Bio

Christopher George Theodore Lamar was born on November 15, 1971. He later lived in Arizona, where he became connected to Myla Hogan and a group of people living in a house on 81st Avenue in Peoria. By 1996, Lamar was spending time at that house. Several people connected to the home were involved with drugs, and Lamar was part of the same circle. His relationship with Hogan became one of the reasons Ronald Jones was targeted.

Before the murder, Lamar and others planned to confront Jones. They wanted to rob him and scare him away from Hogan. That plan later turned into a kidnapping, robbery, and murder.

Murder Story

On May 11, 1996, Ronald Jones went to lunch with Myla Hogan. After lunch, they returned to the house on 81st Avenue in Peoria, Arizona, where Christopher Lamar and several others were waiting. When Jones entered the house, Lamar confronted him about Hogan. Lamar then punched Jones, and the others helped overpower him. Jones was tied with duct tape and robbed of his money, jewelry, shoes, and drugs.

Jones was held inside the house for several hours. He begged for his life while Lamar and the others guarded him with a gun. Later that night, they forced Jones into his own car. Lamar sat behind him and held a gun to his head while another man drove. The group drove to a vacant area. Once they stopped, Lamar took Jones out of the car and shot him twice in the head, killing him.

After the murder, Lamar and his accomplices put Jones’s body in the trunk. They later buried him in a vacant lot, took items from his car, and set the vehicle on fire. Lamar was convicted of first-degree murder and kidnapping on December 10, 1999. He was sentenced to death on June 1, 2001, but his death sentence was later changed. In June 2010, he was sentenced to natural life in prison without the possibility of release.