Guilty verdicts returned in 2013 killing of New Orleans mother and daughter

NEW ORLEANS ( WGNO ) — The Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office announced that guilty verdicts have been returned in the investigation of the 2013 killing of a mother and daughter in New Orleans.

The district attorney’s office reported that on Friday, June 28, a jury found Kenneth Jones Jr. guilty of second-degree murder and obstruction of justice. The jury also found David Wisham Sr. guilty of obstruction of justice.

Court documents state that, on Dec. 13, 2013, Ryesha Arbuthnot was found fatally stabbed and shot in the parking lot of a New Orleans apartment complex. The documents state police later found her mother, Lisa Arbuthnot, fatally shot inside an apartment.

OPDA Homicide Unit Chief Matthew Derbes said in a news release that Jones and Wisham were arrested in 2021 after a witness came forward.

“While this does not ease the pain of the family, we hope that it sends a loud and clear message to those who commit these heinous crimes: your day of reckoning will come. We stand firm in our commitment to pursuing justice for all victims and families affected by crime in the city of New Orleans,” said Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams.

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