never forgotten and law enforcement's resolve to hold those accountable for her death never diminished," said Newaygo County Prosecutor Robert Springstead There are still questions that I may not get answers to." And it is a good day it is not the end - it is the beginning of the end. Referring to Matthew and Paul Jones following their arrests, Siders' father, Bob Siders said, "Back then there was a short list of five names. In July 2012, Siders' family allowed investigators to exhume her body, hoping advances in DNA and forensic sciences would churn up new evidence.
2011, a documentary about her disappearance and murder, titled In the Dark, debuted and Michigan State Police formed a cold case team to handle any new leads the film might trigger. She was allegedly last seen riding in Paul Jones' car with his brother, Matthew. Siders was 18 years old when she vanished from her Newaygo home. If convicted, the two men face life in prison with no parole.Ī West Michigan father whose daughter was murdered nearly 25 years ago may be one step closer to justice.
In 2011, a task force specializing in solving so-called "cold" cases reinvestigated Siders' death. Siders' body was discovered in October 1989 by a hunter "Today’s arrests confirm that our work is never done while a cold case remains unsolved. "There is no statute of limitations for the peace of mind of a parent who lost a child to murder," Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said in a statement. She was last seen riding in Paul Jones' car with Matthew, according to the Michigan Attorney General Siders disappeared after going out for the evening with friends on July 17, 1989. Were each charged with one count of first-degree, premeditated murder for the slaying of Shannon Siders, 18. Matthew Jones, 44, of Grant, Michigan, and Paul Jones, 42, Two Michigan brothers were arrested Tuesday and charged with the 25-year-old murder of a young woman in a case that has long frustrated law enforcement
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