David Jones

"...I'm here to remind you the law is above EVERYBODY!"

- David Jones

David Jeremiah Jones is an agent of the Grimsborough Police Department who happens to be the player's partner in all but one of the cases in the city of Grimsborough.

Appearance
As a senior police officer of 33 years of age, Jones sports dark brown spiky hair and light blue eyes. He has long ears and a wide nose. Jones mostly wears a standard Grimsborough PD uniform, which is a light blue, full-sleeves shirt with a blue-grey tie. Apart from that, the two sleeves of his shirt sport the logo of the Grimsborough Police Department. He also wears a pair of black pants with a black leather belt.

According to Pretty Simple, Jones is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 165 lbs.

Notable Events of Criminal Case
Jones was introduced to the player in the very beginning of the game.

In To Die or Not to Die, Jones bought a deer clock from Desmond Galloway's Antique Shop, which cost him his whole salary: $1200. Then in Anatomy of a Murder, he bought a bear rug from taxidermist Mortimer Mutlog to go with his deer clock. Also in the former case, Jones kept calling cats "evil" after getting results of the analyses that were related to animals. This may show that Jones is afraid of cats. However, in Burying the Hatchet, Jones showed no sign of fear of cats and even stated that he liked them, as in his lines after repairing an amulet.

In The Summoning, Jones revealed that ever since he was a kid, he always felt uncomfortable whenever he used to go to the local Grimsborough library. The librarian, Constance Bell, knew Jones ever since he was a young boy and didn't like him for some reason (probably because Jones never returned her library books early). For example, when the team went to search her library for the first time, she ordered Jones not to touch any of her books.

In No Smoke Without Fire, after learning about the murder of the chief of the Grimsborough scouts, Connor Sullivan, Jones mentioned that he used to be a scout when he was a kid, and stated that these kinds of things (murder) would never happen back in his days and that things were much simpler at that time.

In Dog Eat Dog, Margaret Littlewood (an old lady who participated in the annual Dog Pageant competition with her dog, Astrid) poisoned Jones so that she would not get caught and arrested for the murder of another Dog Pageant participant, Molly Robinson. Margaret took her opportunity to poison Jones when the team went to give her back Astrid's ribbon. As a result, Jones became extremely sick by the end of Chapter 2 and couldn't do further investigation. He was then replaced by Ramirez, an officer of the Grimsborough PD. After being arrested and taken into trial, Margaret handed the police the antidote to her poison which then fortunately recovered Jones. Also during the trial, she asked the police to give Jones her secret book of recipes, and her pet dog, Astrid, so that Jones could take care of it and also enter the Dog Pageant competition with it. Jones then took part in the competition with Astrid, and surprisingly won.

During the events of At the End of the Rope, Grace overheard Jones picturing her fiancé, Luke Harris, as the one behind Lisa's murder (since Luke was one of the suspects in the case). This infuriated Grace, who then got mad at Jones, thus shouting him out with his full name: David Jeremiah Jones.

In Marked for Death, it is revealed that there's a funny page called "Oh my Jones!" on Friendnet (the in-game parody of Facebook) where people publish funny pictures of Jones to have a laugh at him and that the page has over 1,000 hearts (a take on Facebook's "likes"). Jones also mentions that he hasn't found a way to shut down the page yet.

In Good Girls Don't Die, the citizens of Maple Heights filed complaints against Jones for being rude to them. Chief Samuel King stated that the case was too serious for him. As a result, Jones had to be temporarily replaced by Grace, the Head of Forensics of the Grimsborough PD.

Jones stopped shaving on a regular basis starting the Additional Investigation of It All Ends Here until the Additional Investigation of There Will Be Blood. As a result, he grew a stubble and sustained eye bags due to lack of sleep, specifically due to Chief King committing suicide.

After restoring peace in the city of Grimsborough at the climax of the aforementioned case, the player accepted a position in the Pacific Bay Police Department, but not before Cathy King and the Grimsborough PD threw a farewell party for the player. Jones took some time to remember the player's first day on the job and commented on how he used to be a "bit of a jerk" back then. Furthermore, he referred to the above-mentioned incident when he thanked the player for saving his life when Margaret tried to kill him with her poisoned cupcake. When it was time to bid a final goodbye, Jones consoled a weeping Ramirez and wished the player a good future before finally shedding tears and requesting the player not to forgot the Grimsborough PD.

