Death penalty trial set for dad charged with killing his five children.
A father who police said killed his five young children in their South Carolina home and then drove their bodies around for more than a week is about to stand trial for his life.
Jones is charged with five counts of murder for killing his children, ages 8, 7, 6, 2 and 1, in their Lexington home in August 2014. Indictments said he strangled four of them and beat the other. Jones' lawyers have filed court papers saying he plans an insanity defense. Jury selection will likely take most, if not all this week.
The computer engineer struggled as a single father, according to records from the Department of Social Services, whose employees visited the home a dozen times in three years.
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