The mother of a murdered Compton boy is asking for answers from the father charged with murder

The mother of 9-year-old Princeton Jones, whose father was recently charged with murder, said she is still struggling to find answers about what led to her son’s murder last week.

During a press conference outside Compton City Hall on Saturday, the boy’s mother, Creole Green, 31, said she had not received any information from detectives or the boy’s father about what happened the night her son was killed.

Princeton was shot and killed on the night of November 30 in the yard of his grandfather’s home in the 1500 block of South Haskins Avenue in Rancho Dominguez, an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, according to police.

The next day, LA County detectives arrested the boy’s father, Nicholas Thomas Jones, 32, of Compton, in connection with the little boy’s death. The district attorney’s office has charged Jones with one count of first-degree murder and one count of intentional child abuse causing injury or death. Prosecutors also filed enhanced sentences for using a firearm during the commission of a crime and wounding resulting in death.

Green’s family members said Jones has denied the charges. A hearing on the case is scheduled for next month.

Surrounded by family and supporters, Green took a deep breath as he stared down at his white shirt emblazoned with a large picture of his smiling son.

Celena Littlefield, a family friend, center, is at a press conference seeking answers about the death of 9-year-old Princeton Jones outside Compton City Hall on Saturday. Princeton was killed in the backyard of his grandfather’s house in Rancho Dominguez, an unincorporated area of ​​Compton, on Nov. 30.

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“I don’t know what happened, I arrived at the scene and the police told me that my child is gone,” she said. “They said my son is gone. How? Why? What’s going on? Did you have a father at Mkhulu? Was there something revealed that he was not supposed to see? Is there a fight? Was there an argument?”

News cameras were set up in front of him, and Green looked directly at them to talk to Jones.

“If you see this, if it’s dangerous, let me know and I’ll stand with you because I wouldn’t have imagined something like this in my hands, but I don’t know if you don’t give me anything.” ,” she said. “I don’t know. I wish someone would give me something. I wish you could just call me and let me know what really happened. I don’t want to wait until January to find out what happened to my 9-year-old son.”

Green said she and Jones had some arguments but eventually came together to raise their son.

Creole Green, 31, speaks outside Compton City Hall on Saturday, seeking answers about the death of her son Princeton Jones.

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“He wasn’t a bad parent, he loved his son — I thought,” she said.

Although Green tries not to speak ill of Jones, he said he recently filed a restraining order against him and his girlfriend, revealing that the two often fought in front of Princeton, which he did not want his son to witness.

“I wanted my son to be given a good and caring place, not in a place where there is a lot of confusion.”

She said she and Jones had been communicating a lot via email and she had filed for child support.

“Child support wasn’t that much, it was $92 and the most money was $172 — let’s be honest, that’s gas money.”

He doesn’t know if any of those stories played a role in his son’s death.

He said if he could visit Jones in prison, he would.

“I want him to look me in the eye and see me,” she said. “He took everything I had.”

Through tears, Green spoke fondly of her son and how he loved to collect rocks.

Creole Green, 31, center, is comforted by loved ones outside Compton City Hall on Saturday.

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“He wanted to know about the solar system, he wanted to know all things science, and he knew the names of dinosaurs,” he said, laughing. “He knew everything about them and I had to Google some of the things he talked about.”

He wiped away his tears, laughing.

“He was Googling Mom’s stuff,” she said. “I wanted to make sure I could communicate with him.”

In April, he said he took her to Hawaii as a surprise.

“He didn’t know if he was right until he saw the planes,” he said.

He remembered that time.

“I see planes, Mom,” she remembers her son telling her.

“We’re going to Hawaii,” he told her.

He said he wanted to pick coconuts, eat sushi, calamari and King crab legs.

“My son was special and I try to include him,” she said. “He was everything I had. How can I continue this?”