She Killed Her Stepdad After Finding 100s of Her Nude Photos on His Laptop - The Jade Janks Story
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- Опубліковано 8 бер 2023
- The 39-year-old California woman who murdered her stepdad after discovering hundreds of her nude photos on his laptop was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Jade Janks, who claimed she had a close relationship with her stepfather, Thomas Merriman, killed him with a combination of strangulation, suffocation, and lethal doses of prescription pills. The Law&Crime Network’s Jesse Weber breaks down the case.
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"Tom was a son, a father, a brother, a best man, a blah blah blah... a pervert, a weirdo, a psycho. a betrayer.
😂
Pervert or not, someone having naked pictures of you does not mean you get to murder them.
Who was murdered by his stepdaughter. She was old enough to know not to act impulsively. I thought she was a teen or in her 20s but she's 39! She lived enough to think and know murder is not the way to go with her creepy step-dad😬
Exactlyyyyyyy tfff
@@grassfeddie021clearly she doesn’t matter. Not saying he deserved to die, but maybe don’t be creeping on your step daughter…. She might just find out and kill you…. 🤷🏼♀️
A “good person” does not have naked pictures of his step daughter.
His family’s denial on who Tom was is disturbing!
Was there evidence of pictures on his computer ?
@@scalonie8242 No evidence of any of her photos on his computer.
True story there!
@@scalonie8242 Yeah...the pictures on his computer.
If there's no evidence how can anyone be certain?
Imagine your brother collecting naked photos of his daughter, and then you stand in a court of law and blame her for taking them.
and Imagine your brother then murdered by said daughter.......LOL. Clown.
Right!! Grieve for what he thought he was, but don't paint him out to be a saint when his family should actually be repulsed omg.
He skipped over that rather quickly at sentencing, didn't he
Imagine being murdered in cold blood !
that does not justify murder. you cannot simply kill someone just because you dont like what they did or who they are. Nudes dont entitle Death.
so cringe how they say "she chose to send those images out" yeah to her boyfriend not her stepdad like wtff
This wasn't murder. This was just taking out the trash. I'm sorry that she got caught.
LMFAO agreed sandra.
allegedly taking nude photos is a death penalty offense now?
@@darnelljackson2160 what do you mean?
@@darnelljackson2160 dude ur the problem find a reason to make this okay you weirdo
Must be nice living in the ghettos.
I gotta say, my mom and step-dad have been together for 36 years, since I was 10. If I found naked pictures of myself on his computer, or in his possession, I don't know what I would do. BUT if I found naked pictures of my daughter in his possession, I know EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD DO.
I caught my Moms ex husband videotaping me changing through my window when I was 12. I looked up from my mirror it was directly next to my window and I seen our family video camera in the window. I could see a small red light and “Sony” and immediately recognized what it was. I ran downstairs to where the camera was usually plugged in and it was gone. I ran outside and found a ladder under my window. I then ran in my driveway and found my Moms Ex in his car I screamed “what the F are you doing” and he said “I’m checking the lights in my car” while he looked shakey and wide eyed. I knew exactly what had happened but my Mom just wouldn’t believe it. I don’t know maybe she just couldn’t. She kicked me out and accused me of trying to ruin her life. He never had enough guts to touch me, I was a strong willed big mouthed kid. I would have told everyone and I did tell everyone exactly what happened. Anyone who would listen until my Mother finally took my side years later. She lies to people now and tells them she left him right away but that’s an outright lie. She kicked me out and stayed with him for two years while I lived with my Nana and didn’t leave until my Grandfather told her she could move in our family vacation cottage until she got back on her feet and by then her ex was sleeping with some guy named Jeff and my Mom caught him crossdressing in her clothing with Jeff.
@@samsalamander8147 Oh my goodness I'm so sorry to read of your horrible experiences. He sounds like an unbelievable sicko.
@sam salamander He sounds like a horrible person but how can you ever forgive your mum!
CAP
I would of done the same thing. He had it coming
i love my family but if i saw anyone in the family do something like this to another family member, i would 100% not be up there defending him
I cannot believe they had the audacity to blame her for the photos
It's misogyny
@@sleepybunny-ig8hg I hate it :(
Who else is to blame then lol
A you also not believe they blamed her for murdering someone ?? lol
Yeah. This part. That guys brother is as sick as he was.
The fact that his brother said it was her fault for not deleting the photos really just shows how in favor people are of predators
She's amurderer and sitting in a grey box where she belongs
He's a pr**k but he said "disseminating" not deleting.
There's a psychological term for this phenomenon. They're called "flying monkeys". Which is what the brother is.They're the people that malignant narcissistic psychopaths stir up against their targeted "scapegoat". The "flying monkeys" obey their psychopathic masters to the point of lying, manipulating and covering for them either through deception and mis-characterization or through blind obedience. I sadly speak from experience on this. Although unlike here, I never have, and never will, become the monster that they want to turn you in to like may be the case here. The best way to think of the narcissistic psychopath is as literal vampires. They either want to feed off their scapegoats suffering like a vampire does blood or they want to turn their scapegoat into the monsters that they are. And one of the ways they do this by stirring up people against their target. It's a truly sad and sick dynamic that these psychopaths are natural at.
@laura Only puritan scumbags care more about nude photos than torturing and killing a possible 'creep'. Get help.
It is misogyny - plain and simple.
I'm most disgusted by the way the victim's family just brushes the pics of his nude stepdaughter off as if he had told an inappropriate joke while simultaneously making his application for sainthood.
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Word.
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There were no pictures, did you even follow the case?
For the last time, THERE WERE NO PICTURES EVER FOUND. It was something she concocted to cover for the murder.
WE LET THE TEACHERS WHO GRAPE YOUNG BOYS OFF WITH 10 YEARS, BUT WE SEND HER TO JAIL FOR LIFE!? What the f***!
