The murder of Jailyn Jones, according to the authorities, is part of a disturbing “younger trend” involving killings committed by individuals younger than the age of 18 in the United States.
It had been many weeks since a friend from high school vanished and was discovered dead in a creek with several stab wounds a few days later. The creek was shallow. A young man from Maryland, who is currently 17 years old, has been charged with murder.
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On May 12, a warrant was issued for the arrest of Ta’Quawn Deon Henderson, who is 17 years old and lives in Germantown, Maryland. Ta’Quawn Deon Henderson handed himself into the Montgomery County Police 1st District Station late on Sunday. At Northwest High School, one of our classmates by the name of Jailyn Jones, who was 17 years old and had been stabbed in the neck, was just murdered.
Jones’ body was discovered on January 24 in a small creek in the 18900 block of Grotto Lane in Germantown, where he had been stabbed numerous times in the head and torso, according to remarks made by Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones to reporters during a press conference held on Monday. Jones was also present at the press conference. The teenager’s mother had reported him missing in the days immediately up to his disappearance, and footage from the doorbell camera showed him leaving his mother’s house at 4:30 on the evening of January 21.
