Jade Janks and the Secret Photos | Full Episode

A woman discovers explicit photos of herself on her stepfather’s computer. Soon after, he’s found dead. Jade is a likely suspect, but did she do it? "48 Hours" correspondent Tracy Smith reports.
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[@trustkillxxxx]

dont tell me what to do!

[@laurelj]

Every geeky smile she thought was a loving step parent was now up for fear sadness hatred violation6

[@debracramer1251]

Not sure.

[@merncat3384]

​@@trustkillxxxx😂

[@merncat3384]

​@@laurelj heartbreaking, it's very traumatic. I'm not saying she should have killed him but every good memory is tainted forever

[@Willowgrey31]

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.

[@blackdragoness21]

They also forgot to mention that a good number of those photos were taken when she was a minor.

[@bb-mf6qh]

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.

[@jomlin143]

Agree. Can't believe how many ppl are glossing over this.

[@cissyiniguez]

They never found pictures on his computer. They found ONE pic used as a screensaver on a laptop they said.

[@georgezee5173]

@@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.

[@qbanchk3]

Caller: “My friend called and said she killed her stepfather” Dispatch: “soooo…. What exactly are you trying to report..?” Me: 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@paulinegallagher7821]

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.

[@poisonivyheart6621]

I thought exactly the same

[@chelseamoore6074]

The dispatcher was a dunce.

[@jordanalbano9780]

“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.?

[@BlueCyann]

@@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.

[@stevenkay896]

Who the heck would put those pics as a screen saver on a Computer. On a computer which is always running?!

[@markuss4133]

Like this is the big problem here

[@chandracox6814]

It didn't happen. She made the whole thing up.

[@chandracox6814]

Funny how there's zero evidence of these pics too. She's a piece of work for sure.

[@Loveisuniquebless]

​@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.

[@trufflesrheaven]

@@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.

[@amatya.rakshasa]

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.

[@bism910]

Not bold. It would moronic. Makes no sense.

[@RichMcc]

​@@bism910ppl do strange things . That do not always make sence

[@johnedwards785]

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.

[@tts211]

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…

[@sandraruland3846]

Bold? I would say sick.

[@verabolton]

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.

[@jara4766]

If he got the photos nephariously. As another user pointed out...maybe she was giving him sexual favors for money.

[@youwish2783]

Lol and from experience I can tell you that the police would not to do anything for you

[@annakaye1629]

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.

[@verabolton]

@@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.

[@kshejohnson9207]

Yes so easy to sit on your high horse and judge something u have never been thru isn't it.

[@analilla]

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.

[@LadyChann]

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

[@analilla]

​@@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.

[@yellowdayz1800]

​@@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.

[@emoliver80]

​@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.

[@didibolter9362]

I believe Jade.

[@jeanlucgohard]

Just call the cops and have him arrested. Why throw away your life?

[@ebony7012]

Cos she’s a liar

[@juniorramirez9030]

Yea and sue

[@juniorramirez9030]

​@ebony7012 exactly

[@Erzan391]

@@ebony7012 she's not a liar are you slow? she literally has proof he took pictures of her when she was a MINOR.

[@cram7870]

@@ebony7012 ok. then way was her motive? money?

[@KrustyKlown]

Lesson Learned: don’t leave dead bodies in the driveway

[@tiger.wolf.2033]

[@fatee5069]

At least on the curb. 😌

[@Hypablue]

Please never change your intro. The strings and imagery are so eerie and perfectly set the tone for all of these episodes.

[@jimwerther]

So were the prior versions, going back many years. They're all excellent.

[@ji1072]

Yesss!

[@_PurpleCosmos_]

I could not agree more! 😁 It's perfect. Find myself bobbing accordingly to it everytime now at the beginning of every episode 🎉😂

[@leelunk8235]

THEY WILL CHANGE IT..EVERYTHING EVOLVES..BUT I AGREE WITH YOU THOUGH

[@aaronc3396]

It’s annoying

[@vienhuynh1148]

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

[@tonyamartin1425]

bingo

[@sharonwmakita3884]

Same here! She seems so suspicious 🤔

[@SidewaysInTraffic]

And she had is password to his computer, but somehow never seen the screensaver before LOL.

[@Dave-ji1yp]

WELL ...SHE GOT CONVICTED....😅

[@estherlongmore9443]

And she couldn’t help him inside the house when he was alive, but was able to move his deadweight body into the driveway? 😑

[@chuckschillingvideos]

I don't believe a word of her story. She planted those photos on his computer herself.