She MURDERED somebody!!!
The female teachers maybe, the men get crucified. Plus she ya know, tortured and murdered him... hello?
lol bro women get off the easiest hands down in SA and these types of cases
She murdered a man, and then destroyed the hard drive that housed the so called images. All of her actions says that she is a cold blooded killer. An innocent person wouldn't have destroyed the evidence.
she put a monster down@@YousirArdume
It's insane to me how supportive families are of their sick twisted family members. My family have disowned me after I told my family I was physically dependent on opiates.
It's really not our fault if Dr prescribes them. And all the power to you for reaching out for help to get off them. It's alot harder to do when family members are on board and not turning against you for just a bigger pie.
My ex was arrested of DV a few days ago. He strangled me and gave me bruises and kicked my door in, and a lot of other crap. His mom didn’t even want me to call the police. She wants me to drop charges. I’m looking for a lawyer. My state also gets to choose, not me, if a charge is dropped or not. Protects me from liability
Glad you felt strong enough to share and are still sharing! You are so worthy of support and you deserve to enjoy your life and have a good quality of life !!
Actually there was no evidence in support of Jade’s claims but extensive and explicit evidence of her guilt, with witnesses, so we just have to call it a murderer attempting to blame her victim.
@bordstif84 I have chronic pancreatitis and was on pain management for 3 years, then the opioid crisis happened. I told my family I can't go more than 3 hours without an opiate. In a week my truck was sold out from under me, I was kicked out and just went the homeless route cause I was too embarrassed to ask my friends for help. Did that for 9 months finally got into a rehab. Been 3 years, and unfortunately my sister passed away last year right at Easter :(
Him calling her “the killer” while not at all acknowledging that his brother was clearly a perv.
being akiller is 1000% worse then being a perv, get a grip, he did not dserve to be murderd, wtf.
She should have called the. State Troopers. They would have licked him up for a very long time. I think she just lost it. Should have gotten 15 years and ten on probation
@@thecanadakid7622 perv around and find out
what makes him a perv? the photos didn't exist
It's really sad that you somehow have twisted your mentality in such a way that murder is ok... Take note that I didn't say self defense, or taking a life. I specifically said murder, because that's what it was.
I CANNOT BELIEVE the AUDACITY of the man's brother pointing fingers at her and calling her immoral for having pictures of herself and her body just proves the type of family the stepfather had come from
But you cannot put a death sentence on everything.... what if you looked wrong at a woman and she thinks 'I have to kill her', you know how some wonen are, would also not be right.
CANNOT BELIEVE the AUDACITY of YOU... there were no pics, you really believe she was cleaning his house and bumped the mouse, then nude pics of her popped up on the screen, then you believe that when she found them she opened up the computer, takes the hard drive out and destroys it beyond repair?
She couldn't even open the computer up, much less find the hard drive and take it out, too, then destroy the hard drive so that even pros could not find anything on it.
NO PICS were ever found, that is all her made up story after the murder.
Here's some verified texts of hers that she sent to the guy that went to the cops when she called him for help with the murder
...prosecutors said, prompting Janks to send a series of texts, including:
“He’s waking up. I really don’t want to be the one to do this.”
“He is waking up and I really need help.”
“I am about to club him on the head as he is waking up.”
“It’s going to be Weekend at Bernie’s.”
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You women are easily controlled by the media, a very dangerous crowd.
Me either! How dare they accuse their brothers murderer after he had looked at her nudies!
@@alexthedeal1827 right, that's why we have a legal system and don't get to dole out our individual punishments....What's worth death to one isn't for others
Perhaps she sent them to him....just saying how he have them if she took them....sumpin' ain't right
I can’t imagine the trauma of finding out your own stepfather has been collecting naked pictures of you secretly for years.
No pics were found on his computer.
trust no male. duh
Well, Jade imagined it....
But y even have naked pictures of yrself. Unless yr changing clothes r getting in the shower.
If Jade was such a good woman, why did she stab him - instead of reporting him to the police 🚨👮🏼 ? Because she ain't a great person but a liar.
When he said I lost 90 minutes of sleep in the last 2 years 🤣🤣🤣 Bro is serious about his sleep schedule. So relatable
I had to rewind the video and put captions on to confirm what I thought I heard him say. Insane how he keeps track of his sleep schedule. He's a weirdo.
🤦🤣🤣🤡
who said that?
I just commented the same thing😂😂 i bet he is fun at parties
I had to rewind to because sir, 90 in two years is laughable. Maybe 90 days worth of sleep.
I think you forget that people who are predators are GREAT at giving the community the idea they are "kind, loving, caring, etc"
And many people forget that murderers are GREAT at lying about their actions and trying to blame their victims...
@@gauisblach7757 her behaviour is nothing like those who have been tried before
You’re right. In fact most normal ppl are not as likeable because they are not outwardly performing for others. Predators are deathly afraid of exposure and invest excessive effort to stay off everyone’s radar. Particularly child predators. They are often the life of the party, and the most helpful neighbour and funniest grandfather. To the point that a Jekyll and Hyde scenario is unfathomable to all.
@@CikisHelyzet spot on!!!
This is exactly what i was thinking
Not even 6 minutes in and I’m highly concerned how family and friends defend this man. None of them are trusting either.
I would be willing to bet that the step-uncle is an even bigger pervert than his dead brother was.
@@aidialces shes guilty get over it. She said she dosed him plain and simple she murdered him plain and simple
@@tysonwelter8803 Yeah but she did a community service
@@tysonwelter8803 none of the pervs are gonna make it. Plain and simple.
@@jedimindtrixr4kidz294 💯
The sad thing is that some child abusers get out on probation with little or no jail time.
All the real father needed to say was " I am her father and I HAVE ZERO NAKED PHOTOGRAPHS OF HER" .
There was no evidence that Tom had any of the alleged photos on his computer.
