Jones's family last heard from her while she was in North Charleston, South Carolina on February 26, 2011. She spoke to her father on the phone that day and said she was at the airport and needed money to fly to southern California. She never called her son on his birthday on March 7, which is uncharacteristic of her. Jones's boyfriend's stepfather said he picked them both up at a bus station in Orange County, California and drove them to a friend's house, and hadn't heard from either of them since then. Few details are available in Jones's case. Both South Carolina and California police are investigating.