[@amywood7082]

One million percent. Such a liar

[@user-ul2vj2nm3l]

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

[@Erzan391]

Yeah cause you just know everything.

[@latengocomoburro]

The photos were never recovered, so how can you say this?

[@chuckschillingvideos]

@@latengocomoburro Ummmmmm.....logic and critical thinking? Deductive reasoning? It appears these concepts are foreign to you - but they are a real thing.

[@MasterhpIke]

You know someone is guilty when instead of calling the cops they hide the body.

[@dianeharris2623]

She’s so guilty of killing him!

[@oldcremona]

“I was so scared!” Yeah, scared because you killed him. There’s no other possible reason.

[@LinkRocks]

That's what I have trouble with in these cases. If you're innocent you don't hide or dismember the body.

[@l-b284]

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.

[@swpost3]

“I didn’t want to get accused of killing him” said every murderer ever

[@ezrakachidza9034]

That happens to be the dumbest answer ever😂

[@mightymouse1005]

I don't think that's on anyone's bucket list....

[@user-lh9pj5px3i]

​@@mightymouse1005you might be surprised

[@replynotificationsoff]

ehh, not everyone is afraid

[@stacyward4309]

She did it for sure but I think she should be able to get out someday 😮

[@scootermom1791]

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.

[@GypsyGirl317]

That makes sense.

[@Kat.Evangeline]

Good point !

[@artsie8282]

I thought the exact same thing

[@fatma3238]

That's what I was thinking. She suffocated him using the bag with a little strangulation using her fingers.

[@marcoandell]

She called everyone for help except 911

[@ronthompson95]

It’s universal. No tears when she pretended to cry.

[@omarayyash3275]

she was sobbing. She was close to crying, I saw a tear

[@RosemaryOltarzewski]

Yep no tears. 😮

[@bosiesmom]

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!

[@01denese]

Especially out in her car. What was he supposed to do? Pee in her car?

[@junemarshall-kingsley566]

At night it can get very cold in CA, so leaving him out in the car was not an act of kindness.@@01denese

[@tooshay4me]

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.

[@Theranchhouse1]

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 .....

[@bosiesmom]

@@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?

[@oliviaedralin1436]

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!

[@donnabelitz3105]

What

[@angela-ji1cg]

Well he was a pos. I don't feel sorry for him.

[@georgemoore-wg5jj]

@@angela-ji1cg Hi

[@obsidiansea]

Yeah, if it wasn't for the texts, I might have believed her.

[@tamitribbiani7907]

A cat or a dog wouldn't deserve it, this creep did.

[@andreanicoleburke5567]

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

[@paulwood4056]

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?

[@jimvacuum]

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!

[@cdelane3335]

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.

[@laurenherda2415]

Had doubts in the beginning but those texts and purchases have me convinced one thousand percent she killed him.

[@chrissttiiee]

Why did she pick him up from the hospital if she was so scared?

[@secretbassrigs]

"the dumb and dumber mystery"

[@paulascharff3534]

Guilty as sin

[@quantumnature514]

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.

[@TheSuzberry]

Always ‘lawyer up’. Never talk to cops without your lawyer present.

[@user-mv7kh5sv9z]

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.☑

[@ksharpe8137]

You made me laugh 😂 and I agree.

[@lbw9830]

Two questions: What happened to Tom’s hard drive? Who calls a hitman to help you get your parent into bed? 🤣

[@sandycromhout9850]

Oh lordy, Alan wasn't a hit man, just a security guard who inflated his image. Listen properly or check transcript.

[@MusicTennis]

She tossed the hard drive into the ocean. Now the dolphins are looking at her photos.

[@tiger.wolf.2033]

@@MusicTennis 🤣😂😅🤣🤣🤣

[@monumentvalley6681]

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.

[@mack2233]

And he'd probably go to 5 days of jail if any time at all but ya she's not in the right either

[@maemarcil149]

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.

[@mightymouse1005]

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

[@mightymouse1005]

I would have paid someone to find any hidden cameras in my house and delete all the pics he had....

[@mightymouse1005]

I think I would have just wrote him off, sold my house and moved away

[@7.62Ak]

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.

[@hojinl]

“I didn’t want to get blamed for killing him.” If she was innocent, she would have said “… for his death”, not “killing”.

