Missing
DeCorrius Brandon Jones
DeCorrius, approximately 2016
Date and time person was reported missing : 10/15/2016
Missing location (approx) :
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
Black
DOB : 05/19/1996 (25)
Age at the time of disappearance: 20 years old
Height / Weight : 6'3, 250 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : Navy blue basketball shorts and no shirt or shoes.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: African-American male. Black hair, brown eyes.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Jones was last seen at his home at Sugarloaf Crossing Apartments in the 1500 block of Norcross Road in Lawrenceville, Georgia on October 15, 2016. He was under the influence of LSD and in an altered mental state when he picked up his girlfriend, Deona Horton, from work at 9:00 p.m.
They got into an argument while he drove the ten minutes to their shared apartment, and Jones told Horton was "not afraid of anything but God and my mom" and that "my mother's a God." After they arrived at Sugarloaf Crossing Apartments, he attacked Horton, hitting and choking her.
Jones's girlfriend said normally he was a loving "teddy bear-like" man, but that night she was afraid of her life. She was able to get out of the apartment, ran outside, hid in the bushes behind the apartment complex and called 911 and then Jones's mother, who lived five minutes away.
When Jones's mother arrived, she found him on the first floor of the complex. He told her not to listen to Horton because "she's the devil." Horton went to sit in Jones's mother's car, while Jones and his mother went to his apartment. Inside, he attacked and choked her, only stopping when Horton came upstairs and interrupted him. He chased Horton downstairs and she hid again and made a second 911 call, while Jones ran out into the woods behind the apartment complex.
This was the last time anyone saw Jones. He has warrants out for his arrest for battery and false imprisonment in connection with the assaults on his girlfriend and mother, but his family stated it's uncharacteristic of him to leave without warning, and they're afraid for his safety.
He grew up in Columbus, Georgia and attended Central Gwinnett High School there, then left school, got his GED and took a job with a waterproofing company. He has still has ties to the Columbus area. His case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Gwinnett County Police Department
770-513-5302
September 2021 updates and sources
WRBL
DeCorrius Jones's Facebook pageheader
The Gwinnett Daily Post
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
