Sault Ste. Marie murder trial scheduled for January 2026
Dates for a two-month jury trial have been set for a 25-year-old Toronto man accused of second-degree murder and attempted murder in a stabbing spree in Sault Ste. Marie last fall.
In a court hearing Wednesday, the trial of Steven Jones was scheduled to begin Jan. 5, 2026 and last eight weeks.
That marks 28 months after he allegedly killed 22-year-old Taylor Marshall and stabbed a man on the boardwalk .
A photo of the 22-year-old homicide victim, Taylor Marshall, uploaded to her social media account May 8/23. (Facebook)
Liam Frenette was honoured in by Sault Ste. Marie Police Service for his strength and will to live after surviving the stabbing attack while sitting on a bench at the waterfront boardwalk.
The attacks that happened Sept. 7 have been called "random acts of violence" by Sault police Insp. Brent Duguay.
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Taylor's body was found in a John Street apartment building, several kilometres away from where a victim was stabbed on the city's waterfront.
The scene scene of a now murder investigation at at residence on John Street in Sault Ste. Marie on Sept. 8/23. (Mike McDonald/CTV News Northern Ontario)
Steven Jones is charged in connection with the death of 22-year-old Taylor Marshall, whose body was found Sept. 7 in a multi-unit residential building on John Street. (File)
Yellow police caution tape cordon off a portion of the Sault Ste. Marie waterfront boardwalk. Sept. 7/23 (Mike McDonald/CTV Northern Ontario)
Jones has been in police custody since his arrest on the day of the attacks.
None of the charges has been proven in court.
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