[@pipercraven-zd9ui]

Yeah, her word choice was revealing.

[@resaboutb.9566]

Her "poor phrasing" abounds! She texted, "I dosed the hell out of him," and said on the stand that she used "poor phrasing."

[@FinancialHelp4Moms]

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.

[@paulhomsy2751]

You make a good point.

[@Bigboro]

@@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.

[@mcfallan26]

She had a plan. It just didn't work out how she thought it would

[@furbabe]

She has the password to access Tom’s computer. Easily she could have planted the photos herself.

[@l-b284]

oooh, that's an interesting twist. never thought of that! OK, let's go down that rabbit hole. What did she have to gain if he were dead? A butterfly farm? Life insurance? two houses? something else?

[@jamesstewart8670]

@@l-b284that’s a good point too or or hear me out, who was the head of the phone bill, my parents didn’t take me off their phone bill till I was 24, you think he asked for permission from the phone company to send every text to an email?? That would send every picture she had ever sent or received

[@greventlov]

@@l-b284oh lwad, the whole photos thing is illogical, from start to finish, illogical like a woman's mind

[@marissakeynes2532]

That's sexist! ​@@greventlov

[@greventlov]

@@marissakeynes2532 yeah. I am positive you think that way. Prove it now. That is more difficult.

[@NinjakuWarrior360]

What if she knew the password, and added her own pictures as screensaver? Some justification she sought for her actions

[@donbirkholz6842]

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.

[@zagor1453]

Excellent observation,,,

[@TJR-ju8dj]

It’s weird. No one mentions that the pics existed or not. No mentioning about how the step dad access the photos?

[@angelalalley7593]

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.

[@angelalalley7593]

Except at the end in the trial.

[@rosesareblue73]

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.

[@wengd.6738]

Simple analogy, if you have nothing to do with the death of a person then why conceal the body??..btw, strong evidence was presented...

[@resaboutb.9566]

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** ...

[@moward4964]

👍😀👍

[@moward4964]

@@resaboutb.9566👍🙂👍 She could not get him out of the car, yet he ended up in the driveway, 🤨😏

[@oldhickory4686]

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...

[@elelegidosf9707]

Lol, that's not an analogy, it's a question.

[@mikerogato6390]

This girl is guilty as all hell. And I bet she put those pictures on his computer.

[@Thas-ms8zv]

why

[@isabel.bolivia]

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

[@christyaustin4833]

What an idiotic and mean-spirited accusation.

[@mikerogato6390]

@christyaustin4833 it's actually the truth

[@budekins7779]

If she planted the pictures herself, what's her motive for killing him? Makes no sense.

[@erlg318]

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.

[@melseq]

Maybe she was poisoning him for years and when he kept coming out alive from the hospital she lost it

[@kimmie2679]

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.

[@Moonewitch]

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.

[@jamesball8519]

Facts

[@patcake6388]

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)

[@Ze_Moose]

But but she's scared. Remember? Innocent people are always scared of the law. Unbelievable

[@maggie9312]

Exactly Why no call ambulance why take him to rehab and no to the hospital She’s a killer

[@inglestherightway]

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.

[@leejganderson7827]

Exactly I think she set him up and probably for insurances .. She planted those pictures..😮 Peace 🙏🕊️🙏 10.20.2023

[@user-ol2qn9cs9h]

Okay then

[@noelvoss6744]

That's what I thought.

[@AMMARTRAVELS]

True! I was thinking the same way

[@BkBk-gy6vr]

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.

[@kezz-iofficial4058]

Watching her talking on the stand I can tell she’s lying about the whole photo thing. Straight up performance 🎭

[@mikek2337]

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.

[@redbandit7481]

She is definitely a LIAR, and likely a psychopath!!!!! I don’t even necessarily believe she found those photos on his computer but planted them there.

[@t.k3025]

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?

[@meerahm3345]

Exactly!!! She had a plan to killed him.

[@patriciasimons1873]

Exactly

[@chantelletrembath3345]

How many people take 100s of naked photos of themselves? That must be listed as one of her hobbies lol

[@kanamichelle7404]

These days, with social media selfies, I don’t find that that hard to believe. People are a bunch a narcissists and exhibitiinists.

[@ognyena]

She's a liar and her body language speaks A LOT LOUDER than her silly, prepared words...

[@smellthepetrichor349]

Instead of taking him to jail she put herself to jail..its a total loss for her

[@LeeoGoneWild]

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?

