Dateline: Unraveled - Who was Dwight Jones and what do we know about his crimes? Disturbing details from the true crime episode, revealed

This Dateline episode chronicles the tale of a man who, according to his ex-wife Connie Jones, was a maniac. Her testimony was supported by her lifestyle, where she was constantly looking over her shoulder, never using the same grocery store for too long, and never sticking to a routine on her commute to work. She said:

"He told me that he would wait until my defenses were down and then he would get me."

The episode titled Unraveled reveals that her ex-husband Dwight Jones' death was the one thing that let her breathe a sigh of relief after the entire ordeal.

Dateline reveals disturbing details regarding Dwight Jones, who appears to be involved in the death of six people in Arizona, all six of whom seem to have some connection to the couple getting divorced, and had his ex-wife scared for her and her child's lives. Here are some disturbing details of Dwight Jones' crimes as seen on Unraveled.

Dateline: Unraveled chronicles Dwight Jones' crimes and Connie Jones' relief at his death

Dateline: Unraveled reveals that, according to the authorities, Dwight Jones had always been bitter about his divorce from Connie and had taken it upon himself to confront the people who were connected with it.

It was Connie Jones' current husband, Rick Anglin, a former police detective, who first noticed the connections between the murders and informed the authorities. Dwight's targets included two women who worked at the same law firm as Connie's divorce attorney. The attorney revealed that one of the women, Valeria Sharp, was 48 and had worked at the firm for less than a year, whereas the other, Laura Anderson, 49, had worked there for almost a decade.

The next target was a little more directly connected, as Dwight decided to confront the forensic psychiatrist who testified for the divorce proceedings. Steven Pitt, 59, had testified that Dwight had anxiety and mood disorders and was therefore inclined towards being violent towards Connie and her children. Dwight Jones shot Pitt to his death.

The next target, according to the authorities, as seen on Dateline, was a marriage counselor, Marshall Levine. This crime was apparently a result of mistaken identity, as he rented a space from his son's therapist. The final two killings were Bryon Thomas and Mary Simmons, who met up with Jones occasionally at local tennis parks. Connie confessed to having never known the couple or Dwight to have any friends.

As seen on Dateline: Unraveled, along with Anglin noticing a pattern to these killings, the shell casings found near the crime scene revealed that the shootings and the murders were a result of the same gun. Dwight Jones was being hunted by the authorities for his crimes, and he ended up taking his own life in a Scottsdale hotel when they were closing in on him.

Connie Jones had tried it all, from protection orders to safe houses and sturdy vigilance, but it was only Dwight's death that seemed to grant her some sort of relief and ease her fears:

"I felt that I had a personal terrorist. I had someone who was specifically targeting me, someone who had time and nothing else to do but think about how to hurt me. His death, I think, is the best thing to come out of this ordeal."

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