On February 16, 2009, 69-year-old Willie Jones was found dead in his Capitol Heights home on Seat Pleasant Drive after being fatally stabbed multiple times in the upper body. The discovery came when his daughter Laverne, unable to reach him that morning, went to check on him and found him deceased. The day was also his wedding anniversary.

Jones, described as a kind man, a friend and a pastor to some, has no publicly identified suspects and no arrests have been announced. The family says the investigation was not given the attention they expected and the case is now cold, leaving loved ones with unanswered questions.