Nicole Jones

Nicole Jones

“	I never wanted her. Mark brought her in to our home. I had a daughter; she was murdered. So I'm supposed to let the ghost of that murderer live with me? Sleep in our next room?	„
	~ Nicole Jones revealing her hatred of her adopted daughter Haley.

Nicole Jones is the main antagonist from "Turn, Turn, Turn", episode 9.16 of CSI.

She was portrayed by Lisa Darr.

History

Backstory

Nicole Jones is the wife of Mark Jones, who was the manager of a motel. 16 years prior to the episode's events, Nicole and Mark left their infant daughter, Melissa, in the care of babysitter Tanya Carrow, but on that night, Tanya left Melissa unattended in the bathtub and she ended up drowning. A remorseful Tanya later became pregnant and decided to give her baby to the Joneses to make amends. While Mark welcomed their new daughter (whom they named Haley) with open arms, Nicole was the exact opposite. Nicole resented Haley's presence and abused, mainly verbally, the child who, for Nicole, was a reminder of Tanya.

A few months before the episode's events, Tanya approached Mark about seeing Haley, leading to Mark giving her a room in which to stay. Nicole later confronted Tanya and engaged in a fight with her, vowing Tanya would never see Haley again. She poisoned Tanya's coffee with a lethal dose of meth, to make the woman's death look like suicide via overdose. She was later seen by a witness tossing two cups of coffee into a dumpster.

Events

Following Tanya's murder, Nicole continued her controlling and abusive ways towards Haley, and it all came to a head with an eruption over Haley's hairstyle, which made her look like Tanya. Nicole threatened to cut Haley's hair, which prompted the teenager to storm out. Nicole chased after Haley with a pair of scissors. The chase ended with Nicole plunging the scissors into Haley, killing her instantly, and leaving Nicole in a panic.

Nick Stokes was on the case and it was personal to him, as he had met Haley exactly one year prior when he was working a case at the same motel. He was also on Tanya's case. The aforementioned witness informed Nick about Nicole tossing the cups of coffee, stating that one of the cups smelled like meth. That statement revealed Nicole as the killer, and during Nick's interrogation, Nicole stated that she thought Haley's look was disgusting and she used the scissors to scare her into doing what she was told, while venting about Haley's rebellious attitude. When it came to Tanya's death, Nicole revealed her true hatred of Haley, saying she had never wanted her and referring to Haley as the ghost of Melissa's killer. Nicole was then arrested (off-screen) for both murders.