Aphrodite Jones
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Aphrodite Jones promo for True Crime with Aphrodite Jones
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Aphrodite Alicia Jones November 27, 1958 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Residence | Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Reporter, author, executive producer |
Aphrodite Jones (born November 27, 1958) is an American author, reporter, and television producer. Jones is an executive producer and the host of the television series True Crime with Aphrodite Jones. Previously, Jones hosted a show called The Justice Hunters for USA Network, and was a crime reporter for FOX News, covering the trials of Scott Peterson, Michael Jackson, and Dennis Rader for The O'Reilly Factor and Geraldo At Large.
Jones was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Captain Ashton Blair Jones Jr., and Maria Kalloumenous. Jones' father served as a communications and tactical officer during World War II, served in the Korean War and later was the Director of the Navy Material Laboratory in Brooklyn, New York, where he met and married Maria.The couple had two girls, Aphrodite and Janet. Ashton received the title of Rear Admiral when he retired from the Navy.
After attending UCLA, Jones worked as a celebrity beat reporter for United Features Syndicate.
In 1992, Jones was teaching English at Cumberland College in Williamsburg, Kentucky, when she published her first book, The FBI Killer, about Mark Putnam, the first active FBI agent convicted of homicide. The book was the source material for the 1994 made-for-television film Betrayed by Love, starring Patricia Arquette and Steven Weber.
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