The Fort Worth woman who Mayor Mattie Parker said was involved in leaving a casket outside the mayor’s home three years ago posted on social media about seeking to borrow one just days before the incident, according to police reports.

However, police say it is unlikely the woman, Patrice Jones, was at the scene of the December 2022 incident.

On Thursday, Jones said she made a post about a casket but did not recall why, noting that a lot was happening in the city three years ago. She said she did not seek a casket to leave at Parker’s home.

In a post dated Dec. 3, 2022, Jones wrote, “Any funeral home willing to allow use of a casket for tomorrow? We also need some buses from some churches,” according to police records released to the Fort Worth Report late Oct. 15.

One week after Jones’

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