I wish they researched further into who owned those photos and how the stepdad acquired hundreds because I still don't understand how that happened and none of the news sites ever showed evidence of these photos.
Because there aren’t any photos … it’s just based on her word and she destroyed his hard drives too which assumed there wasn’t really any pics on there . She destroyed it so they wudnt see she made the story up. So it’s her word against a dead man. If they were really on his harddrive ? She cudda taken them to the law . She’s murdered him just becoz she didn’t want to look after him. Tut tut
@@LadyChann I did read somewhere that in her anger she destroyed the hard drive? If the photos did exist i'd be wise to keep those photos as proof of his disgusting act especially since she said her initial plan was to confront him.
@LadyChannDunDemSeason i hardly think "she didnt want to take care of him" would be her motive though. She didnt *have* to take care of him. Sure, its the morally "right" thing to do if he raised her and was a good father figure to her, but she still didnt have to. Especially since he was her stepfather and not her bio father. Besides, his health may not have been great, but it wasnt like she had to do everything for him at this point. She wasnt spoon feeding him, changing diapers, bathing him, dressing him, etc.
Yeah imo that was the most shocking and disturbing thing in this story. I couldn't care less if the pervert was murdered. I don't think the girl is innocent but God damn I can't believe people are sympathizing with a pedophile!! He was literally making the world a worse place by being in it.
@@blackdragoness21 There's zero proof of any of that. There's no proof either that he had more than one picture (the screensaver one), and even that picture apparently is put into question since it doesn't show her face.
You have to understand the way these dispatchers have to relay information to the police and the paramedics. Getting the gist of the story isnt the same thing. The man was relaying something the perpetrator allegedly said she did, but he had no verification, it was just heresay at that point. Its not the same as emphatically stating: 'I am reporting a homicide, this is when it happened, the deceased is at this address, the perpetrator is also at the address'. They have to get more information.
“A friend of mine said she *possibly* killed her stepdad… I don’t know if she really did this” using this info alone, pick what the caller is reporting: A death A homicide An attempted homicide A poisoning A medical mishap An injury An assault etc.? should they dispatch: Police Fire EMS Police & EMS Fire & EMS Police, Fire & EMS etc.?
@@jordanalbano9780You could perhaps phrase it a little more concretely. Come up with something specific to ask. Like start with, what is your name and what is the friend and the victim's name, you know? The open-ended question just sounds inane.
Let me say this: if I found naked photos of me in the shower on anyone's computer, I would go straight to the police and I will never ever pick that person up at the hospital. I would cut every tie with them and I would report them to the police. Tom's actions were sick and outrageous. But this woman still is a murderer.
What police would do? Are you crazy? Police's is not working & just she's are letting criminals loose right there & then & their to & attacked who arrested them. 99% of Americans now let leaving in dystopia. May be you belong to 1% who live in fantasy land.
@@youwish2783 You think you said something clever, don't you? But you *MISSED THE POINT* This woman went and picked up that man from the hospital. I could never ever in any circumstances I would ever be in the presence of a man who stores naked photos of me. This woman's behaviour is extremely strange if not suspicious. The man was sick, but she's clearly lying about what's really happened.
23 minutes in.. 1. She slept with a knife but felt she’d be ok picking him up 2. She’s scared to death but has head space to buy stuff for antique restoration 3. Adam is so clear in his story where as hers is not so clear 4. “Get him into my house - his house” Freudian slip So far, I am suspicious of her side of the story
When my husband fell and couldn't get up and I couldn't lift him up myself, you know what I did? I called 911! You know what happened next? Firemen came and they lifted him and took him to the hospital. I didn't call a bunch of friends who wouldn't help me. I didn't put a bunch of pillows on the ground and make him a bed. I called for help! Her story makes no sense!
Don’t be to quick to judge. My neighbor in my apartment complex called me to come over and help pick up her mom who had fallen. She, herself, is physically not able to pick her up due to her health issues and even though we don’t know each other very well, she still called me. I struggled, even hurt my back, but I was able to help her up.
Im wondering if Tom really put the pics on his computer. OR if she did..when he was in hospital.....just for a reason of defense in case she got caught .....
@@tooshay4me ok well you're a nice person and your neighbor was alive. Her story doesn't make much sense and the reason no one wanted to help her was because he was dead in the car. If your neighbor called you to move a dead body would you do that too?
well, some people make irrational decisions and panic in bad situations. If all that other evidence wasn't found, one could say she was in denial and just did what she did because she couldn't face it..."cover it up" so to speak until she could come to terms with it and call authorities. But in the driveway in plain sight is quite weird.
@@user-zv8gd3jl7qlet’s make more fun out of this, let’s say she owned the PC and the desk too, including all the furnitures, she was a interior designer remember? So everything in the house was her belongings!
It's a bold move to have the nude photo of your step daughter as a screen saver when she lives next door, is in daily contact with you, visits your house daily to fix you dinner and even comes over to your house to clean it.
I doubt it ever happened. For all we know if there was any such nude photos of her maybe her Stepdad bought them from her 'Only Fans' website online? Maybe her Stepdad didn't approve of her slutty behavior and called her out, and she got mad? I think the nude photos were simply a 'Red Herring' because no one ever saw them. I doubt they ever existed. Also why did the prosecutors keep referring to his Computer Laptop, when all the photos showed a Desktop Computer? To me that's all a side show.
It’s almost if it makes no sense at all… lol also she destroyed the hard drive and there was only one photo actually found. Also there is no way she could have put the photo on his pc…
She had had access to his apartment and to his computer password for years. She might as well have been the one to put the photos in his computer and later set one up as screensaver. I think she is the one who planted the photos there and I'm very surprised nobody else seems to have thought of it.
Her incriminating phone texts what had given her away… and left her stepfather remains in the driveway? I won’t even think of leaving a dead carcass of a cat or a dog in my driveway!
31:46 They say you can strangle someone without leaving marks if the person is already unconscious. However, according to Jade's texts, he was already waking up, so there's no way, then, she could have strangled him (without leaving marks anyway). I think she suffocated him with the bag but told her friend she strangled him because she didn't know the difference between the two.
I would've driven him directly to the hospital! I wouldn't have picked him up from the rehabilitation place anyways. His business partner would've done it. She she should've never left him in that car. She could've saved herself by staying out of his life or taking him to the hospital directly when he started looking sick.
@chandracox6814 you have daughters I hope it don't happen anything to them even the detectives found on his computer, his friend got rid of the hard drive, I will pay her bail out period.
@@chandracox6814Actually- in the trial, they found that her stepdad DID have the pics on his laptop. She wasn’t lying. Even his family mentioned it at sentencing. Being violated, sexually is worse than death. I can’t say I wouldn’t do the same thing.
If these nude images of her did exist in his hard drive, she should have called the cops, have him arrested, and filed charges against him. NOT HAVE HIM KILLED.
Not condoning what she did to Tom but those photos, her not knowing how he came to obtain them, surely would have instilled both fear and anger in her and most any woman. Slightly similar situation when I was 19 years old, two neighbor men whom had watched me grow up since age 7 . After the shock and fear wore off, anger took over. Walk a mile in her shoes.
They would say, shes an adult. She doesn't have to be in his house. She could have deleted all the pics and just never had anything to do with him@mack2233
Interesting that when the defense was questioning her she was continually sobbing. When the prosecution questioned her she had a 100% turnaround. I wondered if it was the same woman.
Her crying looks fake. If you watch the guys on the Behavior Panel, they talk about the grief muscle between humans' eyes that contracts when people really cry. Hers doesn't. She otherwise has a flat affect when she's not fake-crying. She's probably a psychopath.
