The five children who were allegedly slain by their father were remembered at a memorial in Mississippi on Friday, while 500 miles away, their father's lawyers told a court he was 'not a monster'. Timothy Ray Jones Jr., 32, is accused of killing his three boys and two girls, wrapping their bodies in separate trash bags and driving around for days with their decomposing bodies before dumping them on a rural hilltop in Alabama earlier this month. Their bodies were found on Tuesday. At the memorial for his slain children today at the Amory Church of Christ in Mississippi, a poem was read for each sibling. There were balloons released in their honor and a slide show.
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Timothy Ray Jones Jr 'killed his five children at home by violent means' about a week before his ex-wife reported them missing
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He has been charged with five counts of murder but skipped his arraignment today and was represented by his lawyer
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Jones was held overnight on suicide watch and has been moved from county jail to state prison for his own safety, the sheriff said on Friday
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The 32-year-old is accused of killing his three boys and two girls, wrapping their bodies in separate trash bags and driving around for days
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He 'dumped their decomposing bodies on a rural hilltop in Alabama'
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A social worker's last visit - two weeks before kids' disappearance - said Jones 'appears to be overwhelmed' but children were clean and groomed
A dirt-filled area near the crime scene  in @placeholder where a 32-year-old father is suspected of dumping the decomposing bodies of his five young children