Utah prisoner, 29, ‘solicited other inmates to kill the 13-year-old girl he is accused of raping’
- A Utah inmate is facing charges of soliciting other inmates to kill girl he is accused of sexually assaulting
- Kristoffer Jones, 29, has been held on child sex offense charges since January
- He faces further charges following a probe at the jail where he’s being held
- Jones had taken ‘substantial steps from inside the correctional facility’ to have the girl killed in an effort to stop her testifying, according to court documents
A Utah inmate is facing charges of soliciting other inmates to kill the teenage girl he is accused of sexually assaulting.
Kristoffer Jones, 29, is currently being held on child sex offense charges from January 2019 which involve a 13-year-old.
He now faces two counts of criminal solicitation for murder following an investigation spanning several months.
Kristoffer Jones, 29, (pictured), is facing charges of soliciting other inmates to kill girl he is accused of sexually assaulting
Jones is an inmate at the Purgatory Correctional Facility, has now been booked on two counts of Criminal Solicitation for Murder following a months-long investigation
Washington County Sheriff’s Office say he allegedly solicited several inmates to either kill or assist in coordinating the murder of a juvenile witness and victim in the case for which he is currently incarcerated.
Cops said they were made aware of the alleged murder-for-hire scheme through information gathered by deputies at the Purgatory Correctional Facility’s Corrections Intelligence Unit (CIU).
In a statement the sheriff’s office said: ‘Detectives were able to obtain evidence to substantiate the information reported by the CIU and continued their investigation into the solicitation plot.
‘With the aid of an undercover officer, sufficient evidence was gathered to support the fact that Jones had taken substantial steps from inside the correctional facility, to carry out the plot to have the juvenile victim/witness killed in an effort to prevent them from testifying in the pending criminal case against him.’
The suspect has been in jail since March when he was charged with four counts of rape of a child, one count of aggravated sex abuse of a child and three counts of sex abuse of a child, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.
Jones had taken ‘substantial steps from inside the correctional facility’ to have the girl killed ‘in an effort to prevent [her] from testifying in the pending criminal case against him,’ according to the news outlet.
Washington County Sheriff’s Office said Jones, (pictured), allegedly solicited several inmates to either kill or assist in coordinating the murder of a juvenile witness and victim in the case for which he is currently incarcerated
Jones has been in jail since March when he was charged with four counts of rape of a child, one count of aggravated sex abuse of a child and three counts of sex abuse of a child
An inmate told officials that Jones wanted him to ‘get rid’ of the teenager, while he was reported as saying he wanted her ‘gone, gone, gone.’
An inmate, who assisted police, told Jones that ‘he knew people on the outside that could help with something like this.’
The suspect said he would pay a sum of money to the man if killed the girl which was contained in a letter ‘with a guarantee’ on it.
A probable cause document seen by The Salt Lake Tribune states that Jones ‘drew a map of the apartment complex and the specific building and apartment’ where the victim lived.
In addition he gave detail about ‘what school the victim attended and [her] parents’ work schedule.’
He suggested the girl could die in a drive-by shooting, by hitting her with a car, or by injecting her with insulin.