Alexis Gabe's family upset at DA's decision not to charge mother of accused killer

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Saturday, January 25, 2025
Alexis Gabe case: DA decides not to charge mother of accused killer
The mother of Alexis Gabe's ex-boyfriend who's suspected in her 2022 death will not face charges as an accessory to the crime.

OAKLEY, Calif. (KGO) -- For the past three years, the parents of Alexis Gabe have been seeking justice for their daughter, who was killed by her ex-boyfriend Marshall Jones. Jones allegedly cut up her body and disposed the remains in garbage bags along the Sierra Nevada foothills.

"Who wouldn't be upset? We have been doing this for almost three years. And it took us almost two years to gather all the information we need for the presentation last month," says Gwyn, Alexis's father.

Last month, the Gabes were joined by investigators from the Oakley and Antioch police departments in a meeting with Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton. They want Becton to file charges against Jones' mother, Alicia Coleman-Clark, as an accessory after the fact. They say the evidence is overwhelming.

"We saw the video of the bags. Yeah, we didn't confirm that Alexis, my daughter, was inside of those bags. But once we found the second and first remains, we confirmed she is inside the garbage bag. And that's dropped off at her house," says Rowena Gabe, Alexis' mother.

On Thursday, the DA's office announced that though some evidence presented during the meeting did raise suspicions, there is insufficient evidence to charge Jones' mother.

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District Attorney Becton declined to be interviewed, but in a statement to ABC7 News, the DA's office says the December meeting included discussion about forensic examination of recovered clothing, investigation of a second plastic bag, an interview with Alicia Coleman-Clark's former boyfriend, and a records search of a plane ticket Jones bought to Seattle in February 2022.

Investigators searched purchase records for Jones' flight to Seattle to determine whether his mother help buy the ticket. But the records indicate the flight was arranged through a third-party vendor.

Dara Cashman, the Gabe's attorney who was also part of the meeting with Becton, believes delays in the investigation led to lapses in this case.

"I think had there been follow up on the forensic evidence, these plastic bags that had been lost... followed up on the airline tickets, it's been three years now. Back then, it would have been a matter of months, less than a year. So, I think they went wrong right there, by not, at the very minimum, doing additional investigation," explains Cashman.

The DA's office did determine that Alexis was killed by Jones. Jones was then killed in June of 2022, by Seattle police while attempting to serve him an arrest warrant.

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The statute of limitation for this case ends on Sunday. That means this is the end of the case for the Gabe family, who says there has been no justice for Alexis.

"No, we did not achieve that. We did not achieve it," says Gwyn. "We did not achieve the justice we were looking for."

"No closure," says Rowena, fighting back tears. "I feel like I disappointed my daughter."

Only 70% of Alexis' remains have been found. The family has already begun to post all the evidence they have on social media for the public to decide.

A celebration of life will be held on Sunday in Oakley.

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