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Man is jailed for 21 years for killing his brother s fiancee in 2007 cold case murder after he confessed to a cellmate and dumped the of mom-of-three s body bound in electrical tape in a shallow grave
Kenneth Jones, 32, was given the sentence of 10 to 21 years by District Judge Joel Tingey after confessing to killing Stephanie Eldredge
Jones pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, concealment, and alteration or destruction of evidence, and resisting and obstruction
Eldredge disappeared from her apartment on Holbrook Drive in Idaho Falls on August 20, 2007
She was living with her fiance, Michael Jimenez, his mother and Jones - Jimenez s half brother - at the time of her disappearance
Jones sentenced in cold-case murder
Kenneth Jones addresses the court Thursday during his murder sentencing.
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Kenneth Jones, accused in the murder of Stephanie Eldredge in 2007, was sentenced to 15 years in prison Thursday for voluntary manslaughter.
Jones will serve a minimum of 6 years with 9 years indeterminate. Jones was also sentenced to a five year indeterminate term for concealing evidence, the burial of his victim’s body. In addition, Jones received one year consecutive sentence for obstruction of justice.
The sentence was mediated as a binding plea agreement between Jones attorneys and Bonneville County Prosecutor Daniel Clark.
The sentence came after the court heard from Stephanie’s family about the impact the murder had on their lives over the past 13 years.
When Bryce Johnson became Idaho Falls police chief in 2017, he was taking control of a department that had just come out of a series of public confrontations.Â
Former Police Chief Mark McBride proved unpopular within the department after the officers held a vote of no confidence against him. Officers accused their boss of passing them over for promotions in violation of the department s policies and allegedly favoring McBride s preferred candidates.Â
Johnson is the department s third chief in a decade. Steve Roos was chief from 2007 to 2012 and was succeeded by McBride. More than three years after Johnson was hired, the department looks very different. Officer morale is up.Â