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Willard Turner-Williams Sentenced To Life Plus 80 Years For Murder, Abduction Of Tiffany Jones

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- A man charged in the murder and abduction of a Baltimore mother in 2018 was sentenced Tuesday to life plus 80 years in prison.

Willard Turner-Williams, 36, was convicted of first-degree murder, arson, kidnapping, conspiracy to kidnap, false imprisonment, and conspiracy in 29-year-old Tiffany Jones' death, the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office said.

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Jones was abducted by a woman and a man in August 2018; days later, her body was found in a burned vacant home in Baltimore, according to the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office.

Turner-Williams was eventually captured in Philadelphia. He gave a statement admitting to police his involvement in the kidnapping of Jones, but denied killing or setting her on fire.

An investigation, however, confirmed Turner-Williams and Barncord kidnapped, tortured and killed Jones before setting her on fire.

Turner-Williams' accomplice and co-defendant Bobie Barncord goes to trial on March 16, 2020.

A previous version of this story listed Barncord as a man, when in fact, she is a woman. WJZ regrets this error. 

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