Background: The Pima, Ariz., home where four family members were found dead on Oct. 16, 2025 (Google Maps). Inset: Justice Jones' children Kyle, left, and Tyme (GoFundMe).
Four members of an Arizona family were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide, including two children and their mother.
Justice Jones, 31, and her two children, 10-year-old Kyle and 8-year-old Tyme, were found shot to death in their Pima, Arizona, home on Oct. 16. Also in the house, according to the Pima Police Department, was Justice Jones' father, 64-year-old Duane Michael Jones. According to police, as reported by local news outlet The Gila Herald, the gun was still in Duane Jones' possession when his body was found.
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According to the local outlet, Pima police officers responded to a welfare check at the residence at around 1 p.m. on Oct. 16. After finding the bodies of the four family members inside, the home was soon sealed off for an investigation that also involved the police departments from nearby Safford and Thatcher. The Graham County Sheriff's Office also joined the investigation.
Breana Flores, a family member, spoke with the Phoenix-based outlet Arizona's Family, which includes CBS affiliate KPHO and independent station KTVK, to identify the victims and provide more details about the time leading up to the tragedy.
"I just hope that they were asleep, and no one had to see anything happen to the others, and that, you know, they didn't have to experience any type of fear before it happened," she said.
According to Flores, there was no indication that Duane Jones was dealing with any mental health issues before he allegedly slaughtered his family. But, she added, "Obviously we're assuming [he was], because anybody of sane mind, this isn't something that you do."
Flores shared with Arizona's Family that Justice Jones posted a haunting Facebook message the night before her family was found dead. According to Flores, "She had put a post on Facebook, and just said 'Good night' with the weird slant emoji on her face… I didn't see it until after the fact, but there was something going on."
The bodies of the four family members will undergo autopsies at the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner in Tucson. Flores started a GoFundMe to raise funds for the family, including the children's father, Phillip Oates. Oates' family also started a GoFundMe of their own.