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Trial for New Year's Day Murder Scheduled for Next Month

By Scott Sarvay
June 3, 2011 Updated Jun 3, 2011 at 12:26 PM EDT

DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (Indiana’s NewsCenter) – 40-year-old Ronnie Jones learned his trial will go on as scheduled on July 26th.

He's charged with murder and two counts of attempted murder, in a case from New Year’s Day of 2010.

Prosecutors say he killed his girlfriend, 32-year-old Melissa Patrick after an argument at her job in Auburn.

They say he then drove to Waterloo to try to kill his ex-wife and her boyfriend, Melissa Patrick’s estranged husband.

Jones shot into the home, but was eventually wounded by the ex-wife's boyfriend.

Jones then got into his truck and drove it into the woman's house.



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