More on Christopher Jones,forensic scientist who massacred his 3 small child-slaves,aged 7,5,& 2,in knife rampage in KS,last week
Joe1orbit
Here's another update on Christopher E. Jones, the 46 year old forensic
scientist and toxicology expert who went on a BRUTALLY enraged stabbing spree
this past Wednesday night, slaughtering all THREE of his child-slaves, aged 7,
5, and 2, inside of the home where he lived with them, and his wife, 34 year
old Catherine. He also stabbed her, but not fatally, and inflicted a minor stab
wound upon himself, as police arrived at the scene and closed in on him.
Below we get additional OPINIONS from other people, about Christopher. Looks
like he did an EXCELLENT job of keeping all his rage and hate completely hidden
from the view of his friends and professional colleagues and neighbors. People
like Christopher, who have OBVIOUSLY been ENRAGED for a long time, and yet
never let their "true" natures, what lies at their CORE True Reality show, are
TRULY the BEST actors in the world. Far more worthy of receiving an Emmy or
Oscar award for "best actor", than ANY movie or TV star is worthy. Think about
it folks, those celebrity actors only need to put on a "performance" for a
certain number of hours, as part of their job. The rest of the time they can be
themselves. But truly ENRAGED and homicidal human victims must put on an acting
performance EVERY SINGLE TIME that they set foot outside of their houses, and
OFTENTIMES they even have to put on the performance while at home, for their
wives not to get scared & leave them, etc.... So, it's clear that these real
life "actors" have a far more difficult acting job to do, than any TV or movie
star.
We learn below that Christopher married Catherine about 10 years ago. All
three of the slaves he slaughtered were his BIOLOGICAL sperm creations. He only
lost his job a few months ago, and until then, he was actively HELPING police
to try to SOLVE crimes, with his forensic and toxicology expertise. He seems to
have truly been an EXPERT in his field, with a HIGH level of education. I can't
imagine that he would have found it impossible to get another job in the
forensic field. Maybe he would have had to take a pay cut, since he was the
DIRECTOR of an entire forensic laboratory in Maine, when he lost that job in
March. But I cannot see any type of FINANCIAL reason for Christopher
undertaking this massacre. Nope, it was pure emotional rage, hate, and
bloodthirst, probably SUPPRESSED for many years, that resulted in this
explosion of murder. Many enraged societal victims DO go into law enforcement
fields, so it's not that surprising to see an enraged fellow become a top-level
forensic law-enforcement official.
We get typical comments from ex-coworkers, and a god freak leader who
befriended the family, in which they uninsightfully try to guess at what type
of mindset and True Reality emotions, existed and CONTINUE to exist, within
Christopher. At least he is alive, and so has the CHANCE to try and express and
explain himself and his actions to the world, if he so chooses. He is under NO
obligation, to any of us, to do so. His ACRIONS spoke for themselves, and there
is probably NOTHING for him to GAIN, in verbally REVEALING his TRUE feelings to
you truth-hating and CONDEMNING humans, or your judicial system. He should just
keep quiet, probably decide to go with an insanity defense, and maybe then use
his HIGH education and good acting skills, to try and convince head shrinks,
and the jury, that he was insane when he committed the murders.
Police say they have NO reports of domestic violence from this family. Nope,
Christopher bottled up and HID his true rage and hate, right up until the
explosion, which carried very deadly results. Ya gotta admire the self-control
and acting skills involved here, no matter how you might feel about the rampage
itself.
Take care, JOE
The following appears courtesy of the 10/10/99 online edition of The Wichita
Eagle newspaper:
SUNDAY October 10, 1999
Crime expert, father now called killer
By Deb Gruver
The Wichita Eagle
When the state of Maine needed forensic toxicologist Christopher E. Jones to
testify in an arson case last November, he brought along two of his three
children.
"His wife was tied up or something," recalled retired fire investigator Kenneth
Quirion. "One of the chemists came along to watch the kids."
His work and his children.
That's what Jones -- a man with impressive academic and professional
credentials and a reputation as a caring father -- seems best known for.
But downsizing cost him his job as director of a forensic laboratory in March.
Now, he's accused of killing his children -- 2-year-old Sarah, 5-year-old
Joshua and 7-year-old Christopher -- and injuring his wife of 10 years,
Catherine.
His wife was stabbed Wednesday; police will not say how the children died,
although they removed two knives from a neighbor's yard.
The slayings left Jones facing three first-degree murder charges and the small
community of Lindsborg asking why.
Just months ago, Jones, a 46-year-old man who earned a doctorate in
pharmacology, was helping to investigate crimes as an expert in forensics.
