Roommate, Boyfriend Indicted In Murder Of Clark Atlanta Student

ATLANTA, GA — The couple charged with felony murder in the Oct. 31 death of Clark Atlanta University senior Alexis Crawford was indicted Friday, authorities announced in a news release. Crawford's roommate and the woman's boyfriend are accused of killing the college senior; the boyfriend also is charged with sodomy.

Her family reported her missing Nov. 1, two days after they last had communication with her. Crawford's body was found Nov. 8 in a DeKalb County park.

Crawford’s roommate, 22-year-old Jordyn Jones, and Jones’s boyfriend, 21-year-old Barron Brantley, have been indicted for causing Crawford’s death by asphyxiation through the use of a garbage bag.

Jones and Brantley are accused of placing Crawford’s body into a trash bin and dumping it in Exchange Park in DeKalb County.

Brantley was also indicted for one count of aggravated sodomy for unlawfully and forcefully sodomizing Crawford on October 26, 2019, five days before the murder.

According to WSB, the lead detective in the case, Detective Michael Young, said in court in November that Jones switched her story. When police confronted her with surveillance video from the apartment complex that showed her and Brantley leaving the apartment at 3 a.m. she gave them a different answer. Initially, Jones said she stayed in her room alone and noticed the next day that her roommate was gone.

“Then she finally stated that Barron Brantley was inside the house with her. Her and Alexis got into a fight and during that fight, Barron Brantley came outside of bedroom and choked Alexis,” Young said.

Jones and Brantley remain held at the Fulton County Jail without bond.

Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields said at a news conference in November, that this “case has come to one of the saddest conclusions possible and has been absolutely heartbreaking."