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Terrance James Jones pleaded guilty to accessory to a felony after the fact in the murder of Zaccari Marquise Taylor.

A mutilation charge and habitual offender notice against Jones were dismissed.

LANSING — One of three men charged in connection with the killing of a man whose body was found in pieces in the basement of a Lansing home last year has accepted a plea deal.

Terrance James Jones, 38, pleaded guilty on Aug. 18 to acting as an accessory to a felony after the fact, records in Ingham County Circuit Court indicate. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss a count of mutilation of a body and a fourth-time habitual offender notice.

Jones' co-defendants are brothers Marcus Lee Hayes and Leonard Felton Hayes III, both of whom are charged with murder and mutilation of a bod

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