State v. Jones

OPINION

MOELLER, Justice.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Defendant lived in a trailer park in Tucson. At the time of the murder, he had shared his trailer with Angela Gray and her three children for about three months. Defendant’s daughter also lived with them. The victim in this case was Gray’s youngest child, Rachel, who was four years old. On the day preceding her death, Rachel was hit many times. One blow to her abdomen was so severe that it ruptured her small intestine. Rachel also received injuries to her labia and vagina with no associated injuries to her thighs or buttocks, indicating that…