An Angola inmate has been indicted Thursday on two sexual assaults that occurred in New Orleans in the early 1990s.
According to District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, 44-year-old Tyrone Jones was charged with two counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated kidnapping. The attacks took place 34 days apart.
The first incident occurred on Dec. 9, 1991 when a 21-year-old woman was walking to a bus stop after her shift at a fast-food restaurant shift in New Orleans East. A She was then abducted by gunpoint and raped in the 6800 block of Mayo Boulevard.
The second incident occurred Jan. 12, 1992 when a 19-year-old woman was arguing with her boyfriend and demanded to be let out of a car to walk home in New Orleans East. A man who passed her on a bicycle around 2 a.m. circled back, abducted her at knifepoint and raped her in the backyard of an abandoned home in the 6900 block of Bunker Hill Road.
Jones faces a mandatory life sentence if convicted of either rape charge or aggravated kidnapping count. The DA’s office says the bond amount has been set to $1.2 million.
Samples collected in rape kits of the two victims were found to match a sample taken from Jones stored in the federal CODIS database. The results were confirmed by the Louisiana State Crime Lab.
Jones, who is also known to use aliases of Kim Jones and Derrick Holiday, is currently serving a life sentence for the attempted rape and attempted murder of her daughter in a 1995 incident.
