Man pleads guilty to murder in 2021 death of toddler, Forsyth County district attorney’s office says

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — A man has pleaded guilty to murder and child abuse in the death of his toddler nephew.

According to the Forsyth County District Attorney’s Office, on Monday, Fernanda Jones, 37, pleaded guilty to 2nd degree murder and intentional child abuse inflicting serious injury in connection with the death of Thomas Jones.

Thomas was 23 months old when emergency responders were called to a home on Peachtree Street at 4:20 a.m. on July 27 and found Jones unresponsive. He was pronounced dead at the hospital…

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