JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A St. Johns County man turned himself in to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Tuesday, more than 17 months after his girlfriend was shot and killed on Christmas morning in 2024.
Thomas Banks, 48, was booked into the Pretrial Detention Facility on May 26 on charges of aggravated manslaughter and carrying a concealed weapon as a convicted felon.
Victim found outside apartment on Christmas morning
According to the arrest warrant, JSO officers went to an apartment complex on Dunn Avenue in the early morning hours of Dec. 25, 2024, after receiving a call about a person who appeared to have been stabbed.
Officers arrived to find a 41-year-old Lisa Santos lying on the ground. Investigators later determined she had not been stabbed but died after she was shot once in the chest…