Michael Jones was shot in the face as he slept in his Bloomingdale home in February. When he recovered, he filed for divorce from his alleged assailant, Ann, his wife of 29 years.
Police said that early Sunday Ann Jones used a more powerful handgun, and this time her estranged husband did not survive.
She has been charged with murder.
Ann Jones, 54, had been released from jail on $500,000 bond in April after the first attack, and she moved to Glendale Heights to deal with the divorce proceedings. She also faced a court order of protection that Michael Jones, 50, had obtained against her.
There were no further reports of problems between the two until Sunday. Police said Ann Jones entered her husband’s Bloomingdale home and shot him in the head as he slept.
In both shootings, the couple’s son, Todd Jones, 29, was in the home, and the first time he saved his father’s life. Police said he tried to rescue his father the second time.
The first shooting took place on Feb. 27 in the family home in the 100 block of Hingham Lane. Four days earlier, the couple had discussed a divorce, according to Enrico Mirabelli, Michael Jones’ attorney, and on the night of Feb. 26, the couple and their son went out to dinner and then returned to the Bloomingdale home.
As Michael Jones slept, police said, his wife shot him with a .22-caliber pistol, sending a bullet smashing into his teeth and ricocheting into his jaw.
Bloomingdale police said that after being shot the husband pushed his wife’s hand aside, and a second bullet tore into his arm. At that moment, Todd Jones came into the room and wrestled the gun away, said Police Chief Gary Schira.
Ann Jones was captured by Itasca and Elk Grove police after a short chase.
After spending several days in the hospital, Michael Jones filed for divorce and obtained the order of protection.
In his testimony seeking the order of protection, Michael Jones said he believed his wife was going to kill him and Todd and burn their home. He also predicted that once Ann Jones learned about the protection order he was seeking, she would become “enraged and become physically abusive and try to kill me again.”
After she was released from jail in April, Ann Jones moved to 1880 Somerset Drive, Glendale Heights.
Police allege that she crept into her husband’s home at 6 a.m. Sunday and shot him numerous times in the head with a 9 mm handgun.
Police arrested Ann Jones in the home, and she was ordered held without bond Monday morning by DuPage County Circuit Judge Cary Pierce.
“He had an order of protection against her and still this happened,” said DuPage County State’s Atty. Joseph Birkett. “Our system works, and these safeguards are usually enough, but if someone wants to kill someone, they will find a way.”
Schira said Ann Jones had never been charged with any crime before the February shooting. Police said they have been called to the home before, but they declined to be specific about the nature of the calls.
Harry Smith, Ann Jones’ attorney, said he had met with his client Monday, but he declined to comment.
Mirabelli declined to be specific about factors leading to the divorce action filed by Michael Jones, other than citing irreconcilable differences and mental cruelty, but he said Monday that his client had been very concerned about his safety.
“Michael was in fear of what could happen, and it’s a miracle that he was able to rebound so well after the first shooting,” Mirabelli said.
Michael Jones was a ramp supervisor for United Airlines at O’Hare International Airport and had returned to work after the February shooting.
Ann Jones is a native of South Korea. She married her husband after the two met while he was on a military tour of duty.