I noticed how not one tear fell from her eyes. That's when you know someone is lying. If you can't cry, you can't cry. But it looks suspish when you try to put on a show.
Yeah, I picked up on that, too. I was like why did you choose THAT word! Her guilty conscience was talking. He was wrong for being a perv and she was wrong for handling it the way she did. Two wrongs don't make a right.
@@FinancialHelp4MomsHe never had no pictures of her ! She set this up ! She putted the pictures in his computer. He always gave her money and she’s a lier and a really bad person.
If she allegedly couldn't get him out of the car, and the rehab 'refused' to admit him back in, she should've driven straight to the hospital emergency room -- period -- *IF* that's what happened. Afraid to call 911, my a** ...
Exactly. Good grief her defense attorney claiming there was no evidence presented; the whole plot was in the messages. I'm surprised it took 30 minutes for the jury. Probably trying to finish the donuts...
This is whole thing is so implausable that she should have just raised her hand and said "Yep I'm guilty" and saved everyone the trouble of a trial. Just be accountable. I kept shaking my head through the whole episode. How did she every think she would be found not guilty?
But if he was alive, he would be able to prove he didn’t have any pictures of her. She needed him dead in order for her story to be more “believable.” Why are you so naive?
He wouldn’t have gone to jail. She wasn’t a minor when those photos were taken (that we know of) so what crime is there? Maybe a civil trial, but idk about criminal :/
Why would he go to jail? I don't think law can do anything for keeping her nudes. This is 21st century, never ever take nudes, not even with your long time partners. They can end up with anyone. If nothing, your kids will watch it after you die and it will be so embarrassing for them lol
Exactly... if you could leave someone you supposedly cared for under trash in the driveway then surely you wouldn't be above planting pictures on someone's computer@@LeeoGoneWild
She's terrified, but goes to pick him up. Utterly ridiculous! And these guys "just won't help her" with getting her ailing dad into the house? That's ridiculous, too. Clearly, there were other reasons that those guys bolted.
She could have called the police for help to get her stepdad into the house. The fire department, a neighbor. Wow. I don’t believe her. Besides, why did she want to help a man she thinks is harming her. Why pick him up from the hospital if you are afraid of him?
His condition sounded like he wasn’t going to live that long anyway. She just wasted her life for a very poor decision. Nothing is worth going to jail for 25 years.
Very strange that the stepdad has these photos he’s not supposed to have as a screen saver on his desktop when Jade is over all the time fixing his dinner for him and taking care of him. Also strange that these photos weren’t recovered for evidence. For all of those saying she should have reported him to police, simply having pictures of a woman over the age of 18 is not a crime. She could have distanced herself, cut contact, possibly gotten a restraining order. But I think there was more to their relationship than she wanted to admit to. I am sure if there was more of an investigation they would have found a motive for murdering Jade’s stepdad than some photos on a computer.
The pictures started at age 16 while she was still a minor so he could have been charged with child pics. During the trial, prosecutors alleged that Janks planned Merriman's killing after she found hundreds of nude photos of her on his computer, the station reported. Some of the images showed Janks when she was just 16 years old, her attorney alleged.
@ jordantrnchard2739... Having nude pictures of someone without their consent is a crime especially your step daughter...now imagine your neighbor have dirty pictures of you without your consent...but it doesn't justified her killing him...there's other solutions to handling this matter...too bad she took the wrong path...
Well if he was to say hypothetically had cameras placed in the bathroom and in the room taking photos and video of her without her knowledge or consent then that would be illegal. But also if she was under aged in most pics then thats also possession of cp aswell . But this whole case is fishy let me finish watching 😭.
I thought the same thing about 911. I wonder if he had a life insurance policy and who was the beneficiary? It seems it would be her if he had no one else and she was taking care of him. They never mentioned a monetary motive.
It was mentioned that she had his password too, so clearly she had access to his computer. Why would he have a nude photo of her, as a screen saver no less.
She uploaded them probably. And set him up. Then murdered him with this stupid excuse. If she was really a victim he would be in jail/in trouble, not her.
It's incredible how Jade goes from not killing Tom her step father to explaining how she got a wheelchair in the back of her car with her dead step father back there also. People amaze me
How about the step father, the twisted perv with 400 nude photos of his step daughter? Does he spark amazement in your mind?? Why would we start going after perverts now, right?
Yet, you say nothing when a man running for president of the United States who has been adjudicated rapist and admitted that he wants to be a dictator even for just one day, he has been found a fraud and you are amazed at people? Really!
The prosecutors (2) both acknowledged that this man did in fact have nude photos. They had no doubt he did this but stressed vigilantism is not the answer. I hope she gets out someday on a technicality.
@@carnmarth334errr… they literally said that they found the image to have been uploaded as a screensaver on 2019. Cops have their tech experts to verify these things.
@@carnmarth334The prosecuters said they had evidence the photo had been on the computer since 2019. I think the fact that his friend/business partner couldn't emphatically deny Tom could have been capable of having those photos speaks volumes as well. I'm not saying she was justified, it was a WILD over reaction on her part. She should have just left him at the hospital and never spoke to him again. It seems he was probably going to die soon from poor health anyway.
You believe the naked photos claim? I'm not saying it's impossible, but I have an issue with the discovery. If this guy was a creeper, would he have a naked woman as his screen saver? I mean I'm a pretty carefree man, not embarrassed by sexuality, but I wouldn't have a naked woman on my screen saver for all to see. It's just too intimate and uncomfortable not so much for me, but for others. I would fee awkward about it. So this man is undercover peeping, why on earth would he have her nude, plastered on his screensaver, on a *computer she had access to* ? I just can't make sense of it.
I don't believe for a second she asked 3 men to just help her get him into the house and they refused. She asked for help with a dead body thats why they left. This was premeditation.
Doesn't add up. I say guilty. She's lying . And leaving the body in driveway ? And, I believe the one friend who called the cops alerting to them, is telling the truth. Her DNA is on his pills . GUILTY!!
@@rosarojafaceStop, just stop. You don’t call people for help and try to hide a body if you’re not guilty. She’s so clearly guilty that I’m actually amazed that you could possibly think otherwise. Usually I can understand when people see both sides but this is clear and obvious
@@rosarojafacewhy hide the body? Why would some photos make her feel like she needed a knife? If she really didn't feel safe, why didn't she go to the cops? Why did she get in contact with a "fixer"?
What kind of woman would pose for HUNDREDS of nude photos? And collected over the years from NUMEROUS partners. I now feel quite sad for her and whatever piece was missing from her life.
She had the password to his computer but only come to realize that he had hundreds of nude photos of her after she bumped into the computer and seen one as a screen saver. 🙄 The fact that she thought that even sounded somewhat believable is hilarious 😂 Even if he really did have those photos, as her stepdad you think he’d be bold enough to set one as a damn screen saver.
When she texted “lose my number”, she’s telling him to forget about her and she’s done with him because she knows he snitched on her - not to delete her number and evidence lol
that guy wasn't returning any of her texts or calls - so why tell him to lose her number? lol.....when someone ghosts you - you don't need to tell them to lose your number.
I think it's pretty straightforward that regardless of the photos, it doesn't justify killing a man especially with premeditation. Report a creep or even go to the media or what not. Her hands were not tied. He was in fact so unwell still. And I am curious, if the photos were truly the centre of her story, why not make them part of evidence?
Every fool talking about her pictures is the exact reason she planted the screensaver,. sympathy. she made the story up, pretty clear she destroyed the harddrive.
