Hayley Jones, Brian Lewis: ‘#KillerPost’ To Air Facebook Murder Of Woman Killed Over Relationship Status Change On Oxygen


Hayley Jones was a young U.K. mother who was stabbed to death by her longtime boyfriend Brian Lewis seven years ago all because she changed her Facebook relationship status from married to single. Hayley’s story will be on #KillerPost‘s upcoming episode “Jones/ Lewis.” The Oxygen documentary will recreate the chilling events and provide commentary by crime experts, police detectives, and others who have a deep knowledge of the case. For the 26-year-old mother’s death, Brian Lewis was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Oxygen’s #KillerPost will highlight how the death of the young mother became international news in March 2009, after she was found on the floor of her South Wales home with a knife embedded into her chest. The victim had been found by her small children. Her horrified mother was shocked to learn that her daughter was murdered, especially by a man who claimed to love her. They had been together for years. In fact, Hayley Jones’ mother had allowed her 13-year-old daughter to date 18-year-old Brian Lewis, and even let the couple live together under her roof. Brian seemed to be in love with Hayley, and since he was having so many problems at home, he was allowed to stay in their home, according to Daily Mail.

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Hayley Jones gave birth to her first child at the age of 16, and then had three other children. The couple eventually settled into their new home, which wasn’t far from Hayley’s mother. Everything seemed okay. People say Brian and Hayley had been together for such a long time that they seemed like an old married couple.

But as time progressed, the pressures of marriage started to disrupt the couple’s once loving relationship. For starters, Brian Lewis had a hard time keeping a job and it was Hayley who had to go out and earn money for the family. Hayley resented having to leave her babies because Brian couldn’t provide. And Brian became more jealous and possessive of Hayley Jones’ new life outside of the home. Friends and family members say that Brian started to change. He became increasingly upset, and often called Hayley names in front of the children.

And when she began socializing on Facebook, he became even more suspicious, thinking that perhaps she was talking to other guys online. But getting on social media was a way for Hayley Jones to chat with her girlfriends to share her problems, and it provided a place for her to release some tension. Before long, she grew tired of Brian Lewis and decided it was time to leave him. Detectives say Hayley began posting status updates about her relationship problems and eventually changed her Facebook relationship status from married to single — an act that sent an already disturbed Brian Lewis over the edge, causing him to strangle and stab Hayley to death as she slept. It was a deliberate and monstrous act that will forever haunt Hayley’s children. Her poor mother stated the following, according to Wales Online.

“Why kill her in the first place. Why didn’t he just put his hands up to it. Why couldn’t he have left it there?

“Yes, she changed her status to single on Facebook because they were splitting up.

“But she was just chatting to friends and family. Even the police forensic team said it was idle chit-chat. She did nothing wrong. She was faithful from day one. He just killed Hayley because of his own paranoia. He took our angel away from us for no reason.”

The story of Hayley Jones is a cautionary tale for women about the dangers of being with a man who shows controlling and violent tendencies, and also the role that social media can play on a couple’s relationship. Watch an all new #KillerPost on Oxygen this Saturday at 9/8 pm. central. Check out some more articles about #KillerPost— the Seath Jackson, Michael Bargo case.

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