The decor in his remodeled office at Young Laboratories in Winslow, Maine,
illustrated his commitment to his chosen field and to his family, colleagues
say.
Diplomas, certificates and other professional documents lined the walls.
Photographs of his family -- mostly of the children -- dotted his desk.
Quirion remembers looking at the diplomas and thinking "Wow."
And when Jones testified to his credentials in court, Quirion thought "If I
were a jury, I'd be listening to that."
Quirion, who retired from the State Fire Marshal's Office in Maine, knew Jones
through Jones' work as manager of a forensic laboratory, part of a company now
called Binax/NEL. Jones worked there from Aug. 1, 1996, to March 12 of this
year.
Vickie Massey, an administration manager at Binax/NEL, knew Jones.
"He talked about his kids. He was a real proud father, or at least appeared to
be," she said. "When he found out about his wife being pregnant with his
daughter, he was ecstatic, as any father would be."
Earlier this year, Binax/NEL discontinued its forensic lab.
"He left before the lab closed," Massey said. "It wasn't doing well. ... It
just wasn't making any money."
Massey said she knew of no other reason why Jones left the company.
A move back home
Eventually, Jones and his family decided to head for Kansas, where he and his
wife had family.
He was anxious about moving without a job, said the Rev. Terence McKinley, the
family's pastor in Maine.
"It was a major concern," McKinley said. "We talked about it in the church
vestry once, and he clearly was concerned. At that time he was considering
opening his own business. He couldn't find work in the Northeast and was very
discouraged about that."
Later, the couple announced its plans to move back to the Midwest, a move that
made sense.
Jones, a twin, was from Wichita. His mother still lives here; his father, now
deceased, taught in Wichita schools for 30 years.
"He appeared confident it would work out," McKinley said. "They left in a
pretty upbeat way."
The family experienced the typical financial strains that occur when a primary
breadwinner is no longer bringing home a paycheck, McKinley said. But neither
Chris nor Cathy seemed overly distraught about making ends meet.
In fact, a family from the church that had been building a new home had offered
their old home -- on the same property -- to the Joneses if they needed it,
McKinley said. They declined.
And any financial troubles they might have been experiencing didn't get bad
enough to warrant assistance from the church, McKinley said.
On Saturday, the choir at McKinley's Pleasant Street United Methodist Church
was rehearsing new music for Sunday, having changed their selection after
learning about the deaths of the Jones children.
Cathy Jones was a member of that choir, and she also served as a Sunday school
teacher and on the education committee.
McKinley described Chris Jones as low-key, the kind of person who didn't
necessarily initiate conversations but also wasn't one to sit alone in a corner
at social gatherings. Jones helped on the finance committee and as a member of
the church's four ushering teams.
The pastor plans to talk about the tragedy at his sermon today.
He feels he can't ignore it.
"Their presence in the community was so prominent," he said.
'Mr. Mom'
Once in Lindsborg, the family moved into the brightly painted home of Cathy's
grandmother, Ruby Mayden, who died last November.
Cathy Jones got a job as an office assistant at the Chamber of Commerce. Chris
Jones looked for work in Wichita and watched his children.
There were no reports of domestic violence.
A neighbor, Julie Harding, said she often would see Jones walking his sons to
school or pushing the couple's 2-year-old daughter in a stroller.
"I always thought it was neat that he was a stay-at-home dad," Harding said as
she worked in her yard in a tidy neighborhood marked by Halloween decorations
and the Swedish dala horses that grace almost every home in Lindsborg.
Neighbors called Jones "Mr. Mom."
Lela Eitel, who lives two doors down from the couple, said Jones was "always
with the kids, playing with them.
"He was a good father. I'd see his face; I'd see how he looked at 'em. He would
have love all over it."
'Just beautiful kids'
Now, the couple's pastor in Lindsborg is preparing what he'll say at the
children's funeral service Tuesday.
The Rev. Dave Smith, pastor at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Lindsborg
where the couple married Aug. 5, 1989, didn't know yet how or if he'd mention
their father.
"This one is tough," he said of the funeral. "They're children, just beautiful
kids."
Chris and Cathy Jones' families aren't talking to the press. Officials with the
McPherson County Sheriff's Department denied The Eagle's request Friday to
interview Jones.
Cathy Jones, released from Lindsborg Community Hospital on Friday night, has
spoken to Smith and is doing "remarkably well," the pastor said.
He recalls a line from the movie "Sleepless in Seattle" about how to deal with
grief.
"You breathe in, and you breathe out," Smith said. "I think she's taking it a
day at a time, breathing in and breathing out."
Deb Gruver can be reached at 268-6400 or by e-mail at dgruverwichitaeagle.com.
Contributing: Stan Finger of The Eagle
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