As soon as she found those photos I'm sure she did wanna kill him but she should've called the police and turned him in. And for people to act like that sick man was such a great guy is disgustingly disturbing.
Lol turned him in for what?
How do we know what she's saying is true though? Nobody has even seen the laptop
For what exactly. That’s evil. That’s sick. That’s going to scar her for life. While he just sits behind bars. Jail isn’t as bad as it used to be or we think :) especially with todays system that likes to cater to criminals.
She was down with it prolly untill sumn happen or she was tryna get somemoney or tryna make em sign sumn maybe idk
@@Bleeeeed not every woman want you lmao n remember tht 😂😭
I’m disgusted by the family, apparently he had elementary age kids photos too but he was a decent guy? Who are these people. I’m wondering if there is way more to this, what exactly pushed her to do this besides the obvious photos .
As soon as I heard the first man with his tears I rolled my eyes. How many people have we heard that are "loved in their community" that turn out to be disgusting!!
I'm disgusted by how many people believe a murderer's word with zero evidence lol
It would be interesting to see who was in his will.
Tragically, it's common for the families of sicko ped0phíļes to protect and enable the sickos to continue to prey upon çhíļdŕen. They are equally as guilty as the main perpetrator.
Didn't they say the elementary photo allegations are untrue?
Poor girl.. while the family is talking about the stepdads character, she looks like she wants to scream, cry, and vomit all at once.😢
Yes it looks like her first exposure to accountability.
There's no excuse for murder.
pedophiles exposing themself in the comments (you)@@anaromello
Poor little murderer...I funny how so many are willing to take a murderers word for anyhtign.
poor girl? is your brain damaged? she is a murdering demon
The way she's looking at him.. she's in so much pain. She just wanted it to stop
That looks like her first exposure to accountability...
Tbh it's so disgusting! How would you feel if the person you called dad was perving over your nudes, omg that makes me feel sick!!
I bet she felt completely violated
Not as violated as the step father felt though lol
@@trevorbird4245 how was he violated ?
@@emeliagaskell he was murdered
how do you think he felt? This horrible woman deserves the death penalty. Thanks.
@@trevorbird4245killed*. There's a difference.
My mum had an affair and when we moved away from the marital home I felt like a weight had been taken off my shoulders.
Little did I know within two weeks of moving ‘he’ came to live with us. From then on my close bond with my mother came undone and all she cared about was ‘him’
I hated be alone with ‘him’ as ‘he’ made me feel so uncomfortable and when I became 16 years old ‘he’ staring to act really pervy round me.
Apparently ‘he’ liked to come in my room when I was asleep to check if I was alright. I didn’t know anything about this until I moved out and told me ‘he’d’ seen my lower half.
If I hadn’t have moved out I’m scared to what could have happened. ‘He’ was a perv, and when I think about ‘him’ my skin crawls.
My mother is still with him and now I have nothing to do with her or ‘him’.
I agree with you 💯 you have done the right thing by going no contact I know it's difficult but now you have peace of mind 💕🌺💕
I hear you but can you explain to me why you are quoting him and he?
@@D_A-G Probably because they hold the person in such strong distaste- I’ve done that before for that reason
You must have done something to provoke his interest. Girls often do this. You obviously had a subconscious desire to sleep with him.
It's very tragic when a parent (usually the mother) chooses the boyfriend before the safety of their child. So sorry for your experience.
Why do families so often defend this type of dude, whilst villainizing the victim? Gross. Eff him.
There was no evidence of the pictures existing. She made it up. Stop being gullible.
Probably because there is no evidence that he did anything wrong and your are basing your conclusion on the word of a murderer.
Having naked pictures of her doesn't allow her to kill him. It's that simple. He had a right to live and not be murdered. It's gross what he did but this is wonton murder.
Demons love demons .
She definitely doesn’t deserve life in prison. What is wrong with that jury?
I mean she does tho
She killed a man tf
Agreed.
@@user-ye6dk2fw6t*she saved who knows how many more victims from that sick monster.
She could’ve just stole his computer and called the cops and showed the cops especially if they were underage photos of her as a minor
He got what he deserved.
His brother blaming her for taking the photos with her boyfriend shows what trash he came from.
No. Not at all. Don't send out nudes if you don't want your step dad or family to see them. Not even proven he had any pictures. Crazy you believe anything. If he really had such materials, she would have shown it to police or at least left it there for them
To be "emotional" hurt....Come on! Get over it! Society is getting too soft and everyone so "personal hurt feelings". Premeditated and calculated murder is not justified
It shows you what kind of family they are when they aren't even honest with their own mother
His family should admit that he was disgusting!
They're just as disgusting as they didn't intervene.
Yes. Lord knows what I would have done if that was me it's sick!! What perve!! Whatever reason he was the step-father!!
She is a liar and a killer. She deserves her fate
Nowhere near as disgusting as you.
You are disgusting and clearly evil
They need to investigate the rest of his family
If he had pictures of his own daughter imagine what he would do to someone else's child. She will take this with her the rest of her life, he will never be able to hurt anyone ever again. JUSTICE was served!
He never hurt anyone he stole pictures . Relax . Thank hod she is in jail for life
@christiancastro5746 physical and mental hurt are two completely different things. Dude was deranged so are the family members for taking up for a low life excuse of a dad
@@douglaslove21 there's no way to spin this. It matters zero how "close" a stepfather and stepdaughter are. When the only actual crime is data theft, a death sentence is not answer. Great job sticking up for a murderer because I guess you think the mere sight of your body is sacred. Newsflash: it's not.
Hopefully Jade will never be able to murder anyone else, ever again. Justice was served.