They said she made him dinner and took care of him daily. It doesn't make sense that he would Secretly have hundreds of her photos and use them as wallpaper on his computer. They said the photos were taken by her and previous boyfriends. Plural boyfriends. So she wasn.t exactly shy or worried about her modesty. She GAVE him the pictures. I bet there was a different motive and she couldn't come up with anything better for an excuse. Her reaction showed that she thought she would get off easy.
The computer screen was black and when she bumped the table or computer the photo probably came up. I think he may have had hidden cameras and was taking pictures of her without her knowledge. He took pictures of her while in the shower, bedroom, undressing, etc. Also, I think he may have stolen nude pictures of her off of her cell phone and/or computer.
Firstly, what happened to her mom? Her mom was never mentioned. I mean, even her biological father made an appearance. Secondly, Jade shouldn't have even picked him up from the rehabilitation place. His best friend would've done it. It was stupid to drive to a hospital to pick up a wheelchair and not leave him at the damn hospital. But the dumbest thing by far, was leaving him at the edge of the driveway. That was beyond stupid!
I found it very frustrating and distracting that 48 Hours failed to mention where the mom was. And I also thought that she drove him back to the hospital so that the doctors could run out and find him dead in the car. This would've been a believable death due to illness/overmedication scenario. But no, she steals a wheelchair and takes off. Guilty AND stupid.
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People realize she has NO nude pictures to hand over to the police right? She “lost” them. She is where she belongs. And a man lost his reputation because SHE said it was so.
Jade Janks is a cold blooded killer and liar, I'm convinced.She thought that she could cover it up but things did not go her way.She actually incriminated herself with the text messages
She's so fake. No emotion. Even if you're mad, horrified, etc, she claims she's loved him all those years. No real emotion? "Lose my number." Like she's in a crime drama.
@@tippysmith2627There has to be, too bad she didn't have patience, his health sounded so bad he would've died by natural causes or another fall within a few years.
They can recover deleted text messages but not image times stamps? There are time stamps on every file. If the cops didn’t catch that, they have no business investigating crimes.
Really? Why? If you share pictures with a boyfriend or girlfriend you're with, no, you kind of think they are private and sharing those pictures without consent is now a crime in my country.
@@hawple yes, common sense is perceived as being backwards these days. I would have to REALLY trust someone b/4 I assumed that they wouldn't share private moments in photos. To me this is common sense. When trust is betrayed by someone one that you don't REALLY know then don't play the victim card when that perceived trust is betrayed. Common sense is not very common anymore.
they only found 1 stupid screensaver. not 1 of the 100s of pictures were every found, just a screensaver. if thats even true shes the one putting it there
@@latengocomoburro Ummmmmm.....logic and critical thinking? Deductive reasoning? It appears these concepts are foreign to you - but they are a real thing.
At least you are smart enough to notice that. It just doesn't make sense at all. Even if he had the knowledge to file transfer he would still not know her password.
It's pretty obvious how those pictures ended up on his computer. She was the one who put them there. I highly doubt this old man managed to get into her phone and somehow downloaded the photos to his computer. Who would be so stupid to put a picture of her as a screen saver especially to a computer that she knows the password to and frequently is in the house.
There’s something seriously suspect about these photos. Why in hell would he have them as a screen saver/slideshow, (that can be revealed with a knock of the mouse) when she’s in his house regularly.
The computer screen was black and when she bumped the table or computer the photo probably came up. I think he may have had hidden cameras and was taking pictures of her without her knowledge. He took pictures of her while in the shower, bedroom, undressing, etc. Also, I think he may have stolen nude pictures of her off of her cell phone and/or computer.
@@AP12360that's exactly what op was referring to. Why use that photo as a screensaver when a little bump would easily have turned the screen on? And where were the hidden cameras? Were they ever retrieved?
Unlikely that the old guy could/would steal/hack into getting those photos. That computer was probably suspects old computer. She never removed the "sync" option on her photo app which enabled auto sending cellphone photos to old computer. Sad consequences.
Could it be he'd been harassing her for a long time. Could it be the pics were of them together? This rage, this vengeance, has more to it than meets the eye.
Why didn't she just drive him to the nearest hospital after taking him back to the rehab center? Why make a bed in the backseat of the car? If she couldn't get him out if the car, she should have called 911.
I feel like if she had owned up and said ‘yes, I did it’ but showed remorse etc.. she would’ve gained more empathy and understanding from the jurors but she is a liar and got what she deserved 🤷♀️
@@westcoastorbust2462 It's because its something that wasn't pondered on for a long time. She acted quickly out of emotion and anger. It shows that she's not a criminal. If she gets a retrial and pleads guilty, she'll be home in 5 years.
I think whatever he was in the hospital for initially, "the fall" or whatever it was, was from her doing. I think she planted those photos on his computer. She admitted she had his password. She wanted him dead for sure.
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His laptop did have the pictures… they addressed it at the end they just couldn’t find the hard drive with all of the hundreds of pics but that found the screensaver that was saved back in 2019 so they believe jade
Unbelievable that the defence can try this explanation. How did his body get down the driveway? So he staggered down there and covered himself in trash ? She killed him. No doubt.
I don't think that's what the defense was arguing. They argued he died in her car of a self-induced overdose and she panicked and tried to dispose of the body, which is how he supposedly ended up in the driveway.
Well, their other option was a "crime of passion" defense upon discovering the photos, meaning the photos needs to be entered into evidence,, which is ofc a problem.
I've watched another video about this same case on the channel Rotten Mango, it's much more detailed there with proper backstories (MUST SEE THAT). It was told that her mother had severe drinking problems, was very negligent of her kids, she married twice or thrice (including Tom) but she was always out drinking, was hardly present at home and had violent tendencies as well and there was a point she started coming home back with strange men infront of her kids. And if I remember correctly, Tom had a kid younger than Jade and Jade took care of him as well, both Tom and her did. Tom divorced Jade's mom and even after that they stayed in touch more than the mother.
I think that part of the story should have helped mitigating factors on the case. She may have been molested in her life, not necessary by Tom but finding out about this betrayal may have hit different for her because of this...lots of issues come up when the same sex parent is not 'present', or is neglectful etc.
Those also curious about Jade’s mom, this is all I could find- her name is Jeanette, her and Tom divorced in 2008. Apparently, she has some drug and mental problems and Jade, Tom, and younger brother Chase fled the home late one night for safety from her right before they divorced. I can’t find anything beyond that.
It's interesting how emotional was with her lawyer and how methodical she was with the prosecutor, how her whole demeanor and voice changed. One of these states she was in was not truthful and we all know which one.
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Every geeky smile she thought was a loving step parent was now up for fear sadness hatred violation6
Not sure.
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@@laurelj heartbreaking, it's very traumatic.
I'm not saying she should have killed him but every good memory is tainted forever
I wish they researched further into who owned those photos and how the stepdad acquired hundreds because I still don't understand how that happened and none of the news sites ever showed evidence of these photos.
Because there aren’t any photos … it’s just based on her word and she destroyed his hard drives too which assumed there wasn’t really any pics on there . She destroyed it so they wudnt see she made the story up. So it’s her word against a dead man.
If they were really on his harddrive ? She cudda taken them to the law . She’s murdered him just becoz she didn’t want to look after him. Tut tut
@@LadyChann I did read somewhere that in her anger she destroyed the hard drive? If the photos did exist i'd be wise to keep those photos as proof of his disgusting act especially since she said her initial plan was to confront him.
