His injuries were consistent with attackers having jumped on his chest while he lay on the ground. In January 1987, Raymond Keam was killed in Alison Park, Randwick, Sydney.
An independent police report described it as the result of a "'high-spirited frolic' that went wrong". Two police officers were charged but acquitted, and the case was said to have been the subject of a government cover-up. Jones refused to identify their attackers out of fear for his life.