^^^ all the above comments more than likely yall are the target audience on family and stepsis vids on the hub 🤣
This woman did so well throughout her life. I think she had a psych break when she saw those pictures and felt her entire relationship with stepdad had been a lie. Her birth dad really stepped up on her behalf. I definitely don't condone what she did - so many other options - #1 notifying the police, confronting step dad, erasing the pics and stepdad from her life, etc...
What pictures? No proof they ever existed. Too many commenters on here are sympathetic to the female murderer. Why? No naked pics were ever entered into evidence so no motive is known. Only proof/evidence we have is that the female defendant killed her stepfather. Maybe the motive will come out someday.
If I found naked pictures of me on my stepdad‘s laptop I would add them to my spank bank.
Well she erased him from her life
Honestly
Good for her
Sorry for the stepdad but he secretly taking photos of her naked body and who knows what else happened and if he took it while she’s asleep or drunk and for how long to keep a 100 photos! Don’t know what’s playing on her mind cause she could call the police or seek more Justice that her stepdad should be in the prison instead and not her! He betrayed her and she gets upset and super angry for her to do it! Maybe life imprisonment is not justified as she’s been good to him until she was provoked by his actions!
Lol the investigators never found any pictures she said she erased them. She most likely lied shes unhinged watched the sentencing hearing
I’m not a father or even a stepfather but I imagine it’s of great honor for a stepchild to value you and love you as a father while still having her father alive.. that shows a lot of respect.. so for him to do this to her must’ve tore the soul out of her in ways unimaginable 😢 I feel sorry for her.. and I understand completely.. there wasn’t really any going back after what she saw
Exactly what I was thinking
Just remove him from her life. She would’ve killed someone else down the line if she hadn’t found those pictures. She’s got crazy eyes. Prison is the only place she belongs
@@mclovinlife4018 Except she never did kill anyone else. Nor was she ever in any trouble. So...other than her "crazy eyes" there's no evidence to lead anyone to believe she would have had anything but a normal life if not for this vermin pretending he cared about her as a daughter.
@@mclovinlife4018suuuuure blame the victim, she did what others only dream to do.
@@ambermartinez6587 him being a bad guy doesn’t automatically make her a good person. She’s clearly crazy.
The family describing him as a saint is disgusting.
She took one for the team taking that disgusting pervert out. Hopefully she paroles in a few years. He’s gone forever which is for the best. Thanks Jade! I’d hire you immediately after your release as I know you are a person of strong moral character. I also know you are a person of action and we need more of that.
Your brother was treated like trash because he was trash. He was her dad and he completely violated her in every way a dad should burn for doing.
Imagine being betrayed by your father.. blood or not, this is the ultimate betrayal
Imagine being killed by your stepchild, then she makes up a story after your death about you having nude pictures of her. The ultimate betrayal.
Step father…
allegedly. There I fixed it for you. A man doing your job again.
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I’m sure it took her soul. To be violated in that way is horrendous.
She shouldn’t be in prison. If that was my daughter I would have taken the trash out myself. I feel absolutely horrible for this woman. The fact that almost everyone in that courtroom pays no attention to what happened to her disgust and infuriates me.
murdering them is how you let them get away with their crime, why do you think many prisoners want to end it all in jail? to get away from what they've done..
Hope you don't tell your kids to kill people who wronged them. Morality and humanity aside, you'd have to visit them in jail.
This is kind of an interesting case, because even if she hadn't lost it and murdered her stepdad, I don't think she could've brought him up on criminal charges either. While it may be perverted to have nude pics of your stepdaughter on your laptop, I don't think it's illegal though (unless she is underaged in those pics, and that wasn't the case here). So there was no legal recourse for her, and the only way to effectively get back at him was to do what she did. But of course, as a civilized society, we can't just let her get away with murder, so she now has to answer for her crime. Unfortunate, but justice has been served on both accounts, I suppose.
@@user-rb4ze1ly8l This is exactly how I see it too. Despite how incredibly perverted his actions were, it probably wasn't illegal, so she may have seen no other way out. Which makes her actions almost understandable. The problem for me comes in with her defense - claiming that he OD'd and she didn't kill him. The texts clearly show that was a lie. No jury could let her off on that defense. Her only hope was a lesser charge due to the extenuating circumstances, but that would have required her to own up to premeditatively killing him and then hoping the jury would sympathize and give her a manslaughter or second degree murder verdict. But lying to their faces, spinning a story of a drug overdose and explaining away each incriminating text with outlandish claims on the witness stand probably didn't help. Her sentence seems appropriate in light of the dishonesty about what exactly happened.
Except there were no nude photos of her ever on his computer! NEVER.
A “good person” does not have naked pictures of his step daughter. Put me on the Jury!
Sorry Jane, you have the support of so many. You deserved so much better.
You gain nothing by killing someone. You gain something by exposing that person and having that person live with it for the rest of his life.
Dr Fauci says otherwise
We don't even know he did anything, we only have her word and I wouldn't give much store in that
@@D.Rostemi this translates to “David NOT my idol” according to UA-cam
@@guesswhat-chickenbutt Dr. Fauci spent 50 years becoming the world's most preeminent authority on infectious diseases... just to trick a bunch of poorly educated hicks into wearing cloth on their faces. Wait, dont laugh, this makes perfect sense to the poorly educated.
I don't believe her*
This just shows me that there can be a lot of people walking around and functioning absolutely perfectly like sane people but, are actually maniacs, psychotic, psychopaths or sociopaths. Unbelievable.
Yeap
Yeeesss trust no one
@LainieLynn Smith What almost drives me bonkers is how the rest of us who are decent, moral and law-abiding human beings allow these things. Why won't we associate with one another, organize, mobilize and form a definite and powerful active opposition to all the madness? Why?
Posting and commenting won't stop them. Corruption and evil doesn't stop by itself. We have to elect men and women like ourselves into office to make laws to support decency and sanity. If not, it'd only get worse. The onslaught is on many fronts. They're testing our limits and resolve on all fronts.
