when you ve got something that was this bad somebody s got to pay. somebody has got to pay. hello, and welcome to dateline. nona dirksmeyer and kevin jones were a couple with a bright future. she was a self-confident 19 -year-old known for her beautiful voice. he was her devoted boyfriend with big ambitions. then, a brutal attack their shattered their dreams. it was a crime that would shake a small southern town to its core. and pit a family against the community they called home. here s keith morrison with what happened to the beauty queen? look at her. look at the young woman at the heart of our story. you can see how lovely she is. the young beauty queen. can you see her vulnerability? by now your first impression is probably locked in. it s very unlikely to change. and certainly, that s how it was in russellville, arkansas. the town where a first impression hardens like a patch of cement. about her and also about for better or worse, the young man acc
hello, and welcome to dateline. nona dirksmeyer and kevin jones were a couple with a bright future. she was a self-confident 19 -year-old known for her beautiful voice. he was her devoted boyfriend with big ambitions. then, a brutal attack their shattered their dreams. it was a crime that would shake a small southern town to its core. and pit a family against the community they called home. here s keith morrison with what happened to the beauty queen? look at her. look at the young woman at the heart of our story. you can see how lovely she is. the young beauty queen. can you see her vulnerability? by now your first impression is probably locked in. it s very unlikely to change. and certainly, that s how it was in russellville, arkansas. the town where a first impression hardens like a patch of cement. about her and also about for better or worse, the young man accused of killing her. the boyfriend who found the body. the boyfriend found a body. first impre
sweethearts. expected to spend the rest of our lives together. when she was murdered sympathy turn to suspicion. no question it was his. the mystery was just beginning because dna was some other mail. as the town chooses sides, more startling developments in a horrific murder. you ve got something this bad. somebody has to pay. kevin jones were a couple with a bright future. hello, and hello, and welcome to dateline.19-y nona dirksmeyer, kevin jones were a couple with a bright future. she was a self-confident 19- year-old known for her beautiful voice and he was her devoted boyfriend with big ambitions. than a brutal attack shattered their dreams. it was a crime that was shake a small southern town to its core and pit to family■ç against the community they called home. here is keith morrison with what happened to the beauty queen? look at her. look at the young woman at the heart of our story. your first impression was probably locked in and unlikely to
body, and what they were doing to savor. it is a lie, they are lying, all three of them. all three of the boys? kevin is lying, and his mother? absolute liars, without question. in fact, the defense detainees tried to claim, you cannot keep up with the joneses and all of their lies. even kevin s grandmother, who said she was with kevin in another town, the morning of nona s death, could not be trusted. kevin s mother knows that kevin murdered nona? well, i don t know if they know, but they know they are covering for him. the lawyers say kevin jones cannot explain one thing away, the bloody palm print in nona s apartment. it was his and not garry dunn s. did it work? yes it did. after three days of deliberations, the jurors said they were hopelessly the judge declared a mistrial. but the prosecutor was not giving up. he refiled murder charges, and garry dunn s second trial began in 2011. now, gary dunn was being
attorney and get this decided to practice law in, of all places, russellville. the last time we spoke, kevin told us he has made peace with the one person who is opinion really does matter to him. nona s mother. she no longer believes kevin killed her daughter. in fact, she says she loves kevin. as for the others, they are more cynical. he tries not to dwell on what they think, or whisper about him, and the girl he once loved. nona dirksmeyer, the song bird, the beauty queen. the girl for who justice is denied. in 2018, gary dunn found himself in handcuffs again, after two incidents that occurred on the same night both unrelated to nona dirksmeyer. dunn pleaded no contest to attempted kidnapping and indecent exposure. he was sentenced to 15 years, barring new evidence, the state does not plan to file charges