[@Camibug]

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 :/

[@mihirengg19]

No crime was committed by Tom

[@rrboss3721]

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

[@1goeers]

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

[@titaniumman_22]

She is 100% guilty. Why would she think that they would think she had done something? An innocent person would just call 911.

[@stoveboltlvr3798]

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.

[@westcoastorbust2462]

@@stoveboltlvr3798she was disgusted with him. She would have done better just telling the truth.

[@skyebugg7]

You simply can not say 100% unless you were there.

[@titaniumman_22]

@@skyebugg7 …point taken.

[@westcoastorbust2462]

@@skyebugg7 99%

[@totalbodybeauty4832]

Her looking shocked when they said guilty..... ma'am, you knew good and well...

[@JJJJ-gl2uf]

This woman killed her stepfather. The most mysterious point is: where are all the photos? Why were they never found on his hard drive? Oh, the hundreds of photos on Tom's computer never existed and she destroyed the hard drive to make her own story credible. All the evidence points to her drugging and killing her stepfather. There is no other conclusion to draw from this. Guilty !!

[@ronthompson95]

Finally someone with a brain.

[@paulinegallagher7821]

And you cant totally destroy hard drive, tech experts can retrieve data of broken hard drives.

[@SnowWhiteTheU2]

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

[@thewillowtree1127]

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.

[@elizabethmencia6027]

I totally understand this. I had a pervert for a step "father" and tried to care for him after my mom died. But after numerous advances aimed at me I totally left him alone. He died alone in a crappy nursing home with bad care. Oh well. When you disrespect my mother after her death by hitting on me i could care less anymore. He was always a huge deviant. Many men are unfortunately.

[@staceepayne8787]

God bless you! You tried sister!

[@ExiledStardust]

I'm sorry that happened to you. So many of these disgusting creeps and so little justice.

[@nikismith3784]

I'm so sorry this happened to you ladies. No woman should have to live under that horror and tension. I wish you all the best for your futures and happiness. From one woman to another, much love.

[@angussneef]

@@ExiledStardustkinda sounds like justice happened. Justice doesn’t always come from the government

[@TheRoundandround]

I HATE FEMINISTS...BUT YOU ARE RIGHT. MANY WOMEN ARE THE SAME WAY TOO...

[@lilym2432]

I don't know why but I love 48 Hour's theme music

[@richwarren3803]

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.

[@AP12360]

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.

[@squarepeg4227]

Who puts photos they shouldn’t have as a screensaver!! I’m not convinced by Jade at all.

[@Thomas88.]

👏👏👏

[@flesh4lulu475]

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.

[@HK-vy3fh]

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.

[@DC-gh6dy]

​@@HK-vy3fhyou'd have evidence of time of upload and it would have been obvious it was her. It wasn't her.

[@ilyearer]

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.

[@venturini09]

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.

[@tobiwalker7145]

There's no proof the photos existed. Setting up the man as a "sick, perverted individual" and then killing him so he can't defend himself is pretty diabolical. Jade's a narcissist so obsessed with her own beauty that she assumes everybody would find it plausible that somebody else would be, too?

[@imstephbella]

Thats soooo true no proof of the pictures it could have been made up

[@trisin]

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.

[@jordantrenchard2739]

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.

[@BuffyG63]

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.

[@ninap6893]

@@BuffyG63😮

[@teresaestevezalvarez664]

I agree

[@y2k029]

@ 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...

[@Daeelol]

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 😭.

[@brendasnow8255]

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.

[@thomasjones4570]

If they had used a body language expert, they would have given all the tells she gave of her lying on the stand.

[@TwiztidPain]

@@thomasjones4570 that is a sudo science in court, and don't hold up

[@yointhebedroom83]

@@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.

[@thomasjones4570]

@@TwiztidPainThat hasnt been true for almost 2 full decades. They are used often now in the courtroom.

[@cinemagirlxoxo]

​@@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.

[@liencali3018]

That woman is guilty for sure.

[@tankthearc9875]

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.

[@whatafarce4805]

The jury got it right!! Honest to goodness... how could this woman THINK she would be found innocent????

[@bighomiemac3472]

I'd be upset if I was Toms family, but I'd also understand her reasoning. He committed a sick disgusting betrayal.

[@JoshesButthole-po2cn]

@@bighomiemac3472I’d have to see the evidence

[@raushaunrigsby1181]

Her overpriced lawyer, if she would have pled guilty, she would have got 15 max

[@sabrinasjourney]

Pretty privilege?

