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- After shooting Speights dead in their family home in Port St John, Florida, in January 1999, the children panicked and tried to run away. They were caught and became the youngest people charged as adults with first-degree murder in the United States.
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Jul 23, 2015 · What wasn’t revealed until many years into their jail sentence was that Catherine and Curtis had been raised in a household mired by physical violence and sexual abuse.
Jul 27, 2015 · In 1999, Curtis and Catherine Jones became the youngest people in the U.S. to be charged as adults with murder. Set for release this week, advocates for the pair say their prison term was unjust.
- David Mack
- Buzzfeed News Reporter
In 1999, Curtis and Catherine Jones were siblings in middle school when they gained notoriety as confessed killers. For their crime — the fatal shooting of their father's live-in girlfriend ...
- Senior Reporter
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Curtis Jones and his sister, Catherine Jones, both nearly thirty years old, are set to leave Florida’s prison system this summer after nearly two decades. Back in 1999, at ages 12 and 13 respectively, Curtis and Catherine became the youngest people in the U.S. to be charged as adults for first-degree murder.
Jul 23, 2015 · Curtis and Catherine Jones were 12 and 13 years old, respectively, when they were convicted in the killing of their father's girlfriend. Curtis, now 29, and Catherine, now 30, pleaded...
Jul 28, 2015 · Catherine went to prison at 13. The brother and sister, who lived in Brevard County at the time of killing, took a plea deal and were sentenced to 18 years in prison. While incarcerated, Jones...
Jul 23, 2015 · Curtis and Catherine Jones, now 29 and 30 years old, respectively, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the 1999 killing of Nicole Speights, according to Florida Today.