Personal Life
Jones is a senior police officer of the Grimsborough PD whose salary is $1200 per month.

Jones is divorced, as mentioned by himself in Death by Crucifixion when he claimed that his ex-wife, Charlotte, always wanted him to see a psychologist because of the stress being a police officer caused. The couple eventually got divorced after Charlotte realized she couldn't handle the risk his job entailed. Jones also had a grandfather who, as claimed by himself, was an astrologer.

Jones hates chain smokers and sewers, as claimed by himself in The Grim Butcher and A Russian Case respectively. He also personally dislikes Bart Williams, Tony Marconi, Dimitri Balanchine, and Alden Greene. Besides that, he loves country music, burgers and cupcakes, is interested in magic, and his greatest weaknesses are cookies. He is allergic to compost, and also hates the smell of hand sanitizer.

As a child, Jones wanted to be a magician and was also interested in becoming a firefighter, but couldn't become either one, although he did successfully become a boy scout. Apart from that, he loved to play in greenhouses, collect baseball and wrestling cards, and was a fan of wrestler Tom Norris and even owned a pair of Tom's wrestling shorts. Also, Jones often used to get lost in the forest and his mom thus had to make up scary stories to keep him away from going back there—such as making up a creature called "Ni!", which still scares Jones in his adult age. Oddly, Jones also wanted a pink bedroom when he was a kid, not to mention he even reads the "Girly Gossips" magazine and uses a women's hair removal cream called "Fair Away" as an adult.

As a young student, Jones used to work at a luxury restaurant, and also worked as a dishwasher at an upscale restaurant some other time in his life.

Jones may have practiced S&amp;M in his past. In A Deadly Game, Jezabela seems to recall a time in which they spent together. For some reason, Jones is not eager to tell this story or explain as to why he knows Jezabela and her club.

Jones is also noted to be a fan of the University band called Lone Roses and the University football team known as the Grimsborough Quails, as showcased in Killing Me Softly and Dead Man Running respectively.

Gameplay
Jones can be chosen by the player in any crime scene of Grimsborough. He's available as a 1-hint Level 10 partner when all your teammates have been used up or when you just desire to choose him as your partner.

Trivia

 * Jones, Cathy King, Hannah Choi, Eduardo Ramirez, and Yann Toussaint are the only characters in the game who have significantly required help from the player in the Additional Investigation of at least one case in which they didn't appear as a suspect.
 * In the "Riverbank" crime scene of Case #42, a mini plane can be seen with a banner saying "Jones is gorgeous".
 * Starting from Case #52, Jones will be the one to ask you for reports instead of Chief King when you finish a case, since King commits suicide during the events of Case #51.
 * Also, after "arresting" Chief King in Case #51, Jones will be the one to give you the "Level Up!" message each time you level up, replacing Chief King.
 * A figurine of Jones sitting on top of an arcade game cabinet can be seen in the "Child's Bedroom" crime scene of All the King's Horses.
 * Jones is one of the characters who animate (or move) in at least one cutscene in the game.
 * There are several references to Jones during the events of Pacific Bay's cases.
 * In the "Ice Cream Kiosk" crime scene of Shark Attack!, you can spot "Jones" written on the star embedded in the sidewalk.
 * In the "Beach" crime scene of The Ice Queen, a seaplane with a "We miss you Jones" banner can be noticed.
 * After the player recovers Ramirez's notebook for him in the Additional Investigation of Spineless, a drawing of Jones eating cookies can be spotted on the bottom of the page at the right-hand side. Curiously, it may imply that Ramirez misses Jones ever since he moved to Pacific Bay and thus drew a picture of Jones on his notebook.
 * In the "Looted Station" crime scene of Of Rats and Men, a portrait of Jones can be seen.

Case Appearances
As one of the main characters and the player's partner in the Grimsborough PD, Jones appears in every single case of Grimsborough.