Chicago Woman Guilty in Execution-style Murder of Naperville Man

43-year-old Candice Jones, of Chicago, was convicted by a jury for her role in the execution-style murder of 20-year-old Michael Armendariz, from Naperville.

According to FOX 32 Digital Staff, the background on the murder goes as follows:

"Prosecutors say Armendariz received a Snapchat message from one of
Jones' co-defendants, 26-year-old Cassanda Green, of Rockford, at about
9:11 p.m. on Jan. 14. After receiving that message, it's alleged that
Armendariz left his apartment and got into a vehicle driven by Green.
Five minutes later, prosecutors say 27-year-old Ernest Collins came out
of hiding in the back of the vehicle and shot Armendariz twice in the
back of the head.

Collins and Green then took Armendariz's body to
Chicago where they stuffed it in a garbage can and placed the bin in
Collins' mother's garage, prosecutors said. Collins' mother is Jones.

Then, at some point, the garbage can was moved to the garage of a vacant home next to Jones' home.

According
to prosecutors, Collins and Green also took Armendariz's apartment keys
and burglarized his home the day after the murder.

Armendariz's body was discovered in the vacant garage several months later.

A month after the murder, all three suspects were taken into custody."

"This evening, a jury found Candice Jones, the last of three
defendants charged in the murder of Michael Armendariz, guilty of
first-degree murder," DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said.

"Guilty
verdicts, however, cannot bring Michael back to those who loved him.
The diabolical plot devised by Candice Jones, Ernest Collins and
Cassandra Green, and the execution of that plot, left a void in the
lives of Michael’s surviving family and friends that will never be
filled. I wish them strength as they continue their lives, having
replaced Michael’s presence with just his memory

Jones is due in court on Dec. 18. She faces up to 75 years in prison. Collins is back in court on Nov. 29. and faces up to life in prison. Green is due in court on Nov. 13, possible sentence unknown at this time.