Suspect Arrested In Brutal Slaying Of KFC Cook: Report

LITHONIA, GA -- A murder suspect sits in a DeKalb County jail accused of brutally beating a 56-year-old Woodstock man to death, Patch has learned.

Thirty-eight-year-old Taronce Jackson is charged with felony murder, according to information from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office.

Police in DeKalb County accuse him of killing Donnell Jones, who worked in the kitchen of a local KFC and wouldn't hurt anybody, his family told local media.

Jones' body was found on the floor of a motel room on Wesley Chapel Road, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

There is “no word of a clear motive right now,” Maj. Stephen Fore told the AJC on Monday.

Jones' body was covered by a blanket and his wrists were bound by shoelaces, DeKalb County police told the newspaper. His face was apparently stomped on, officers said, with injuries evidently so grotesque that officers had to ask Jones’ mother about any marks or scars on his body so that they could properly identify him, the AJC reports.

A witness told police that people were smoking crack cocaine in Jones' room before he died. The victim's sister said that her brother had long struggled with addiction and she wasn't surprised.

Image via DeKalb County Sheriff's Office