Bond denied in DuPage shooting // Woman charged with slaying mate in sleep

Bond was denied today for a 54-year-old Glendale Heights womancharged with shooting her estranged husband to death Sunday as heslept.

Ann M. Jones already faced attempted murder charges forallegedly wounding her husband, Michael T. Jones, on Feb. 26.

Jones was freed on bond after the February attack and had beenliving in Glendale Heights. Authorities said she went to the familyhome in Bloomingdale around 6 a.m. Sunday and shot her 50-year-oldhusband with a 9-mm. handgun as he slept.

He was shot six or seven times at close range, authorities said.

The couple's grown son, who was sleeping in another room,struggled with his mother and detained her until police arrived,authorities said.

The killing illustrates how difficult it can be to preventdomestic violence, authorities said, noting that Michael Jones tooklegal steps to protect himself after the February attack.

Those measures included immediately filing for divorce andobtaining an order of protection barring his wife from having anycontact with him.

"There's no explanation how this can happen (not) once, buttwice," DuPage County State's Attorney Joseph Birkett said today.

Birkett and other officials said no legal lapses contributed toSunday's killing.

"Regardless of every effort that's taken by judges, policeofficers and prosecutors to protect innocent victims, some people aregoing to violate every condition and seek to carry out their plan,"Birkett said.

Authorities wouldn't disclose a motive for Sunday's attack butsaid the February shooting occurred only three days after the Jonesesapparently had agreed to divorce. The couple still were livingtogether at the time, police said.

Ann Jones was released in April after a relative posted therequired 10 percent of her $500,000 bond.

She moved to an apartment in Glendale Heights.

Police said today that they still were trying to determine whenand where Ann Jones obtained the handgun allegedly used to kill herhusband. Michael Jones was a ground crew supervisor for UnitedAirlines.

Authorities said Ann Jones could have purchased the weaponlegally, even though she was facing attempted murder charges stemmingfrom the earlier attack on her husband.