CLERMONT, Florida—The man accused of killing his wife and stepson and raping another female confessed his crimes to a Lake County Sheriff’s Office detective, according to an arrest affidavit.
The female rape victim told LCSO that between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. Wednesday, she heard Ty Finister, 17, screaming and found Justin Lamar Jones—his stepfather— on top of him striking him with either a hammer or a knife. She screamed for Jones, 41, to stop and he slammed her to the ground, according to the affidavit.
She told deputies Jones, of Michigan, then duct taped her ankles, wrists, mouth, and eyes and dragged her to a bed, where he tore her clothes off and raped her repeatedly and placed a zip tie around her neck. Jones told her to “relax” because it would be “more enjoyable.” She asked to get dressed at one point and he did untie her and allow her to put clothes on, the affidavit states.
The rape victim tried to leave, and he blocked her and tied her up again with zip ties. She asked to watch television and removed the ties and blindfold but placed another zip tie around her neck while she watched television. She asked to use the restroom and escaped and called for help, according to the affidavit.
Law enforcement saturated the area and found Jones’ SUV with Michigan tags in the Publix parking lot at 4351 U.S. Highway 27 and Jones was spotted walking southbound on U.S. Highway 27. He was taken into custody and transported to the LCSO South Lake District Office in Clermont.
While detectives were investigating, they found a second body, identified as Jones’ wife, Sandra Gaudino 38.
Detectives interviewed Jones and he admitted killing his wife with a mallet and putting her in a trash bag underneath the travel trailer at 244 Jewelfish Road, in unincorporated Clermont, he then beat Finister, his stepson, to death with the mallet and placed a plastic bag over his head. He also confessed to raping the female in the home.
Jones was arrested for two counts of domestic first degree murder, one count of domestic sexual battery and domestic false imprisonment. He is being held in the Lake County Jail on no bond.
