jquery json string 转换 合并

Jquery 1.9.1

var BODY = {
    "recipients": {
        "values": []
    },
   "subject": ‘TitleOfSubject‘,
   "body": ‘This is the message body.‘
}

var values = [], names = [‘sheikh‘, ‘muhammed‘, ‘Answer‘, ‘Uddin‘, ‘Heera‘];
for (var ln = 0; ln < names.length; ln++) {
    var item1 = {
        "person": { "_path": "/people/"+names[ln] }
    };
    values.push(item1);
}
var strJson=JSON.stringify(values);
alert("this is str:"+strJson);
    var jsonObj = jQuery.parseJSON( strJson);
alert( jsonObj[0].person._path);

$.extend(BODY.recipients.values, values);
console.log(BODY);