@@LadyChannthe prosecutors said they found proof he was on the computer with one of the naked pictures of her as his wallpaper.. So he knew about it.
@LadyChannDunDemSeason i hardly think "she didnt want to take care of him" would be her motive though. She didnt *have* to take care of him. Sure, its the morally "right" thing to do if he raised her and was a good father figure to her, but she still didnt have to. Especially since he was her stepfather and not her bio father. Besides, his health may not have been great, but it wasnt like she had to do everything for him at this point. She wasnt spoon feeding him, changing diapers, bathing him, dressing him, etc.
I believe Jade.
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So were the prior versions, going back many years. They're all excellent.
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I could not agree more! 😁 It's perfect. Find myself bobbing accordingly to it everytime now at the beginning of every episode 🎉😂
THEY WILL CHANGE IT..EVERYTHING EVOLVES..BUT I AGREE WITH YOU THOUGH
It’s annoying
It’s hard to get around the fact that he had nude pictures his step daughter on his computer- hundreds of them. That is so creepy, and frightening.
They also forgot to mention that a good number of those photos were taken when she was a minor.
Yeah imo that was the most shocking and disturbing thing in this story. I couldn't care less if the pervert was murdered. I don't think the girl is innocent but God damn I can't believe people are sympathizing with a pedophile!! He was literally making the world a worse place by being in it.
Agree. Can't believe how many ppl are glossing over this.
They never found pictures on his computer. They found ONE pic used as a screensaver on a laptop they said.
@@blackdragoness21 There's zero proof of any of that. There's no proof either that he had more than one picture (the screensaver one), and even that picture apparently is put into question since it doesn't show her face.
Caller: “My friend called and said she killed her stepfather”
Dispatch: “soooo…. What exactly are you trying to report..?”
Me: 🤦🏽♀️
You have to understand the way these dispatchers have to relay information to the police and the paramedics. Getting the gist of the story isnt the same thing. The man was relaying something the perpetrator allegedly said she did, but he had no verification, it was just heresay at that point. Its not the same as emphatically stating: 'I am reporting a homicide, this is when it happened, the deceased is at this address, the perpetrator is also at the address'. They have to get more information.
I thought exactly the same
The dispatcher was a dunce.
“A friend of mine said she *possibly* killed her stepdad… I don’t know if she really did this”
using this info alone, pick what the caller is reporting:
A death
A homicide
An attempted homicide
A poisoning
A medical mishap
An injury
An assault
etc.?
should they dispatch:
Police
Fire
EMS
Police & EMS
Fire & EMS
Police, Fire & EMS
etc.?
@@jordanalbano9780You could perhaps phrase it a little more concretely. Come up with something specific to ask. Like start with, what is your name and what is the friend and the victim's name, you know? The open-ended question just sounds inane.
Let me say this: if I found naked photos of me in the shower on anyone's computer, I would go straight to the police and I will never ever pick that person up at the hospital. I would cut every tie with them and I would report them to the police.
Tom's actions were sick and outrageous. But this woman still is a murderer.
If he got the photos nephariously. As another user pointed out...maybe she was giving him sexual favors for money.
Lol and from experience I can tell you that the police would not to do anything for you
What police would do? Are you crazy? Police's is not working & just she's are letting criminals loose right there & then & their to & attacked who arrested them. 99% of Americans now let leaving in dystopia. May be you belong to 1% who live in fantasy land.
@@youwish2783 You think you said something clever, don't you? But you *MISSED THE POINT*
This woman went and picked up that man from the hospital. I could never ever in any circumstances I would ever be in the presence of a man who stores naked photos of me.
This woman's behaviour is extremely strange if not suspicious. The man was sick, but she's clearly lying about what's really happened.
Yes so easy to sit on your high horse and judge something u have never been thru isn't it.
23 minutes in..
1. She slept with a knife but felt she’d be ok picking him up
2. She’s scared to death but has head space to buy stuff for antique restoration
3. Adam is so clear in his story where as hers is not so clear
4. “Get him into my house - his house” Freudian slip
So far, I am suspicious of her side of the story
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Same here! She seems so suspicious 🤔
And she had is password to his computer, but somehow never seen the screensaver before LOL.
WELL ...SHE GOT CONVICTED....😅
And she couldn’t help him inside the house when he was alive, but was able to move his deadweight body into the driveway? 😑
“I didn’t want to get accused of killing him” said every murderer ever
That happens to be the dumbest answer ever😂
I don't think that's on anyone's bucket list....
@@mightymouse1005you might be surprised
ehh, not everyone is afraid
She did it for sure but I think she should be able to get out someday 😮
Always ‘lawyer up’. Never talk to cops without your lawyer present.
Agreed, however lawyering up, didn't seem to help this murderer much at all.
This woman is a despicable liar.
Just call the cops and have him arrested. Why throw away your life?
Cos she’s a liar
Yea and sue
@ebony7012 exactly
@@ebony7012 she's not a liar are you slow? she literally has proof he took pictures of her when she was a MINOR.
@@ebony7012 ok. then way was her motive? money?
When my husband fell and couldn't get up and I couldn't lift him up myself, you know what I did? I called 911! You know what happened next? Firemen came and they lifted him and took him to the hospital. I didn't call a bunch of friends who wouldn't help me. I didn't put a bunch of pillows on the ground and make him a bed. I called for help! Her story makes no sense!
Especially out in her car. What was he supposed to do? Pee in her car?
At night it can get very cold in CA, so leaving him out in the car was not an act of kindness.@@01denese
Don’t be to quick to judge. My neighbor in my apartment complex called me to come over and help pick up her mom who had fallen. She, herself, is physically not able to pick her up due to her health issues and even though we don’t know each other very well, she still called me. I struggled, even hurt my back, but I was able to help her up.
Im wondering if Tom really put the pics on his computer. OR if she did..when he was in hospital.....just for a reason of defense in case she got caught .....
@@tooshay4me ok well you're a nice person and your neighbor was alive. Her story doesn't make much sense and the reason no one wanted to help her was because he was dead in the car. If your neighbor called you to move a dead body would you do that too?
You know someone is guilty when instead of calling the cops they hide the body.
She’s so guilty of killing him!
“I was so scared!” Yeah, scared because you killed him. There’s no other possible reason.
That's what I have trouble with in these cases. If you're innocent you don't hide or dismember the body.
well, some people make irrational decisions and panic in bad situations. If all that other evidence wasn't found, one could say she was in denial and just did what she did because she couldn't face it..."cover it up" so to speak until she could come to terms with it and call authorities. But in the driveway in plain sight is quite weird.
Wrapping up your step father in trash bags and leaving him under trash in the driveway looks very guilty.
Two questions:
What happened to Tom’s hard drive?
Who calls a hitman to help you get your parent into bed? 🤣
Oh lordy, Alan wasn't a hit man, just a security guard who inflated his image. Listen properly or check transcript.
She tossed the hard drive into the ocean. Now the dolphins are looking at her photos.
@@MusicTennis 🤣😂😅🤣🤣🤣
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@@sandycromhout9850 Well whether or not he was one irrelevant. Its that she thought he was one that is important.
She called everyone for help except 911
neither of the guys she called wanted to deal with a dead body...lol
Because she loaded her own nasty photos into his computer. She had the password
@@user-zv8gd3jl7qlet’s make more fun out of this, let’s say she owned the PC and the desk too, including all the furnitures, she was a interior designer remember? So everything in the house was her belongings!
@@user-zv8gd3jl7q She got 25 to life . Good call. She's guilty as sin.
As guilty as can be, but she remained so confident that everybody would buy her story.
