“They wouldn’t let you identify the body, they wouldn’t allow you to see if there were any types of marks on his body, you weren’t able to check his neck to see if he was hung, you weren’t able to check his wrists for handcuffs [and] you were unable to check his entire body for any type of bruises or to even identify if that was actually your son,” the family member said.

The family member said that they went to the park to search for any cameras that may have captured the incident. After discovering a camera they said would have captured the incident, officers told the family that pulling footage from that camera would be impossible.

“Yesterday they told us they didn’t have access to that camera, that camera is a live feed and we don’t know if we can even get footage off that camera for you guys,” the family member said. “But this is a park where all children play, you mean to tell me you don’t [have] footage, you’re not covering children in a park?”

Dean said she was told, “No one was watching the cameras.”

Jones’ mother mentioned that there are more details that point to her son being killed. She added there were additional details that pointed to a cover-up by the Whitpain Township Police Department. She also said that just a few hours after her son was found, there was an event in the park.

“Is that what we do?” Dean asked.

Donté Perez Jones

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