We need to get together and form a powerful force to root the madness out of our societies. We are more than they are. Are we not?
@@sherikay2112 Unbelievable!
Those are the ones who come off as trustworthy and innocent, but they're far from it. Like the person commented Trust No One!
I don't think I've ever seen the person accused, intently looking at, listening to and reacting to the person speaking to the court the way Jade did. She seemed very involved, not detached or cocky which is what most people on trial do. She could have exposed him for what he really was, instead of destroying her life as well.☹
This and the way she speaks. I believe Jade Janks is innocent. Stay strong
I agree that I have never seen someone on trial listen and react so intently, and emotionally. This is the first video I have watched on this case so I am not really sure what I believe. Much of her story doesn't make sense after hearing her texts. Guessing there must have been more that the jury heard that the public just doesn't know. I could totally understand how she could have snapped after finding out her stepdad was a perv but that does not make it okay if she did kill him.
@@S-dl1dv Innocent? She murdered someone.....
Let's Face it: she overreacted
@@MrBeetsGamingand…
How did he get the photos? Did the investigators actually find the photos on his computer? I have read a few articles on this and it says "jade claimed she found photos" but none of them say "investigators found photos" or describe how he came to aquire them- wouldn't that be important information? That's also not addressed in this video?
I feel like the defense screwed this one up. It's just too hard to believe he happened to die on his own and she simply panicked afterward. She would have been better off admitting she did it and hope for a sympathetic jury.
Murdered for nude pics ? That’d be a hard sell to a jury that probably have lots of nude pics on their computers.
@@sirvilhelmofyonderland Nude pics of his KID. Thats a pretty huge difference you're conveniently leaving out.
Murdered for nude pics of your stepdaughter that you raised and lived next to. Context matters.
The text messages were damming- I think she snapped after finding the pictures but she should have destroyed him another way by telling everyone what he did 😒
😅@@sirvilhelmofyonderland
How disgusting for a father to be obsessed with his daughter to have nudes of her. She snapped & most likely had flashbacks & questioned every time they were close or he touched her or complimented her. Defense went the wrong route.
At least she has the pleasure of flashbacks. There was no evidence of any nude photos. Look at the txt messages she was sending out. Shes clearly delusional and psychotic. COME ONNNNNNNN Jesus
My brother was obsessed with his sister we didn't kill him.. he killed himself overdose but still men are weak and it was kind of a compliment
First I heard of this case, how did the step dad get the pictures of his step daughter?
And how did she kill him?
ever been to a pornsite? all you see on there is step daughter father fantasy. but i guess that's reason to murder someone
She didn't snap. She planned and premeditated on killing her step dad. Very different than getting caught up in the moment and doing something in the heat of the moment. The pervert should have been prosecuted and sent to jail. Instead, she killed him and now she's rotting in prison.
Poor woman.The shock and disgust took over,and she did what she did.I really can’t blame her.His family are wrong.
Of course, she didn't turn to her family. They flat out defended him in court, and she probably knew they would try to sweep it under the rug. That poor girl. Prayers for her.
Right. Also shows their character.
@@virginiabeech Murdering someone shows more about a persons character than anything.
My ex-husband was well respected, at work, in the community, the high school where he volunteered, with his parents and siblings. The truth was he was molesting my daughter, his stepdaughter. The house of cards he carefully constructed, that kept his lies and perversion hidden, came crumbling down. The mighty fall every day. This woman did society a favor. It's just sad she didn't try to take him down legally. I'm sure she knows she would never win, look at how his family act like he was the one victimized. She knew no justice would ever come. So she took it for herself. Good riddance. I hope she is able to get a reduced sentence on appeal.
You are a sicko. There was not one photo brought into evidence. She is a liar and a murderer. You are a sick
God bless her and her courage, it couldn't have been easy...she knew she was sacrificing her freedom to protect other children 🙏🙏🙏
You can’t compare your events with hers !!!! Disgusting
What happened to your daughter was awful, but this isn’t that, not even close. This is a woman, not a child. He never touched her. And while it’s incredibly gross that he had these photos in his possession, they were photos of an adult. And though Janks didn’t consent to her stepfather having these photos, they were taken with her consent by her boyfriend. There was zero evidence ever discovered or recovered that suggested he had any images of children.
What he did was reprehensible, & disgusting, and kicking him in the ballsack would be really satisfying. but possessing photos of naked adults isn’t a crime punishable by death.
@@enigmaticallis3110
Needs to get a new trial. Whoever came up with the defense they used, completely messed up this case.
It looks like the overwhelming evidence of her guilt messed up Jade's defense.
I agree with you her defense team was very laxed and nonchalant but those Text messages were not her friend
How so??
She is a child blooded killer.
Can't defend that.
She made the defense, that's how it goes, I think the jury got more upset that she insulted their intelligence
Tf you mean she killed a person
This family is so sick. Speaking of their perverted brother as if he was a saint. They are all absolutely repulsive.
I wish she hadn't killed him but I also cannot imagine what she has been through. I'm not justifying her actions, but I'm so disgusted with the way her step-father is being defended.
There was no evidence supporting her side of the story or allegations. But the evidence of her guilt was overwhelming in addition to witnesses.
No regardless she didn't have right to kill him regardless photos ...
I think she made the right choice. People need to stop protecting predators. If he was okay doing that to his stepdaughter, who knows who else was a victim.
She clearly made the wrong choice. She’s the one suffering in jail now, not him.
What he do tho ? Like 9ther details ? Have they emerged ? He had her nude pics ... . How he got that btw i am so confused 😕
Did the brother just say he lost 90 minutes of sleep in the last 2 years??? Wow....90 whole minutes! ps...to just dismiss the photos of her by the brother tells me he is probably has a few of them too.. disgusting
Haha! Yes, he did say that! I was trying to make sense of it in my head but, nope! I lost that much sleep just last night!
