{"id":9179,"date":"2026-07-18T03:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T22:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=9179"},"modified":"2026-07-18T03:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T22:00:39","slug":"orange-county-man-charged-with-killing-mom-in-her-car-in-front-of-police-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=9179","title":{"rendered":"Orange County man charged with killing mom in her car in front of police station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-element=\"story-body\" data-subscriber-content=\"\">\n<p>An Orange County man has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting and killing his mother in front of the Fullerton Police Department station and leaving her body in the car, according to authorities. <\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Wesley, 23, of Santa Ana was charged with one felony count of murder and a felony enhancement for discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury or death, according to a Orange County district attorney\u2019s office news release. <\/p>\n<p>If convicted, Wesley faces 50 years to life in prison. <\/p>\n<p>On July 4, Wesley allegedly shot his mother, 61-year-old Theresa Jones, twice in the back when she was in the driver\u2019s seat of her car, according to the release. Wesley allegedly left her body in the car and parked it at a church parking lot where she was found a week later. <\/p>\n<p>Jones was reported missing July 7 after she didn\u2019t pick up her grandchild and wasn\u2019t responding to phone calls, according to the release. Four days later, her body was found in her car in the Fullerton church parking lot. <\/p>\n<p>Jones pulled up to the police department around 2:46 p.m. on July 4, according to video surveillance. A witness allegedly saw Wesley getting out of the vehicle after Jones\u2019 body slumped over in the driver\u2019s seat. Wesley allegedly pushed his mother\u2019s body into the passenger seat, got into the driver\u2019s seat and then drove away, according to prosecutors. <\/p>\n<p>Wesley has pleaded not guilty and is being held on no bail at the Orange County Jail, according to the release. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe death of any human being is a tragedy,\u201d said Orange County Dist. Atty. 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