On June 10th, 2007, Zach Jones was beaten to death after his friends accidentally sent a text message to someone they didn't know, simply asking what they were doing over the weekend. That innocent mistake led to a cell phone battle with a jealous boyfriend on the other end of line and a beating that left so many people wondering why.

Tina Jones says her son Zach was about as loyal as they come. "Once he was your friend, he always had your back,” she says. “He truly had your back."

Watching out for a friend is partly what cost Zach his life.

One year ago, Tina says her son died from a beating at Atchley Park, in an epic fight over something trivial that Zach didn't do.

"They were trying to text a girl, and they texted it to a wrong number, which was the girlfriend of one of the guys that was involved in this,” says Tina. “Then she called the boyfriend to try to make him jealous."

Zach was with his friends Steven and Matt. Steven ran to get help, but Matt couldn't run anywhere.

"It was a pretty quick ordeal,” recalls Matt Bankston. Matt couldn't move because he was beaten with baseball bats and tire tools that left him with several skull fractures, partial paralyzation and speech challenges.

"I would trade places with Zach,” says the now-18-year-old Matt. “I started it. I sent the text message and talked smack.”

In this last year, Matt has blamed himself for Zach's death because Zach was a friend who had his back until Zach couldn’t.

“I kind of thought I was bulletproof. Every 17 year old boy has it in their minds,” says Matt. "I'm not as angry anymore."

"Nine people were down at that park,” says Tina. “Nine people came to meet 17-year-old boys."

Tina has spent the last year finding courage to share her story. Though she's happy to see a memorial at Atchley Park being built in Zach's honor, she mostly wants justice for all the people supposedly involved. "There should've been more charges,” says Tina. "I never thought he was going to die.”

Four people faced charges for that fatal beating, but one person hanged himself in jail. However, Tina Jones says it’s no secret that at least nine people were there watching, including a 51-year-old grandmother and even a 12-year-old kid. The trial is set for late this year.