There was a guilty plea in a Charlottesville, VA, court on Wednesday in the case of the man who murdered three University of Virginia football players in 2022.
Christopher Darnell Jones, 25, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated malicious wounding and five counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Jones murdered Lavel Davis Jr., D’Sean Perry and Devin Chandler were killed. A fourth member of the team, Mike Hollins, and another student, Marlee Morgan, were wounded.
There will be a four-day sentencing hearing in February. There is no known motive for the murders.
“Today, we sat eye to eye with the defendant as he plead guilty to ALL charges,” the Perry family said in a statement to ESPN. “It is now in God’s hands. We ask the public to join us at the open sentencing hearing so that we can send the message to the defendant and the judge on the impact of the actions the defendant took on November 13, 2022 and what each life meant!!”
Jones is looking at the possibility of five life sentences plus 23 years.