[@jimwerther]

​@@raushaunrigsby1181 How do you know that?

[@youtubebowser627]

Jade went about handling that situation in a wrong way and it cost her her freedom.

[@hasnabouras5246]

Exactly

[@LynxStarAuto]

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.

[@Ze_Moose]

​@@LynxStarAutoAlso she doesn't mention that in her texts. Most importantly, she "erased" them from her hard drive. How convenient

[@souldigspeaks4331]

🤔I’m thinking the photos never existed.

[@curtisbrown4449]

​@@souldigspeaks4331They existed they were hers taken by her boyfriends. She put them on his laptop.

[@CamileColbath]

Swearrrr she put those photos on his computer all on her own smh

[@trisin]

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.

[@gwendolynbrown1355]

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.

[@gwendolynbrown1355]

🤔

[@Max-mj4bc]

How do we know she didn't put the pictures in the computer? Because I think that's what she did!

[@CityBohoGirl]

How would he have gotten photos off of HER phone . Not buying it.

[@R.O.T.C._SEEM]

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.

[@Miss_Tika1]

She’s crying sooo hard with NO TEARS

[@Brock_Landers]

It's funny because they ask questions like we don't already know that she killed Tom Merriman. It's pretty obvious, and I'm sure she planted those pictures of herself on his computer to make the excuse that he possessed pictures of her.

[@hollyray3152]

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.

[@jimwerther]

She was not going to show them the photos, presumably, if she's embarassed to have them out there.

[@bluecollarlit]

Move away, go no contact.

[@margaretwhittaker2291]

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

[@MandiMomOf8Channel]

48 Hours is the best channel on KZbin 💯

[@queva3062]

I'm so in love with it's music😂

[@bensonyau2302]

Lots of crying, but no tears. Very suspicious.

[@ciarasosa7185]

So now she’s saying he touched her as a kid ? So she wait until now to care about the pictures ??? Why was she still around him and doing things for him if he had inappropriate behavior with her ? She was plotting on that man and she deserves her sentence maybe she thought she would get some life insurance lol 🤷🏽‍♀️ I’m just confused, I have so many questions

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

I don’t know how Tom died, but I didn’t believe a word Jade said.

[@01denese]

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?

[@davidc3839]

If you press on someone's carotid artery for a few minutes then an unconscious person will die due to brain death

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

@@01denese True! If you need to move a dead body, you call your girlfriends. Everyone knows that! :)

[@jimvacuum]

So, Have you checked your fathers computer to see if he has nude pictures of you? What would you do if you found some?

[@jodybern]

My step dad came on to me at 17… I left to Europe within 18 hours… still feeling the ramifications 25 years later

[@paulnovak833]

Plot twist: you already lived in Europe

[@olgafigueroa2909]

​@@paulnovak833not the right place to try to be funny.

[@delilahhart4398]

Does your mom know? Is she still married to him?

[@BabyMidgetToes]

@@olgafigueroa2909 whatever

[@dianahiggins1397]

Sorry .

[@blueberryJ]

Thanks 48 hours. Besides Sherlock Holmes series, your channel is one of my favorite 🔎🕵‍♂️🕵‍♀️

[@user-zk6me1pq1w]

100% she's guilty.

[@theghostsofstonyclove]

Those texts were damning.

[@jakeherter]

A tomboy and a girly girl all in the same day, you mean she can change clothes in one day?! Wow

[@lauraswann5543]

She acted like a "tomboy" or a "girly girl" in one day. She acted.😢

[@cheeriosforhonkies8867]

And apparently shower to remove dirt after working

[@Mhel2023]

It could have been worse. At least she didn't light up every room she entered 😂

[@ricar_vic]

Those two prosecutors did their job extremely well!!!

[@burrellbikes4969]

So, I am not refuting that she didn’t do this, but the point about the prosecution saying “well no autopsy evidence of strangulation means that she did it another way” is ridiculous. There is more that happens in a body than just marks on the neck. And every other crime investigation video points out that strangulation is HARD and takes time. So no, she can’t just lightly have her hand resting on his neck. Just get over making up a story to fit your hypothesis. And MOST importantly - how come there wasn’t a confirmation that, YES, the photos on the computer did actually exist? That is a HUGE detail!

[@WanjiruMuya]

Adam is a Hero❤when you see something say something.

[@Moonewitch]

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!

