Report reveals fight, blood evidence and a witness account in case of missing grandmother

A truck was removed from the home where a local grandmother was last seen on Friday night.

We were the only station to show you that evidence being towed away live on air at 6:30. It's a new development in the search for 46-year-old Kerry Jones.

Since then, only Action News Jax has uncovered a report describing a fight, blood evidence and even a witness account of what happened between Jones and her boyfriend Nick Kelly.

Police have not released this report publicly. A source has shown us brand new details on the investigation, including a report about what Jones’ boyfriend told a neighbor and new details on what they’ve found inside the home.

Jones' family is desperate to find out what happened to her. Her son and ex-husband told us tonight they're preparing themselves for the worst.

"I know there's something not right,” said her ex-husband Larry Jones. “I just want her found."

"I've been told from Jacksonville, Florida sheriff department that I need to prepare myself for the worse. That hurt real bad. I hope nothing bad," said her son Aaron Jones.

In exclusive video from the St. Johns River on the other side of the home where she was staying with her Kelly, a large tarp can be seen covering a back window.

Kelly's truck was taken away by investigators Friday night and for the first time, we're piecing together new details in this investigation.

According to all the police reports we have seen, Jones left work at Bealls at 2:37 in the afternoon on February 7.

At some point that day, reports say the couple argued over a Facebook post and Jones was reported leaving the home.

It wasn't until February 9 that Kelly filed a missing person’s report, which says no foul play was suspected.

The officer who wrote the report also said Jones’ car was located in the parking lot of Bealls where she worked.

But according to a February 11 report obtained exclusively by Action News Jax, a responding officer listed more details about Kelly's account of that night, with details not mentioned in the original report.

Kelly told police that Jones knocked him unconscious with a glass cup. It also says Kelly had a head injury, which was also not mentioned in the original report.

It also says blood evidence and the broken glass was collected - and there was a bloody paper towel in a planter.

Five days later on Februay 16, a domestic battery report is written, listing Kelly as the victim.
A neighbor also told police she heard fighting the night Jones disappeared.

But it wasn't until February 18 that the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office first alerted the public to keep an eye out for jones.

We took this timeline and new evidence to Action News Jax Crime and Safety Expert ken Jefferson.

“If the blood on towel, belongs to the boyfriend, then that would be consistent with his story,” Jefferson said. “However, if the blood does not match him, it matches victim, now we’ve got another whole different thought on this story.”

Jones' son also said JSO detectives are coming to Alabama next week to process his mother's car. Jones' son said they were allowed to drive it home last weekend when they were in Jacksonville to collect her other items. He said JSO never stopped them.

In a public release on Friday, JSO said the argument between Jones and Kelly happened on February 6, a day before the incident is listed on all the police reports. We asked about the discrepancy. JSO Public Information Officer Christian Hancock issued the following response:

“The information put out is from the unit investigating the reported missing individual, Kerry Jones. Information is always subject to change during the course of an investigation.  That information is disseminated in as timely a manner as possible given the circumstances surrounding the individual case.  Just as further information was disseminated today reference this case, we will continue to put information out as it becomes available to the investigators and any and all information that could assist in the finding of and providing for the safe return of the missing individual.”

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