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Click below to learn more about those who knew Nathaniel Jones and the people who were connected to the case.
Click below to learn more about those who knew Nathaniel Jones and the people who were connected to the case.
Nathaniel Jones: Winston Salem resident and business owner who was found bound and beaten in the carport of his home on Moravia Street on November 15th, 2002.
Photo source: Forsyth County Office of the District Attorney
Calvin Scriven: eyewitness and longtime resident of Moravia Street who was the second person to discover Mr. Jones and assisted in calling 911.
Photo source: Delia D’Ambra
Chuck Byrom: Retired Winston Salem Police Department detective who assisted in the murder investigation of Nathaniel Jones.
Michael Hewlett: Criminal justice reporter who has been a journalist in Forsyth County since the early 2000s. He has written numerous articles about the Nathaniel Jones case for his current employer, The Assembly.
Photo Source: The Assembly
Maranda Ramirez: Former Willard Cab Company call taker who received suspicious calls on the night of the crime from a male requesting a taxi to come to 905 Moravia Street before Mr. Jones was found deceased.
Jermal Tolliver: Winston Salem resident who was 15 years old when he was arrested and charged for the murder of Nathaniel Jones in November 2002.
Photo Source: Winston Salem Journal, Delia D’Ambra
Christopher Bryant: Winston Salem resident who was 15 years old when he was arrested and charged for the murder of Nathaniel Jones in November 2002.
Photo Source: Winston Salem Journal, The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission, Delia D’Ambra
Dorrell Brayboy: Winston Salem resident who was 15 years old when he was arrested and charged for the murder of Nathaniel Jones in November 2002. Dorrell was killed in an unrelated stabbing in 2019.
Photo Source: Winston Salem Journal
Nathaniel Cauthen: Winston Salem resident who was 15 years old when he was arrested and charged for the murder of Nathaniel Jones in November 2002.
Photo Source: Winston Salem Journal, NC Dept of Adult Corrections, Delia D’Ambra
Rayshawn Banner: Winston Salem resident who was 14 years old when he was arrested and charged for the murder of Nathaniel Jones in November 2002.
Photo Source: Winston Salem Journal, NC Dept of Adult Corrections, Delia D’Ambra
Jessicah Black: Winston Salem resident who was 16 years old when she was interrogated by police and confessed to driving other defendants around on the night of the murder. She became the star witness against Rayshawn, Nathaniel, Dorrell, Christopher and Jermal in 2004 and 2005. In 2019 she fully recanted her prior testimony and has since claimed she was coerced by police to lie under oath.
Photo Source: The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission, Delia D’Ambra
Teresa Banner: Mother of Rayshawn Banner and Nathaniel Cauthen.
Photo source: Delia D’Ambra
Christine Mumma: Post-conviction attorney for Rayshawn Banner and Nathaniel Cauthen. She is the director of the North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence
Photo Source: North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence
Brad Bannon: Post-conviction attorney for Christopher Bryant.
Photo Source: Patterson, Harvaky LLP
Mark Rabil: Post-conviction attorney for Jermal Tolliver and director of the Innocence and Justice Clinic at Wake Forest University School of Law.
Photo Source: Wake Forest Law website
Jim Oneill: Forsyth County District Attorney in North Carolina.
Photo Source: Jim Oneill Website
Robert Keller Leonard: Rayshawn Banner’s defense attorney in 2004 who is accused of committing constitutional violations during the trial. He became a convicted felon and died in early 2024 shortly after his release from prison.
Photo Source: Salem Funerals & Cremation
Hayley Cleary: Developmental psychology expert specializing in the fields of juvenile interrogations, police policy and public policy. In 2020, she completed a case review of Rayshawn, Dorrell, Nathaniel, Christopher and Jermal’s 2002 interrogations for the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission. Hayley is an associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Photo Source: Virginia Commonwealth University faculty website
Marty Ludas: Latent print and shoe print evidence expert who was hired by the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission to evaluate the shoeprint evidence in the case in 2020.
Photo Source: LinkedIn
Teresa Vreeland: Director of Forensic Genealogy Services and Designated Laboratory Official for BODE Technology.
Photo Source: Bode Tech website
Marcus Shavers: Childhood friend of the defendants who spoke with CounterClock in 2024.