Suspects charged in Friday murder case

Published 6:39 pm Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Three suspects were charged Wednesday for criminal charges to commit murder in the Dallas County Courthouse.

Kachivious Jones, Derrelle Billingsley and Jacorbrem Surles were all arraigned Wednesday by Circuit Court Judge Marvin Wiggins for their alleged role of murdering Marquel Woods on Oct. 26. Wiggins gave them no bond.

Jones was charged with capital murder. Billingsley and Surles were charged with conspiracy to commit murder, hindering prosecution and abuse of a corpse.

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According to Dallas County District Attorney Michael Jackson, gasoline was poured on Woods’ body and was set on fire.

Jackson said this was the victim found Friday on Matthew Lane.

Jones’ initial court appearance will be on Nov. 14 at 9 a.m. Surles and Billingsley’s court appearance will be Dec. 4 at 1:30 p.m.