It's a bold move to have the nude photo of your step daughter as a screen saver when she lives next door, is in daily contact with you, visits your house daily to fix you dinner and even comes over to your house to clean it.
Not bold. It would moronic. Makes no sense.
@@bism910ppl do strange things . That do not always make sence
I doubt it ever happened. For all we know if there was any such nude photos of her maybe her Stepdad bought them from her 'Only Fans' website online? Maybe her Stepdad didn't approve of her slutty behavior and called her out, and she got mad? I think the nude photos were simply a 'Red Herring' because no one ever saw them. I doubt they ever existed. Also why did the prosecutors keep referring to his Computer Laptop, when all the photos showed a Desktop Computer? To me that's all a side show.
It’s almost if it makes no sense at all… lol also she destroyed the hard drive and there was only one photo actually found. Also there is no way she could have put the photo on his pc…
Bold? I would say sick.
She had had access to his apartment and to his computer password for years. She might as well have been the one to put the photos in his computer and later set one up as screensaver. I think she is the one who planted the photos there and I'm very surprised nobody else seems to have thought of it.
Exactly I think she set him up and probably for insurances ..
She planted those pictures..😮
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Okay then
That's what I thought.
True! I was thinking the same way
Damn right she planted those photos. Funny how he never touched her and had no photos of her that he took only hundreds of photos taken by her.
Her incriminating phone texts what had given her away… and left her stepfather remains in the driveway? I won’t even think of leaving a dead carcass of a cat or a dog in my driveway!
What
Well he was a pos. I don't feel sorry for him.
@@angela-ji1cg Hi
Yeah, if it wasn't for the texts, I might have believed her.
A cat or a dog wouldn't deserve it, this creep did.
31:46 They say you can strangle someone without leaving marks if the person is already unconscious. However, according to Jade's texts, he was already waking up, so there's no way, then, she could have strangled him (without leaving marks anyway).
I think she suffocated him with the bag but told her friend she strangled him because she didn't know the difference between the two.
That makes sense.
Good point !
I thought the exact same thing
That's what I was thinking. She suffocated him using the bag with a little strangulation using her fingers.
Thanks, this makes sense
A normal non-killer would have called 911 immediately once they realized someone was dead.
According to her, she needed help to get him in the house after sleeping pills he took, she did EVERYTHING BUT CALL 911. She is a liar.
I would've driven him directly to the hospital! I wouldn't have picked him up from the rehabilitation place anyways. His business partner would've done it. She she should've never left him in that car. She could've saved herself by staying out of his life or taking him to the hospital directly when he started looking sick.
Facts
Yes, I don't want to victim blame but I thought her accusations were "debunked" about the photos? (I guess confiscated computer would tell all tho)
But but she's scared. Remember? Innocent people are always scared of the law. Unbelievable
Exactly
Why no call ambulance why take him to rehab and no to the hospital
She’s a killer
Had doubts in the beginning but those texts and purchases have me convinced one thousand percent she killed him.
Who the heck would put those pics as a screen saver on a Computer.
On a computer which is always running?!
It didn't happen. She made the whole thing up.
Funny how there's zero evidence of these pics too. She's a piece of work for sure.
@chandracox6814 you have daughters I hope it don't happen anything to them even the detectives found on his computer, his friend got rid of the hard drive, I will pay her bail out period.
@@chandracox6814Actually- in the trial, they found that her stepdad DID have the pics on his laptop. She wasn’t lying. Even his family mentioned it at sentencing. Being violated, sexually is worse than death. I can’t say I wouldn’t do the same thing.
Exactly
If these nude images of her did exist in his hard drive, she should have called the cops, have him arrested, and filed charges against him. NOT HAVE HIM KILLED.
And he'd probably go to 5 days of jail if any time at all but ya she's not in the right either
Not condoning what she did to Tom but those photos, her not knowing how he came to obtain them, surely would have instilled both fear and anger in her and most any woman. Slightly similar situation when I was 19 years old, two neighbor men whom had watched me grow up since age 7 . After the shock and fear wore off, anger took over. Walk a mile in her shoes.
They would say, shes an adult. She doesn't have to be in his house. She could have deleted all the pics and just never had anything to do with him@mack2233
I would have paid someone to find any hidden cameras in my house and delete all the pics he had....
I think I would have just wrote him off, sold my house and moved away
Interesting that when the defense was questioning her she was continually sobbing. When the prosecution questioned her she had a 100% turnaround. I wondered if it was the same woman.
Excellent observation,,,
It’s weird. No one mentions that the pics existed or not. No mentioning about how the step dad access the photos?
Her crying looks fake. If you watch the guys on the Behavior Panel, they talk about the grief muscle between humans' eyes that contracts when people really cry. Hers doesn't. She otherwise has a flat affect when she's not fake-crying. She's probably a psychopath.
Except at the end in the trial.
I noticed how not one tear fell from her eyes. That's when you know someone is lying. If you can't cry, you can't cry. But it looks suspish when you try to put on a show.
“I didn’t want to get blamed for killing him.”
If she was innocent, she would have said “… for his death”, not “killing”.
Yeah, her word choice was revealing.
Her "poor phrasing" abounds! She texted, "I dosed the hell out of him," and said on the stand that she used "poor phrasing."
Yeah, I picked up on that, too. I was like why did you choose THAT word! Her guilty conscience was talking. He was wrong for being a perv and she was wrong for handling it the way she did. Two wrongs don't make a right.
You make a good point.
@@FinancialHelp4MomsHe never had no pictures of her ! She set this up ! She putted the pictures in his computer. He always gave her money and she’s a lier and a really bad person.
Simple analogy, if you have nothing to do with the death of a person then why conceal the body??..btw, strong evidence was presented...
If she allegedly couldn't get him out of the car, and the rehab 'refused' to admit him back in, she should've driven straight to the hospital emergency room -- period -- *IF* that's what happened. Afraid to call 911, my a** ...
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She could not get him out of the car, yet he ended up in the driveway, 🤨😏
Exactly. Good grief her defense attorney claiming there was no evidence presented; the whole plot was in the messages. I'm surprised it took 30 minutes for the jury. Probably trying to finish the donuts...
Lol, that's not an analogy, it's a question.
This is whole thing is so implausable that she should have just raised her hand and said "Yep I'm guilty" and saved everyone the trouble of a trial. Just be accountable. I kept shaking my head through the whole episode. How did she every think she would be found not guilty?
Instead of taking him to jail she put herself to jail..its a total loss for her
But if he was alive, he would be able to prove he didn’t have any pictures of her. She needed him dead in order for her story to be more “believable.” Why are you so naive?
He wouldn’t have gone to jail. She wasn’t a minor when those photos were taken (that we know of) so what crime is there? Maybe a civil trial, but idk about criminal :/
No crime was committed by Tom
Why would he go to jail? I don't think law can do anything for keeping her nudes.
This is 21st century, never ever take nudes, not even with your long time partners. They can end up with anyone. If nothing, your kids will watch it after you die and it will be so embarrassing for them lol
Exactly... if you could leave someone you supposedly cared for under trash in the driveway then surely you wouldn't be above planting pictures on someone's computer@@LeeoGoneWild
She's terrified, but goes to pick him up. Utterly ridiculous! And these guys "just won't help her" with getting her ailing dad into the house? That's ridiculous, too. Clearly, there were other reasons that those guys bolted.
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Lesson Learned: don’t leave dead bodies in the driveway
At least on the curb. 😌
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Haha
Why did she pick him up from the hospital if she was so scared?
