BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A condemned serial killer from Tennessee has been sent to Brevard County to face murder charges.
Henry Lee Jones has already been given two death sentences for the murders of an elderly couple near Memphis, Tennessee.
However, he is in Brevard County to stand trial for the murder of 19-year-old Carlos Perez in a Super 8 motel room.
In 2003, police said Jones brought Perez from South Florida to a Super 8 on US-1 in Melbourne, tied him up, raped him, and then strangled him and slit his throat.
Perez was found hog tied, which was the same way his other victims were discovered.
"Because we had a victim brutally murdered here, we wanted to have that victim and his family have their day in court here and give justice to them," said Assistant State Attorney Michael Hunt.
Prosecutors said even though he's already been sentenced to death twice, the state is going forward, despite the expense of a death penalty case.
"Money is not the question; it is justice for Carlos Perez and his family," said Hunt.
In court on Friday, he asked for the belongings he left in Tennessee.
"I was shipped from Tennessee to Florida without anything. My glasses, my bible, my legal work, anything," said Jones.
Jones will stay in Brevard County until the trial, and then he will go back to Tennessee and await execution.