A man accused of a 1994 double homicide of a mother and son in Renton began his trial more than 30 years after the alleged incident, and despite DNA evidence pinning him to the crime, his defense alleges it wasn’t him.

On Sept. 18, Jerome Frank Jones, 55, was in the King County Superior Court for opening statements in his trial, where he is accused of committing two counts of first-degree aggravated murder. These charges stem from an Oct. 28, 1994, incident where Stacy Falcon-Dewey, along with her toddler son, Jacob, were found fatally shot at 3:30 a.m. at South 55th Street in Renton, next to Falcon-Dewey’s vehicle.

According to charging documents, with continued advancements in DNA identification, in December 2021, semen collected from Jacob’s jacket was linked to Jones. The semen was f

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