Over the past few days, news of the death of Danye Jones has spread
across social media in St. Louis and beyond. On October 17, the body of
the 24-year-old was discovered in the backyard of his mother's house in
the 1400 block of Criterion Avenue in Spanish Lake.
Jones' death sparked messages of grief and support, but some of those messages were paired with theories that Jones had been murdered or lynched, with theories that attempted to draw comparisons between Jones, the son of Ferguson activist and organizer Melissa McKinnies, with the violent deaths of other figures in the protest movement.
In a series of Facebook posts that have since been removed or set to private, McKinnies herself insisted that her son had not committed suicide. She posted graphic photos of her son's body, showing him hanging from a tree with what appears to be a sheet wrapped around his neck.
Jones' death sparked messages of grief and support, but some of those messages were paired with theories that Jones had been murdered or lynched, with theories that attempted to draw comparisons between Jones, the son of Ferguson activist and organizer Melissa McKinnies, with the violent deaths of other figures in the protest movement.
In a series of Facebook posts that have since been removed or set to private, McKinnies herself insisted that her son had not committed suicide. She posted graphic photos of her son's body, showing him hanging from a tree with what appears to be a sheet wrapped around his neck.
In an email this afternoon, St. Louis County Police Sgt. Shawn McGuire
confirmed that police are investigating Jones' death as a suicide. The
medical examiner is awaiting a toxicology test before determining cause
of death.
"At this time," McGuire wrote, "there are no signs of foul play."
McKinnies, Jones' mother, was a member of the Ferguson protest group Lost Voices and later played a significant role during the protests that took over St. Louis streets in September 2017, following the acquittal of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley. In the Facebook post that accompanied the photo of her son's body, she wrote, "They lynched my baby."
"At this time," McGuire wrote, "there are no signs of foul play."
McKinnies, Jones' mother, was a member of the Ferguson protest group Lost Voices and later played a significant role during the protests that took over St. Louis streets in September 2017, following the acquittal of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley. In the Facebook post that accompanied the photo of her son's body, she wrote, "They lynched my baby."
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I literally just learned about this story not long ago (minutes ago) and took sometime to carefully do some research and sort out what is facts and what is rumors. Like many others I have so many questions that aren't answered. If anyone know him best it would be close friends and family. Was he dealing with any personal problems such as depression, a break-up, or anything that could've caused him to mentally break down? It's alot. We cannot dismiss the fact that Black men do suffer from depression and do commit suicide. However, alot of Ferguson Activist have been killed or have had someone close to them die. I'm just not going to automatically jump to conclusions and I hope my readers carefully do research as well. If anyone find anything credible about this developing story, feel free to e-mail me through my contact page. My sincere condolences are with the victim family.
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