Whitey Ford
07-21-2023, 12:12 PM
Prosecutors reveal horrifying details in beating death of 5-year-old in Park Forest
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Horrifying new details reveal what prosecutors say led up to the moment two grandparents allegedly beat their 5-year-old granddaughter to death in Park Forest.
The circumstances were revealed during a court appearance for the two adults, 62-year-old Klent Elwoods and 57-year-old Lisa Jones, now charged with first-degree murder in the death of Jada Moore.
According to a bond proffer, Elwoods and Jones visited with Elwoods' daughter in March in Georgia when they learned she had "fallen on hard times" and needed to find somewhere for her daughter Jada to stay while she searched for a job.
The couple ultimately took Jada back to Illinois with them and she began living at their Park Forest home.
“Jones stated that [Jada] has a history of ‘pooping’ on herself,” the report reads. “The last time [Jada] defecated on herself, Elwoods told her that he was going to punish her by whipping her with a belt.”
And that, according to the girl’s grandmother, is exactly what her grandfather did, according to the report.
According to the report: “Elwoods then reminded [Jada] what he would do if she defecated on herself again. Elwoods then grabbed a belt and had [Jada] bend over. Elwoods then proceeded to strike [Jada] on her buttocks between 10 and 12 times.”
With each strike of the belt, the girl fell onto the floor, Jones allegedly told police. The final time she was hit with the belt, Jada fell down onto the family room floor and did not get up.
In court on Monday, prosecutors reportedly noted that both Jones and Elwoods admitted to regularly beating their granddaughter – using the belt, their hands, and even a shoe to mete out punishment.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/prosecutors-reveal-horrifying-details-in-beating-death-of-5-year-old-in-park-forest/3189254/
https://i.imgur.com/xqsGkRn.jpg
Horrifying new details reveal what prosecutors say led up to the moment two grandparents allegedly beat their 5-year-old granddaughter to death in Park Forest.
The circumstances were revealed during a court appearance for the two adults, 62-year-old Klent Elwoods and 57-year-old Lisa Jones, now charged with first-degree murder in the death of Jada Moore.
According to a bond proffer, Elwoods and Jones visited with Elwoods' daughter in March in Georgia when they learned she had "fallen on hard times" and needed to find somewhere for her daughter Jada to stay while she searched for a job.
The couple ultimately took Jada back to Illinois with them and she began living at their Park Forest home.
“Jones stated that [Jada] has a history of ‘pooping’ on herself,” the report reads. “The last time [Jada] defecated on herself, Elwoods told her that he was going to punish her by whipping her with a belt.”
And that, according to the girl’s grandmother, is exactly what her grandfather did, according to the report.
According to the report: “Elwoods then reminded [Jada] what he would do if she defecated on herself again. Elwoods then grabbed a belt and had [Jada] bend over. Elwoods then proceeded to strike [Jada] on her buttocks between 10 and 12 times.”
With each strike of the belt, the girl fell onto the floor, Jones allegedly told police. The final time she was hit with the belt, Jada fell down onto the family room floor and did not get up.
In court on Monday, prosecutors reportedly noted that both Jones and Elwoods admitted to regularly beating their granddaughter – using the belt, their hands, and even a shoe to mete out punishment.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/prosecutors-reveal-horrifying-details-in-beating-death-of-5-year-old-in-park-forest/3189254/