Ex-Missouri police chief indicted in drug overdose death

Published January 17, 2023 12:59 PM

LOUISIANA, Mo. (AP) — A former police chief in a small northeast Missouri town is charged with second-degree murder after his girlfriend’s brother died of a drug overdose in his home in October. A Pike County grand jury indicted 50-year-old William Jones, who was arrested Friday and is being held on $1 million cash bail. Jones was the police chief in Louisiana, Missouri, when 24-year-old Gabriel Thone was found dead on the floor of a bedroom in Jones’ home. Another of the girlfriend’s brothers also overdosed but was revived. Jones’ attorney says Jones is innocent and is guilty only of loving a woman with a drug problem.

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