So should she be allowed to kill him?
5-15 years is a far more appropriate sentence. Imagine the betrayal of finding out someone you've thought of as your father was secretly sexually attracted to you. Imagine the images she conjured up of what he did with those photos. Imagine how many experiences/moments she replayed in a different context.
She murdered him. Pretty cold bloodedly. So yeah, there needs to be a prison sentence. But 25 - life is ridiculous.
Where are the pics she found?
That was just her story to get away with it.
@@malachi- yeah, it is shocking how many people are willing to take a murderers word on anything.
Perhaps if there was self defense but this was straight up premeditated murder
It's mind-blowing how okay with murdering someone you are. Betraying someone's trust is not a death sentence, nor should it be.
You don’t get to commit premeditated murder because your feelings are hurt. It was a gross betrayal but it wasn’t violent and it wasn’t physical. There were so many options.
Terrible defense! She should’ve taken accountability for the murder and showed remorse I think she would’ve gotten a much more lenient sentence and empathy from the jury. Possibly manslaughter, but out right denying it with Tons of evidence just wasn’t smart. God bless her Rip to Tom just a sad situation all the way around.
Agree. No getting out of those text messages, should've gone on her knees to the jury with a mental illness/victim/psychological defence
I wouldnt even extend an RIP to the deceased! She was crushed to the soul when finding out about betrayal!
@@vikaz3408 That is if... bear with me you believe a murderer
Jade did what millions of us were too timid to do to our stepfathers. What a National Treasure
Tell me you didn’t watch the trial
You’re a psycho
Clueless!
Not worth wasting your freedom on some old perv. Karma will catch up with them in Afterlife anyway.
What if she put the photos there?
4:53 “My brother may have possessed inappropriate photos, which is wrong”
Then proceeds to blame the victim.
5:12 “Tom never acted inappropriately.”
…….. WTF?! 😐
What she did was wrong, but it feels manipulative to call her “the killer.”
The brother didn't want to call her by name because it makes her human. Using the term, the killer, dehumanises her.
That stood out to me.
Having nude photos is disgusting in this case, but it’s also disgusting to think murder is the answer here. Blame on both sides. You call her the victim, but do you agree the murdered man is a victim?
@@nikkioshea4139 does it stand out that this man was murdered?
Lmao there really is no accountability is there? She IS a killer and the real victim is the person who was killed, who can’t defend himself from the allegations of that monster.
speaking from experience, you literally dont even know what to do. you feel disgusted and betrayed. i dont see how any one could blame her.
For killing a human being?
The step-dad had it coming! I don't blame the daughter for what she did. Sure, she might have gone overboard with killing him, but that pervert had ABSOLUTELY no right to take nude photos of her on his laptop! She was in the right! How DARE her own uncle blame her for trying to defend herself!😡
There was no evidence of any photos on Tom's computer
Meh, I’m not too sad about his passing. One less creep on the planet. 🤷♀️
There were no photos. She is lying.
@@simoncoco1 Prove it.
@@simoncoco1 they literally recovered the photos from his computer..
@@sapphicalix Did you watch the trial?
@@sapphicalix they have not been recovered, they probably didnt exist
Watching this girl in court is like a never ending YT reaction video
"The more you try to convince, the less you convince"
How did he get the photos? That's really creepy
I hope she knows that she's supported outside of this courtroom.
Let's just forget that this guy manipulated her and had nudes of her when she trusted him and thought of him as a father figure. This is a gross injustice.
Wow American education coming through. Where are the pictures on his computer ?
You can't just kill someone over nudes lmao. Thats not how it works
@@grantkeller4634 i never said it was okay for her to kill him, but to paint the guy as a Saint just because he is dead and not at least admit he was a pervert, is a problem. They paint him as an innocent man to.linimize her motive. No, she should not have killed him, but of course they don't want to admit his fault while highlighting that it's the laws job to decide punishment. That's called a teaching moment. But this constant protecting of perverts instead of calling it out is a trend.
@@ldinuzzo9075 How is it a "gross injustice" if you agree that "it was [not] okay for her to kill him"? What fault would they be searching for in a dead man? He's dead, they can't punish him for whatever behaviors he may have been involved in. Her actions were not self-defense, they were revenge for a non-violent offense.
If a man discovered that his stepmother had 100s of his nude photos would he be justified in killing her? Would it be appropriate to use her actions as a defense of her murder? I don't believe for a second that these comments would be nearly as vitriolic if the genders were reversed.
You're a disgusting person, there's not even solid evidence that the photos existed in his laptop.
I still haven’t found anything that confirms the photos even exist? So strange.
Is there another reason she killed him?
Maybe they were having an affair
@@Eman-vp5wk who knows.
@@Eman-vp5wk There could be several reasons. Like having had an affair. Very weird that they lived door to door.
I don’t believe there were any pics on his computer. Even if there were, that’s not worthy of a death sentence. She’s where she belongs.
You are right. There was no evidence of the photos ever being on his computer.
I’ll never understand why people willingly take photos of themselves that may be upsetting when the images appear in places unwanted. Not defending the deceased man. Just saying, this internet generation is foolish.
I'm brand new to this story. What I'm gathering from comments is that she deleted all of the nude photos & LE wasn't able to recover any of them but 1. Check out the Dylan rounds case. His phone was found at the bottom of a lake & they were able to extract a video of the killer cleaning his gun with his bloody hands. I struggle with them not being able to recover any photos that she deleted, doesn't make sense. I'm going to the beginning to learn.
The law and crime viewers are braindead and don't know anything about law or crime. Of course if the photos existed they would be able to recover them. Jodi Arias deleted photos from a camera and then put the camera in the washing machine yet police recovered all the photos.