[@jenna-a-gogo]

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.

[@ellamay8057]

The mom gave birth to a child, then they separated some time later. Jade and the stepfather raised the child somehow together.

[@madeinussr7551]

Just googled Mom divorced him after 13 years and several instances of domestic abuse In 2008

[@shelbyrehahn6778]

Her mom and Tom got divorced but she still stayed close with tom.

[@shelbyrehahn6778]

exactly. thats why I feel she is not innocent. @@jenna-a-gogo

[@vonvon9107]

she had no tears while she was on the stand

[@omarayyash3275]

maybe because she didn't see her actions lead to someone's death while on the stand.

[@kimtaeri13]

I understand her anger at him but why not go to the police since the guy was in hospital. They wouldve been able to check the computer, see the pics, arrest him on suspicion while she then has the time to separate herself from him completely

[@tonyploma2330]

Shes a terrible liar. Shes on the stand making all these sad faces yet i didnt see a single tear

[@RosemaryOltarzewski]

Exactly 😮

[@pamelafelt4414]

If she knew he did something wrong why didn't she go to the police

[@cinereus3601]

Cause he didn’t do anything wrong.

[@toniacollinske2518]

Because it wasn't illegal. Just disgusting.

[@baddgoat85]

What are the police going to do? He didn't break any laws

[@lauraharris3577]

it isn't a crime to have pictures of a nude adult on your computer.

[@hawj1212]

I wish i was as dumb and simple as you.

[@darrenmontgomery4339]

How would he know of her secret photos? How to download them as a revolving wallpaper? How often was he on his computer? Was a diagnostics ran on it? Did she download it for her reason to say she felt scared and aid people to see him in a evil manner? She left him in the driveway under trash. The texting clearly shows of her plan. What would she gain from her overdosing him to death.$$$.

[@joelandisiii]

In my opinion, this case highlights one of the major problems with our judicial system. So many members of a jury use their opinion and feels to draw their conclusion of innocents or guilt in circumstantial cases. It's such a shame that a citizen is required to be educated and tested to drive a car, earn a degree, and be certified to work but not to be part of a jury, when lives and the safety of the population is on the line.

[@theeditor1149]

She's crying but there's no tears.

[@williamhopkins7065]

They never addressed whether or not his computer ever really had the pictures. And that he uploaded them

[@makaylawaters2568]

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

[@user-dm9km2hg4c]

She should have called the police instead of killing him. She trashed her own life for photos .. really dumb mistake.

[@landonmichelle]

Jade might be one of the dumbest criminals I've ever heard of, and pretty awful at fake crying too. They didn't talk about motive, I wonder who was to inherit his estate?

[@frankies9465]

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!!

[@rosarojaface]

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.

[@jennynicholaclausen70]

Both are evil in their own way. She is a liar and had a killer in her. Both got what they deserved.

[@THopkins7]

I agree. Fake tears.

[@Mattdangoscheer]

@@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

[@80sKitty]

​@@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"?

[@crystalsomekat7172]

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.

[@xxkittymeowxx8093]

I agree.

[@emmanuelatuahene5711]

If she planted it that day i think ots easy to know when she did it.I believe there is more to that

[@elizandropedraza1286]

@@emmanuelatuahene5711 Money 💰 ! 🤔

[@user-ft6wo8rs5g]

The photos never existed. She's evil.

[@donquixote8462]

Man you people need to watch the full episode. The prosecutor acknowledged that at least some of the photos were found on the computer

[@mehr0x]

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.

[@sfletch3042]

"What exactly are you trying to report?" Grand theft. Wtf do you think? What does it sound like? I literally don't understand why 911 dispatchers say such stupid things. 💀

[@jenna-a-gogo]

It was stupid bordering on rude.

[@SelinaBeana]

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.

[@AP12360]

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.

[@SelinaBeana]

@@AP12360 They said they were pictures she had taken herself when she was with ex boyfriends.

[@v12dot]

@SelinaBeana My thoughts exactly! Also what happened to the alleged photos on the screensaver 🤔

[@aenirrinea523]

​​@@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?

[@hblee88]

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.

[@BarnabyBaltimoron]

It’s crazy how murderers think they can outsmart or manipulate a courtroom presents mountains of damning evidence. Just be honest about it, especially after the truth is revealed

[@lidiabaker7100]

None of those people wanted to help her because they must've known something wasn't right with her version of what was wrong with her stepfather.