Teen Indicted in Death of Woman Found Near Pinellas Trail

While a Pinellas County Grand Jury was indicting 18-year-old Dewayne Xavier Jones in the death of a woman whose body was found near the Pinellas Trail last Saturday, police continued to comb for more evidence in the case.

“Police homicide detectives and other department personnel were out along the Pinellas Trail this morning, searching for evidence in the Lydia Tross murder case,” wrote Clearwater Police spokesman Rob Shaw in an email to media.

About a dozen law enforcement officers searched the area west of the trail after cutting back overgrowth.

Tross, 41, was found by a passerby last Saturday. Jones was charged with first-degree murder Aug. 12, after a family member called police upon finding items that belonged to Tross in the teen’s possession.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Clearwater Police at 727-562-4242.

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Photo Credit: Clearwater Police were out on the Pinellas Trail Friday searching for evidence in the death of Lydia Tross. Photo courtesy of the Clearwater Police Department