In every single case covered by this channel the viewers have the worst take possible. They think every guilty person is innocent and every innocent person guilty. At this point everyone should just read the first 3 comments on a Law and Crime video and then just take the opposite stance and you'll be 100% correct.
Yes they can recover all those texts. Somethings not right here
I agree, nothing is ever deleted permanently
Nothing is ever truly deleted. Ask the NSA
Yes, this is really unusual, that they photos are completely gone. But my understanding of deleted items on your computer is that everything is stored in small packets of scattered information. In order to recover a deleted text or photo the packets of information must still exist, or in other words, not be over written by new information. Once the data packets are over-written they can no longer be recovered. At least that used to be the case but newer technology may be able to recover data when it's been over written or not.
I can't believe even his family would have the nerve to try and blame her for their brother having nude photos of her, his stepdaughter, on his computer. I get that they're going to try and minimize his sickness, but that was pretty low.
How do you think the man got so f'ed up in the first place. Those people raised him, lived with him, so it's no surprise they're as morally bankrupt and entitled as he was.
Bold and sick enough to have it as his wallpaper on the dang computer!!! He was obsessed where are the parts of the trial that’s discussing what he did. ?????
@@le_th_exactly that’s my point what’s right is right and wrong is wrong
I would really like to know/debate the things people think are worthy of murder but are not illegal...
As an Australian Lawyer - I found this one fascinating! Well presented!🎖🎖🎖😎😎😎
“I’ve lost 90 minutes of sleep in the past two years”! What?!!! That seems like an accomplishment rather than something to be upset about.
Yeah, I don't understand that. Maybe he slipped up or it was a typo? It just doesn't make sense 😆
I know right? I lost 2 years of sleep in 90 minutes. I'm like a zombie.
Presumably, he meant that his average sleep time dropped from like 8 hours to 6.5 hours.
Per day
The fella clearly values every moment of his sleep extremely highly.
This lady seems more guilty than innocent to me
❤️👏😳👏❤️❤️🥇❤️❤️👏❤️❤️🥇very good! true justice is a weight and balance system......not just right and wrong..."more than" is a serious legal description
The glaring question is whether there was actual evidence of these photos?? I cannot believe this wasn't covered in the video!
Same old media.
Shouldn’t post nudes.. If you aren’t comfortable with your parents seeing something that means you shouldn’t post…
Horrible to hear how the perverted stepfather is being sanctified by his immediate family.
There's no evidence of the photos, my guy.
Well they need to go into all the data and pull them up, show them to the jury and hopefully they give her a lighter sentence. It’s obviously the photos were there she texted about why she was doing this with many people, so hence this was the motive.
@ambermartinez6587 That's not how that works. If they were never uploaded into a larger database then they're just gone. And someone explaining to multiple people their motive for murdering doesn't confirm that the motive was true, just the murder.
His brother sounds very manipulating, including his choice of words and tone. Many abusers are liked by others and victimize only a few people. Of course Tom had a good reputation. God bless Jane.
The look on her face sometimes, like she can't believe what's being said about her
I was looking for this comment. Her facial expressions were hilarious. She was SHOCKED lol.
Unfortunately, her performance fell just shy of winning the Oscar.
A terrible actress
Eric She's acting. After I saw the text messages I about had enough of her.
Fake expressions. Too exaggerated
And this is how twisted our society is.
You don't decide to kill a person over this
If those photos were taken privately by her ex boyfriend, how did her stepfather get them? Unless they were shared publicly online, someone had to have given them to him. I think there’s more to the story than we’re being told. She claims that she never killed him but her text messages say otherwise. They are too damning to ignore. A crime of passion in my opinion is ruled out when she takes a week to plan his murder, reaching out to a “fixer” for advice? That’s a bit nuts.
She destroyed the "photos", so they don't even no for sure if they existed or not.
He could have had her passwords to her cloud or she could have accidentally left her account logged in on his device. Her ex could have given them to him. He could even just be a weirdo who found them online and downloaded them. Your rigid definition of a crime of passion is technically correct but in real life rage and humiliation builds . A crime can be both thought out and a crime of passion
@Jake Stroll absolutely so wrong. Go look up the definition of "crime of passion"... "sudden strong impulse."
You typed all that to be dead wrong, go read a book before trying to falsely correct somebody.
It’s a lame excuse for murder and we don’t even know if those existed in first place
He found them on an old phone of hers that she no longer used. She left it at his house long ago.
Why do people still think they can text and it will never be seen?
This woman had the worst attorney ever.
NEVER, EVER LET ANYONE TAKE NUDE OR INTIMATE PHOTOS OF YOU LADIES. THEIR IS A THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE.
Men also. Crazy women love extortion.
dont cry when you find material from other women on your mans phone. period.
@@osirisofthesouth2853 yes sir
And there it is - that line
There!
THERE WERE NO PHOTOS FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!
People keep saying she found photo's yet none were found by the police
“I want the court to know I’ve lost 90 minutes of sleep in two years” 😂
5:15 Disgusting!! Questioning her ethics and morals for taking nude photos of herself & sharing them with who SHE CHOSE to in the same breath that he claims his brother never acted inappropriately!
She led him with the same false security that he did with her. He pretended to be a father figure, someone she could trust. I understand why she snapped.
What did he do?
There were no photos, they didnt exist
Exactly 💯
negative
I agree too. But she cannot think she can get away with that. He’s a pervert not murderer.
Snapped? You’re funny. Snapping is walking in on your husband banging a woman in your bed and killing them. She planned out a murder over a week.
No tears. When I cry it falls like a river. Blowing my nose like crazy.
Gross
That brother needs to be investigated
She could've easily planted those pictures as a pretext.
No matter what he did... Murder is Never the Answer!
True
Easily 30% + of Americans would vehemently disagree with you. 2021.. 60% "favour" the death penalty.