"the dumb and dumber mystery"
Guilty as sin
Exactly!!! She was so traumatized and had to sleep with a knife but yet she picked him up from the hospital. She murdered him.
Boom. This one ☝🏼 Exactly.
She could have called the police for help to get her stepdad into the house. The fire department, a neighbor. Wow. I don’t believe her. Besides, why did she want to help a man she thinks is harming her. Why pick him up from the hospital if you are afraid of him?
Exactly!!! She had a plan to killed him.
Exactly
His condition sounded like he wasn’t going to live that long anyway. She just wasted her life for a very poor decision. Nothing is worth going to jail for 25 years.
Very strange that the stepdad has these photos he’s not supposed to have as a screen saver on his desktop when Jade is over all the time fixing his dinner for him and taking care of him. Also strange that these photos weren’t recovered for evidence. For all of those saying she should have reported him to police, simply having pictures of a woman over the age of 18 is not a crime. She could have distanced herself, cut contact, possibly gotten a restraining order. But I think there was more to their relationship than she wanted to admit to. I am sure if there was more of an investigation they would have found a motive for murdering Jade’s stepdad than some photos on a computer.
The pictures started at age 16 while she was still a minor so he could have been charged with child pics.
During the trial, prosecutors alleged that Janks planned Merriman's killing after she found hundreds of nude photos of her on his computer, the station reported. Some of the images showed Janks when she was just 16 years old, her attorney alleged.
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I agree
@ jordantrnchard2739... Having nude pictures of someone without their consent is a crime especially your step daughter...now imagine your neighbor have dirty pictures of you without your consent...but it doesn't justified her killing him...there's other solutions to handling this matter...too bad she took the wrong path...
Well if he was to say hypothetically had cameras placed in the bathroom and in the room taking photos and video of her without her knowledge or consent then that would be illegal. But also if she was under aged in most pics then thats also possession of cp aswell . But this whole case is fishy let me finish watching 😭.
It’s universal. No tears when she pretended to cry.
she was sobbing. She was close to crying, I saw a tear
Yep no tears. 😮
I actually saw tears go down her cheek. But yh she definitely killed him.
I mean there were definitely, definitely tears
@@omarayyash3275 Then that does it - INNOCENT!
She is 100% guilty. Why would she think that they would think she had done something? An innocent person would just call 911.
I thought the same thing about 911. I wonder if he had a life insurance policy and who was the beneficiary? It seems it would be her if he had no one else and she was taking care of him. They never mentioned a monetary motive.
@@stoveboltlvr3798she was disgusted with him. She would have done better just telling the truth.
You simply can not say 100% unless you were there.
@@skyebugg7 …point taken.
@@skyebugg7 99%
She's a liar and her body language speaks A LOT LOUDER than her silly, prepared words...
4 sure such a Liar and a killer !! Devils working..😮😮😮😮
Who puts photos they shouldn’t have as a screensaver!! I’m not convinced by Jade at all.
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It was mentioned that she had his password too, so clearly she had access to his computer. Why would he have a nude photo of her, as a screen saver no less.
She uploaded them probably. And set him up. Then murdered him with this stupid excuse. If she was really a victim he would be in jail/in trouble, not her.
@@HK-vy3fhyou'd have evidence of time of upload and it would have been obvious it was her. It wasn't her.
He likely didn't ever expect her to have access to it. People who do stuff like that like to have easy access to it and get complacent.
It's incredible how Jade goes from not killing Tom her step father to explaining how she got a wheelchair in the back of her car with her dead step father back there also. People amaze me
How about the step father, the twisted perv with 400 nude photos of his step daughter? Does he spark amazement in your mind?? Why would we start going after perverts now, right?
Yet, you say nothing when a man running for president of the United States who has been adjudicated rapist and admitted that he wants to be a dictator even for just one day, he has been found a fraud and you are amazed at people? Really!
well, if she had mentioned the green aliens that were really responsible, you might think she is crazy
She’s full of it, she planted the photos.
The prosecutors (2) both acknowledged that this man did in fact have nude photos. They had no doubt he did this but stressed vigilantism is not the answer. I hope she gets out someday on a technicality.
i'M ALWAYS STUNNED WHEN GUITY MURDERES ARE STUNNED WHEN FOUND GUILTY
She was in shock from her discovery, but it’s too bad she didn’t simply let him figure out how to get home , and refuse to talk to him again.
If they had used a body language expert, they would have given all the tells she gave of her lying on the stand.
@@thomasjones4570 that is a sudo science in court, and don't hold up
@@carnmarth334errr… they literally said that they found the image to have been uploaded as a screensaver on 2019. Cops have their tech experts to verify these things.
@@TwiztidPainThat hasnt been true for almost 2 full decades. They are used often now in the courtroom.
@@carnmarth334The prosecuters said they had evidence the photo had been on the computer since 2019. I think the fact that his friend/business partner couldn't emphatically deny Tom could have been capable of having those photos speaks volumes as well. I'm not saying she was justified, it was a WILD over reaction on her part. She should have just left him at the hospital and never spoke to him again. It seems he was probably going to die soon from poor health anyway.
Jade went about handling that situation in a wrong way and it cost her her freedom.
Exactly
You believe the naked photos claim? I'm not saying it's impossible, but I have an issue with the discovery. If this guy was a creeper, would he have a naked woman as his screen saver? I mean I'm a pretty carefree man, not embarrassed by sexuality, but I wouldn't have a naked woman on my screen saver for all to see. It's just too intimate and uncomfortable not so much for me, but for others. I would fee awkward about it.
So this man is undercover peeping, why on earth would he have her nude, plastered on his screensaver, on a *computer she had access to* ? I just can't make sense of it.
@@LynxStarAutoAlso she doesn't mention that in her texts. Most importantly, she "erased" them from her hard drive. How convenient
🤔I’m thinking the photos never existed.
@@souldigspeaks4331They existed they were hers taken by her boyfriends. She put them on his laptop.
I don't believe for a second she asked 3 men to just help her get him into the house and they refused. She asked for help with a dead body thats why they left. This was premeditation.
Her looking shocked when they said guilty..... ma'am, you knew good and well...
The jury got it right!! Honest to goodness... how could this woman THINK she would be found innocent????
I'd be upset if I was Toms family, but I'd also understand her reasoning. He committed a sick disgusting betrayal.
@@bighomiemac3472I’d have to see the evidence
Her overpriced lawyer, if she would have pled guilty, she would have got 15 max
Pretty privilege?
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How do you know that?
I don’t know how Tom died, but I didn’t believe a word Jade said.
I know. She's got all these female friends but calls a "fixer" to deal with the stepdad once he's out of the hospital?
If you press on someone's carotid artery for a few minutes then an unconscious person will die due to brain death
@@01denese True! If you need to move a dead body, you call your girlfriends. Everyone knows that! :)
So, Have you checked your fathers computer to see if he has nude pictures of you? What would you do if you found some?
It's justifiable homicide
Doesn't add up. I say guilty. She's lying . And leaving the body in driveway ? And, I believe the one friend who called the cops alerting to them, is telling the truth. Her DNA is on his pills . GUILTY!!
He was sick! he could hav easily asked her to give him his pills.Jade's trial was unfair and wrong in so many levels.
Both are evil in their own way. She is a liar and had a killer in her. Both got what they deserved.
I agree. Fake tears.
