ICYMI: Trio Charged in Deadly Marietta Craiglist Robbery

Marietta police suspect that a bogus Craigslist ad led to the Monday evening murder of a man whose body was discovered in a wrecked car in Marietta.

According to Marietta Police, 21-year-old Clark Atlanta University student James Jones, Jr. drove to the 300 block of Jamaica Cove looking to buy an iPhone 6 he had seen advertised on Craigslist. The trio that allegedly placed the ad, 18-year-old Jordan Baker, 19-year-old Jonathon Myles and 21-year-old Kaylnn Ruthenberg, laid in wait until Jones arrived then shot him twice, police said.

A neighbor called police at approximately 9:30 p.m. to report a crashed car outside 345 Jamaica Cove; officers found Jones dead inside his car soon after they arrived. Police told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the suspects stole Jones’ Nike shoes as he was dying in the front seat of his car.

Baker, Myles, and Ruthenberg have been arrested and charged with armed robbery, aggravated assault and felony murder and are being held at the Cobb County jail.

Two days prior to Jones’ murder, the suspects allegedly tried to carry out the same plan on a separate man, who fled the scene when he got a bad feeling about the situation.