Alaya Jones admitted to playing a role in the death of her older sister, Aveyia Webb, according to Houston police, and now the 20 year old and her boyfriend, Kaleb Maglott, 25, are both charged with capital murder.
Webb, 27, was found shot inside her apartment on the 8100 block of Richmond Avenue in west Houston on Thursday, October 1, around 7:45 a.m. Family members became worried when she stopped responding to calls and messages. Her aunt, Beverly Hobbs, went to the apartment, found the front door unlocked and found Webb unresponsive inside. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Homicide detectives quickly focused on Alaya Jones and Kaleb Maglott. Both were taken into custody and questioned. In a statement, police said “Jones admitted to her role in the death of her sister.” The two are charged in the 482nd District Court in Harris County. Capital murder is the most serious murder charge in Texas and applies to cases like a killing committed during a robbery.
Police are investigating the case as a robbery. According to court documents, surveillance video shows Alaya Jones leaving the apartment complex in her sister’s car while Maglott followed in another vehicle. Investigators later found Webb’s car parked next to a car Maglott had rented. Family members say the couple also took Webb’s wallet.
Investigators also found text messages on Jones’ phone. Court documents say the messages show the couple planned to travel to Houston, and relatives say the texts discussed plans to “kill Aveyia and take her stuff.” Police have not publicly released the messages.
For the family, the hardest part is who is accused. “We would have never thought we had to protect her from her own little sister,” Webb’s aunt, Edie Smith Anderson, told ABC13.
Webb worked as a hairstylist and was getting ready to start pharmacy school. “She had so many things going for her; that’s what makes this so hard,” Hobbs said. Rosie Hart, a family friend, said Webb “was really a very positive light in our life.”
Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the Houston Police Department Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
