The local teenager police are calling a person of interest in his grandmother’s death remains in custody in Buffalo, New York.
On Monday, Logan Mott’s extradition hearing was postponed until Wednesday afternoon, according to his attorney, Dominic Saraceno.
The same day, police confirmed 53-year-old Kristina French’s remains were the ones found behind Mott’s father’s Neptune Beach home, Saraceno came to Mott’s defense.
“It doesn’t add up, and that’s why I ask the public not to rush to judgment,” Saraceno said.
“[Logan Mott is] adamant that he had nothing to do with his grandmothers death, [and] he feels horrible that she’s no longer with us,” Saraceno added.
Officers said Mott was caught Friday in Buffalo near the Canadian border, but police have not said if Mott had the guns stolen from his father’s home with him.
Police haven’t said when they believe Mott hit the road.
Action News Jax Law and Safety Expert Dale Carson said the two most important questions yet to be answered are how and when French was killed.
“This is an important case for the community to get to the bottom of this, because realize this: If Logan Mott is not the perpetrator, that means there is a killer on the loose in Jacksonville,” Carson said.
'He pretty much kept to himself'
Students at Sandalwood High School tell Action News Jax that everyone was talking about their classmate, Mott, who many said they didn't know.
Students said they are shocked and saddened by the news. One student said he was in the same program as Mott, and early college program, and that Mott always kept to himself.
"A lot of people really didn't know who he was. And then when they heard he was a Sandalwood student, they're like, 'Where did he come from?'" student Terrence Thomas said.
"I really didn't know too much about him. But I did know he was a really quiet kid -- I saw him around school a couple times. We was in the same program, the early college program. He pretty much kept to himself," student Ranard Domes said.