Authorities in New Jersey have arrested three New York City residents on charges stemming from the 2002 death of a 9-year-old in Harlem.
Monmouth County prosecutors have charged 39-year-old Likisha Jones and 48-year-old Godfrey Gibson of Manhattan and 35-year-old James Jones of Brooklyn with hindering apprehension and other counts in the disposal of a body.
The investigation came to be known as the “Baby Bones” case after burned, skeletal remains were found in Upper Freehold Township in 2005.
Officials used DNA to identify the remains as 9-year-old Jon-Niece Jones. Prosecutors say she died at the Harlem home of her aunt Likisha Jones after years of abuse and neglect by her mother. The mother died soon after.
James Jones was the child’s uncle and Gibson was the aunt’s boyfriend.