Jones County murder trial here

The murder trial of two people accused in a Jones County case began in Neshoba County on Monday after a change of venue was granted.

According to the Jones County District Attorney’s Office, Brandon Lee Gardner and Brooke Taylor Stringer are on trial together on one count each of capital murder in the 2019 death of 6-month-old Roselee Stringer, according to WDAM television.

The cause of death was believed to be homicide brought on by blunt force trauma to the head, according to the district attorney’s office.

Charges were brought against the suspects in December of 2021 by the Jones County Sheriff’s Department. A motion for change of venue was filed by the defendant Stringer and entered into the court’s records on August 31, 2022. It was joined in by co-defendant Gardner.

Judge Dal Williamson is presiding over the trial.