@@rosarojafaceStop, just stop. You don’t call people for help and try to hide a body if you’re not guilty. She’s so clearly guilty that I’m actually amazed that you could possibly think otherwise. Usually I can understand when people see both sides but this is clear and obvious
@@rosarojafacewhy hide the body? Why would some photos make her feel like she needed a knife? If she really didn't feel safe, why didn't she go to the cops? Why did she get in contact with a "fixer"?
What kind of woman would pose for HUNDREDS of nude photos? And collected over the years from NUMEROUS partners. I now feel quite sad for her and whatever piece was missing from her life.
Call the cops. Show them the pix. He's in the hospital. Have him moved to a nursing home, while being investigated. Get rid of him.
She was not going to show them the photos, presumably, if she's embarassed to have them out there.
Move away, go no contact.
she did admit she had taken some of the photos herself! I would like to have known more about her life and behaviour up to that point.@@jimwerther
Shes a terrible liar. Shes on the stand making all these sad faces yet i didnt see a single tear
Exactly 😮
She reminds me of Amber Heard, with all of the facial expressions.
I thought I saw one, not 100% sure though
I thought I saw one
The motive seems clear. She wants the wealth/property of her stepdad. She slipped when she called her stepdad's house "my house" during her testimony.
Maybe she was poisoning him for years and when he kept coming out alive from the hospital she lost it
Is it known whether she was her stepfather`s only heir? Money would be a strong motive.
Also, she was probably tired of taking care of him.
Not sure how well his butterfly business was, but a property is a good start.
She had the password to his computer but only come to realize that he had hundreds of nude photos of her after she bumped into the computer and seen one as a screen saver. 🙄
The fact that she thought that even sounded somewhat believable is hilarious 😂 Even if he really did have those photos, as her stepdad you think he’d be bold enough to set one as a damn screen saver.
When she texted “lose my number”, she’s telling him to forget about her and she’s done with him because she knows he snitched on her - not to delete her number and evidence lol
that guy wasn't returning any of her texts or calls - so why tell him to lose her number? lol.....when someone ghosts you - you don't need to tell them to lose your number.
Adam is a Hero❤when you see something say something.
I think it's pretty straightforward that regardless of the photos, it doesn't justify killing a man especially with premeditation. Report a creep or even go to the media or what not. Her hands were not tied. He was in fact so unwell still. And I am curious, if the photos were truly the centre of her story, why not make them part of evidence?
There were no photos. She just said that there was.
@@sandgrownun66The prosecutors said there was one saved as his screen saver!!!
@@sandgrownun66 Sure Jan
They said the hard drive was gone
@@EVonShay BUt Jade had the password to his computer. She could've put that there herself
Every fool talking about her pictures is the exact reason she planted the screensaver,. sympathy. she made the story up, pretty clear she destroyed the harddrive.
What do you think her motive was?
If she knew he did something wrong why didn't she go to the police
Cause he didn’t do anything wrong.
Because it wasn't illegal. Just disgusting.
What are the police going to do? He didn't break any laws
it isn't a crime to have pictures of a nude adult on your computer.
I wish i was as dumb and simple as you.
They said she made him dinner and took care of him daily. It doesn't make sense that he would Secretly have hundreds of her photos and use them as wallpaper on his computer. They said the photos were taken by her and previous boyfriends. Plural boyfriends. So she wasn.t exactly shy or worried about her modesty. She GAVE him the pictures. I bet there was a different motive and she couldn't come up with anything better for an excuse. Her reaction showed that she thought she would get off easy.
The computer screen was black and when she bumped the table or computer the photo probably came up. I think he may have had hidden cameras and was taking pictures of her without her knowledge. He took pictures of her while in the shower, bedroom, undressing, etc. Also, I think he may have stolen nude pictures of her off of her cell phone and/or computer.
Firstly, what happened to her mom? Her mom was never mentioned. I mean, even her biological father made an appearance. Secondly, Jade shouldn't have even picked him up from the rehabilitation place. His best friend would've done it. It was stupid to drive to a hospital to pick up a wheelchair and not leave him at the damn hospital. But the dumbest thing by far, was leaving him at the edge of the driveway. That was beyond stupid!
I found it very frustrating and distracting that 48 Hours failed to mention where the mom was.
And I also thought that she drove him back to the hospital so that the doctors could run out and find him dead in the car. This would've been a believable death due to illness/overmedication scenario. But no, she steals a wheelchair and takes off. Guilty AND stupid.
The mom gave birth to a child, then they separated some time later. Jade and the stepfather raised the child somehow together.
Just googled
Mom divorced him after 13 years and several instances of domestic abuse
In 2008
Her mom and Tom got divorced but she still stayed close with tom.
exactly. thats why I feel she is not innocent. @@jenna-a-gogo
She’s crying sooo hard with NO TEARS
Remember guys, don't be too all-American, don't be the life of the party, don't light up a room and keep your shirt on your back. Follow this advice and you'll live longer.☑
You made me laugh 😂 and I agree.
And don't keep your pants on, let your legs breathe.
Be middle-of-the-road. File your taxes. Marry someone you know well and trust (who also has a community of people around them). Etc…
A tomboy and a girly girl all in the same day, you mean she can change clothes in one day?! Wow
She acted like a "tomboy" or a "girly girl" in one day.
She acted.😢
And apparently shower to remove dirt after working
It could have been worse. At least she didn't light up every room she entered 😂
@@Mhel2023 You've got a good point there✔
People realize she has NO nude pictures to hand over to the police right? She “lost” them. She is where she belongs. And a man lost his reputation because SHE said it was so.
People also realize that the cops never took the hard drive that would prove the photos.....
A hard drive would still have the data of the photos.
@@ashleysmashley2323 BS!
What if she knew the password, and added her own pictures as screensaver? Some justification she sought for her actions
I think it actually at one point (early) it did say she knew his password
I wonder if she stood to inherit something if he passed
Jade Janks is a cold blooded killer and liar, I'm convinced.She thought that she could cover it up but things did not go her way.She actually incriminated herself with the text messages
But one damn hot killer, ngl.
She planted the photos killed him for his home and money.
This girl is guilty as all hell.
And I bet she put those pictures on his computer.
why
Yes I think the same and I think it's sad that they are all going along with the story that he had those pictures, it's unfair
What an idiotic and mean-spirited accusation.
@christyaustin4833 it's actually the truth
If she planted the pictures herself, what's her motive for killing him? Makes no sense.
She's so fake. No emotion. Even if you're mad, horrified, etc, she claims she's loved him all those years. No real emotion?
"Lose my number." Like she's in a crime drama.
When they asked her if she had sent him the nude photos her answers sounded so fake that I don’t even know if I believe her.
I bet there is some life insurance or inheritance involved.
@@tippysmith2627There has to be, too bad she didn't have patience, his health sounded so bad he would've died by natural causes or another fall within a few years.
Swearrrr she put those photos on his computer all on her own smh
They can recover deleted text messages but not image times stamps? There are time stamps on every file. If the cops didn’t catch that, they have no business investigating crimes.
I think that anytime you let someone take pictures of you like that you need to assume they will be seen by everyone.
Oh gosh… what backwards person
Really? Why? If you share pictures with a boyfriend or girlfriend you're with, no, you kind of think they are private and sharing those pictures without consent is now a crime in my country.
@@hawple yes, common sense is perceived as being backwards these days. I would have to REALLY trust someone b/4 I assumed that they wouldn't share private moments in photos. To me this is common sense. When trust is betrayed by someone one that you don't REALLY know then don't play the victim card when that perceived trust is betrayed. Common sense is not very common anymore.
@@thewillowtree1127 they think a law is a magic pill that let's then act without common sense.
That may be your personal life philosophy but that’s not the law.