I agree
Sorry your brother is a pervert 👿
Tell me her attorney doesn't look just like Grandpa from The Munsters LMAO
🤣🤣
I was gonna type that 😂 that hair it’s definitely the one to blame
Yeah a thinner version 😂
Hahahahahaha he sho enough does hahahahahaha
The one who ran for mayor of New York for half a century? Of course there’s only one Al Lewis 🦇
Because the step father had nude pics of her she does not get the right to kill her. Too much pride and lack of maturity. She could have taken action against her step dad by going to the authorities and her family. Her actions were totally out of proportion. She just threw her life away.
Easily could've destroyed him by documenting the images on laptop and outing him to the family.
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00:00 *😡 Conflicting accounts regarding Tom Merriman's character and Jade Jenks' motivations for the murder.*
- The murderer (Jade Jenks) made negative statements about Tom Merriman that the speaker disputes.
- The speaker believes Jenks did not murder Merriman for the reason she claimed.
00:16 *📺 Introduction to the case of Jade Jenks murdering her stepfather Tom Merriman after finding nude photos of herself on his computer.*
- Jenks, a 39-year-old interior designer, was convicted of murdering her stepfather Tom Merriman on December 31st, 2020.
- The circumstances surrounding her motive and defense were chilling, strange, and complicated.
01:13 *👴 Background on the victim, Tom Merriman.*
- Tom Merriman was a 64-year-old co-founder of Butterfly Farms in Encinitas.
- He was described as a son, brother, father, mentor, business leader, and friend by those close to him.
- He had a tumultuous relationship with his ex-wife and mother of his children.
02:51 *👧 Background on Jade Jenks from her biological father.*
- Jenks' father describes her as a kind, loving person who excelled in her career and design business.
- He was an extremely proud father of her accomplishments.
03:57 *👪 Initial positive relationship between Jenks and Merriman turned dark.*
- Jenks initially had a great relationship with Merriman, viewing him as a father-like figure.
- However, she allegedly discovered hundreds of nude photos of herself on his computer, including as a screensaver.
04:52 *🚫 Differing accounts about the nature of the nude photos found on Merriman's computer.*
- The defense intimated that Merriman possessed inappropriate photos, but the prosecution disputed claims of underage photos.
- There were also suggestions that Jenks had disseminated inappropriate photos of herself previously.
22:01 *😔 The devastating impact of Tom Merriman's death on his family and loved ones.*
- His son is gravely concerned about his mental and spiritual health due to the circumstances of the murder.
- The family's aging mother has been kept in the dark about the details, causing further distress.
- At least one person relapsed due to the fallout from the murder.
- The speaker has continued pain, confusion, weight loss, and lack of sleep over the past two years.
23:17 *🫂 The profound impact on Tom Merriman's close relationships and loved ones.*
- Tom's brother Pat lost his best friend, and is still suffering from the loss.
- The speaker emphasizes that Tom did not deserve to die in such a tortuous manner.
- Only someone Tom trusted could have done this to him, making the betrayal even more painful.
23:48 *😡 The speaker's anger towards Jade Jenks' denial and perceived lack of remorse.*
- Jenks' denial in the face of overwhelming evidence hurts the speaker.
- The quick jury deliberations countered her claims, revealing her as a liar.
24:44 *👨👦 Jade Jenks' father's belief in her innocence and a potential injustice.*
- Jenks' father does not believe she premeditated or deliberately took a life.
- He believes the case was not won on merit, but rather an "Oscar-winning performance by the D.A."
- He hopes Jenks has the opportunity for release through the appeal process based on facts, not assumptions.
25:39 *👺 Calls for harsh punishment and retribution against Jade Jenks.*
- There were strong pushes for Jenks to receive the harshest penalty, including solitary confinement on New Year's Eve.
- Statements express that Jenks deserves the full force of judicial, social, and conscious retributions.
- Hopes that Jenks remains constrained within the prison system for the duration of her natural life.
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Her attorney doesn’t look convinced of his client’s innocence. He’s just going through the motions.
He's a freaking clown 🤣
Agree he isn't convinced and just going through the motions
Nah i think he was just trying to show respect for the family who lost their loved one
not innocent right , it's questionable if it's justified ..
That's because she isn't innocent, he can't fake it thaaaat much.
Law&Crime, we still wanna know about the Shanquella case and why nobody has been arrested yet. JUSTICE FOR SHANQUELLA. 🇧🇷 🙌
THANK YOU because I feel like people are forgetting.
I think we will when the State Dept does something about it. I hope so too. That is total bs.
Didn’t they get taken to Mexico jail? 😮
@@scarletsletter4466 No the attacker went back to the US and we're waiting for the Americans to arrest and extradite her back to Mexico. Until that happens there isn't much to report.
@@filmshooterfinn I don’t think the U.S wants the case because the little evidence that was available has been leaked edited and lied on. At this point if it’s trialed in the US they will be out by technicality.
All I’m saying is, until you’re stuck in a weird situation like that, it isn’t fair to judge what someone should or shouldn’t have done
I hear you
Omg, his brother is really upsetting me.
I'm still traumatized being 38 turning 39 next month from my father SAing me when i was little. If i live with someone i haveto have a lock on my bedroom door and can't sleep in public like a hospital without being heavily sedated. Many more things but that feeling never goes away. I didn't however kill him, he did that himself with alcohol. But that trauma is there with me for my life. I feel for her if she truly is the victim she says she is.
So sorry that happened to you
I'm so sorry. You are a survivor. I'm thankful you made it through without acting out against evil. He destroyed himself.
Thank you. ❤️ I've tried hard to live my life normally knowing it's in the past. Therapy, medication for depression and anxiety, it gets too much sometimes. Especially getting harassed at work or in public brings some feelings back tho.
So sorry you had to endure that. I did too and you are right, ot never goes away, but we can learn to deal with it.
@@xtina6569
I still make sure I have an exit or I can break a window to get out.