Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested 47-year-old Thomas Banks after they say he admitted to killing a 39-year-old woman on Christmas Day.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A man is behind bars after Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office detectives said he turned himself in Tuesday for the shooting death of a woman on Christmas Day 2024.
Detectives arrested 47-year-old Thomas Banks Tuesday morning after they said he turned himself in for the murder of 39-year-old Lisa Santos.
On December 25, 2024, JSO officers responded to an apartment complex on Dunn Avenue. They found Santos with a gunshot wound to her chest. She died before she could be taken to a hospital.
JSO homicide detectives began investigating. After reviewing video footage, statements from witnesses, and other evidence, detectives identified Banks as Santos’ killer. On Friday, May 22, 2026, an arrest warrant was issued for Banks.
On Tuesday, Banks turned himself in. He is now behind bars at the Duval County jail on a $850,000 bond.