Jade aged 10 years before and after the verdict.
it's just without makeup, her real face.
I know, how sad! Jail must be an horrible place.
Drugs
Jail may do that to you if you get depressed
@@joez.2794 Boy oh boy, yes, drugs for sure will age a person before their time.
I don't believe a word of her story. She planted those photos on his computer herself.
One million percent. Such a liar
they only found 1 stupid screensaver. not 1 of the 100s of pictures were every found, just a screensaver. if thats even true shes the one putting it there
Yeah cause you just know everything.
The photos were never recovered, so how can you say this?
@@latengocomoburro Ummmmmm.....logic and critical thinking? Deductive reasoning? It appears these concepts are foreign to you - but they are a real thing.
Even her shocked face when found guilty seemed really fake.
Nothing more annoying than watching someone act like they're crying when they are clearly not.
If her stepfather's death was surprised by her stepfathers' death why didn't she call 911. Her explanation makes no sense.
How would he have gotten photos off of HER phone . Not buying it.
At least you are smart enough to notice that. It just doesn't make sense at all. Even if he had the knowledge to file transfer he would still not know her password.
The only way he got the photos was she sent them to him. She's a complete nut job, poor guy
It's pretty obvious how those pictures ended up on his computer. She was the one who put them there. I highly doubt this old man managed to get into her phone and somehow downloaded the photos to his computer. Who would be so stupid to put a picture of her as a screen saver especially to a computer that she knows the password to and frequently is in the house.
Yeah. How many 63 year old unhealthy people are that tech savvy?
Did you not hear the prosecutor themselves confirmed that the alleged n u d e photos of her were already there in his computer since 2019?
why would she do that? Makes no sense. Unless she did it for herself, not to set him up.
There’s something seriously suspect about these photos. Why in hell would he have them as a screen saver/slideshow, (that can be revealed with a knock of the mouse) when she’s in his house regularly.
The computer screen was black and when she bumped the table or computer the photo probably came up. I think he may have had hidden cameras and was taking pictures of her without her knowledge. He took pictures of her while in the shower, bedroom, undressing, etc. Also, I think he may have stolen nude pictures of her off of her cell phone and/or computer.
@@AP12360 They said they were pictures she had taken herself when she was with ex boyfriends.
@SelinaBeana My thoughts exactly! Also what happened to the alleged photos on the screensaver 🤔
@@AP12360that's exactly what op was referring to. Why use that photo as a screensaver when a little bump would easily have turned the screen on? And where were the hidden cameras? Were they ever retrieved?
Unlikely that the old guy could/would steal/hack into getting those photos. That computer was probably suspects old computer. She never removed the "sync" option on her photo app which enabled auto sending cellphone photos to old computer. Sad consequences.
Could it be he'd been harassing her for a long time. Could it be the pics were of them together? This rage, this vengeance, has more to it than meets the eye.
The step-daughter cried, but not one tear on her face.
It's really nice to see the actual people in the story
How do we know she didn't put the pictures in the computer? Because I think that's what she did!
Bc it was his wallpaper for a long time before he ever fell ill!!!
@@CR-ce5lf but how do we know it was his wallpaper for a long time? If he is guilty of it, then I think it's justifiable homicide.
Those texts were damning.
Why didn't she just drive him to the nearest hospital after taking him back to the rehab center? Why make a bed in the backseat of the car? If she couldn't get him out if the car, she should have called 911.
🤔
I feel like if she had owned up and said ‘yes, I did it’ but showed remorse etc.. she would’ve gained more empathy and understanding from the jurors but she is a liar and got what she deserved 🤷♀️
And she told on herself to her ex. And left Tom's body on the driveway. Huh?
Yea. This was done so stupidly.
@@westcoastorbust2462 It's because its something that wasn't pondered on for a long time. She acted quickly out of emotion and anger. It shows that she's not a criminal. If she gets a retrial and pleads guilty, she'll be home in 5 years.
Yep
yea, I wonder if she would've gotten a lighter sentence if she confessed, since technically the sleeping pill killed him. maybe man 1
I think whatever he was in the hospital for initially, "the fall" or whatever it was, was from her doing. I think she planted those photos on his computer. She admitted she had his password. She wanted him dead for sure.
I agree.
If she planted it that day i think ots easy to know when she did it.I believe there is more to that
@@emmanuelatuahene5711 Money 💰 ! 🤔
I’ve binged on every 48hr episode on this channel now I have to wait for new ones to drop 😭
Me too 😮
lol. I’m getting there!
@CBS please omit showing images of people swimming with dolphins!!
Currently the Taiji hunting season is occurring and already dozens of dolphins have been taken for entertainment exploitation.
The practice is a brutal nightmare: pods are chased into the Taiji cove, some are slaughtered dome are culled for sale and juveniles are herded back out to sea and certain death without their family members.
Entertainment exploitation drives sales. There is no real income in the meat.
There is no such thing as a “domesticated” dolphin. They live horrible lives in tanks. Any captive bred dolphins are descendants of wild caught animals.
Let’s stop promoting this kind of entertainment. It’s vile.
They never addressed whether or not his computer ever really had the pictures. And that he uploaded them
His laptop did have the pictures… they addressed it at the end they just couldn’t find the hard drive with all of the hundreds of pics but that found the screensaver that was saved back in 2019 so they believe jade
@@makaylawaters2568 That could be explained away...she could have used that laptop and left it there.
Unbelievable that the defence can try this explanation. How did his body get down the driveway? So he staggered down there and covered himself in trash ? She killed him. No doubt.
I don't think that's what the defense was arguing. They argued he died in her car of a self-induced overdose and she panicked and tried to dispose of the body, which is how he supposedly ended up in the driveway.
Well, their other option was a "crime of passion" defense upon discovering the photos, meaning the photos needs to be entered into evidence,, which is ofc a problem.
She said she couldn’t get him into the house. I can easily believe that.
She had a plan. It just didn't work out how she thought it would
I've watched another video about this same case on the channel Rotten Mango, it's much more detailed there with proper backstories (MUST SEE THAT). It was told that her mother had severe drinking problems, was very negligent of her kids, she married twice or thrice (including Tom) but she was always out drinking, was hardly present at home and had violent tendencies as well and there was a point she started coming home back with strange men infront of her kids. And if I remember correctly, Tom had a kid younger than Jade and Jade took care of him as well, both Tom and her did. Tom divorced Jade's mom and even after that they stayed in touch more than the mother.
Wow!! I totally thought the mom had died. Thanks very much for the additional context.
"strange men infront of her kids" - Apparently this is very common with a lot of single mothers.
@@rrboss3721 not single, while she was married
It's very suspect to me that they ignored this part of the story and didn't even mention the mom outside of the basic genetic story.
I think that part of the story should have helped mitigating factors on the case. She may have been molested in her life, not necessary by Tom but finding out about this betrayal may have hit different for her because of this...lots of issues come up when the same sex parent is not 'present', or is neglectful etc.
I don't know why but I love 48 Hour's theme music
Those also curious about Jade’s mom, this is all I could find- her name is Jeanette, her and Tom divorced in 2008. Apparently, she has some drug and mental problems and Jade, Tom, and younger brother Chase fled the home late one night for safety from her right before they divorced. I can’t find anything beyond that.
Wow,interesting.
@@staceepayne8787 Hi lorrie🌹🌹
How are you doing?
Seems like jade inherited her moms mental issues
It's interesting how emotional was with her lawyer and how methodical she was with the prosecutor, how her whole demeanor and voice changed. One of these states she was in was not truthful and we all know which one.