Clark Atlanta Murder Suspect Denied Bond

ATLANTA, GA — Barron Brantley, the 21-year-old accused in the murder of Alexis Crawford, a Clark Atlanta University student, was in court Friday, reported WSB-TV. The judge decided Brantley will stay in jail until next year. On Thursday, his girlfriend, Jordyn Jones, 21, was also denied bond.

Brantley and Jones are each charged with felony murder in the Oct. 31 death of Crawford who was a senior at Clark Atlanta. Her family reported her missing Nov. 1, two days after they had last had communication with her. Craford’s body was found Nov. 8 in a DeKalb County park.

According to court documents obtained by WSB-TV, Crawford and Jones got into a physical fight. Brantley also got involved in the fight, stated the documents.

"As a result of the physical altercation, Barron Brantley choked the victim until she was deceased," an Atlanta Police Department report says.

According to Jones' arrest warrant, Jones also smothered Crawford with a black trash bag. "Afterwards Jones and Brantley placed Alexis Crawford in a plastic bin and transported her body to Exchange Park in Decatur, GA, where they placed her body in the woods," the police report says.