Woman Murders Stepfather After Finding Images of Herself on His Computer | Jade Janks Case Analysis

[@poultryprincessglam-ma9298]

“Adam refused to help Jade…mostly because of the murder part.” 😂

[@ahimsaalexander9004]

Lmao

[@AriesMoneychanger]

😄

[@vanessajoycecollett6607]

I know rite

[@shadowprince4482]

That had me dying! 😆😆

[@RichardsWorld]

Adam and she was Eve.

[@dearbrave4183]

It would have been better for her to secretly take the evidence to the cops. That guy wasn't worth her spending her life with a tainted conscience, a destroyed reputation and behind bars.

[@robertstone9988]

Is there a statute of limitations for having pictures of her when she was a teenager? Or better yet is the statue of limitations go off when he receive the pictures or stole the pictures or is it as long as he has the pictures? Either way you don't get to kill people because they have naked pictures of you you don't want them to have. Not to do any victim-blaming but this is why you don't take naked pictures of yourself and you definitely don't send them to people.

[@butterflyfarms3541]

Tom was worth much more than what he is being credited with. Tom was a passionate supporter of the environment and worked for free for years to help me establish the nonprofit foundation Butterfly Farms. Tom and Jade are not related only associated through a prior marriage. This was never about photos and no photos where produced as evidence only photos of photos on jades phone, how convenient. Jade killed Tom for the cash she found in his apartment and that’s it plain and simple. Jade is a career criminal and struggled with her addiction to meth and heroin for decades and had priors for financial crimes.

[@robertstone9988]

@@butterflyfarms3541 but the woman made a claim and we all know that women can't lie about these things. They're incapable of lying about sexual assault otherwise the hashtag believeallwomen would be bull shit and you know that's not true.

[@butterflyfarms3541]

@@robertstone9988 it wasn’t even sexual assault it was two adults that are not blood related and one allegedly had naked photos of the other. Hardly a crime and just a disgusting distraction and cry for help from a career criminal.

[@user-ls2fh6qr8q]

@@butterflyfarms3541 Good to read some background info on this. Too odd that she was ' helping' a man she wasn't close, there must've been something in it for her to do that. A normal woman would've disabled the computer, thrashed his apartment and moved house.

[@lisabelle7553]

I just find it so odd that he would have a picture of his stepdaughter as his screensaver without even a code to lock the laptop. She lives next door and it sounds like they were close, and he knew she would be picking him up from the hospital and had access to his home. I feel like there is more to the story that might explain what happened a little more clearly. It's just too bizarre. She had everything to lose by going about things this way.

[@GlennaVan]

I did as well. That was bizarre he would use that as a screen saver - even more bizarre then collecting photos of her, obviously obsessed.

[@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777]

there could be the premise of him wanting her to find it after all this time to see 'what the reaction' would be.. (as in a favorable fantasy for him) but obviously the opposite and she shows her true colors as a vindictive cold blooded murderess.

[@dogdude7485]

@@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777 This is incredibly likely. He'd seen the pics thousands of times I'm sure. He got bored of them and wanted the real thing, so I could see him to have done it intentionally with the hopes she would get turned on after noticing? Idk lol it sounds insane but sexually obsessed men are odd, and dangerous.

[@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777]

@@dogdude7485 obsession can be dangerous regardless of the gender !!! cheers my friend

[@gejost]

Many predators are rather stupid. It's not odd. What's odd is he'd stoop this low.

[@pamelajordan2890]

Confucius said " If you go for revenge dig two graves before you go." Very wise saying.

[@edwardwong654]

I grew up in building named Confucius. It was a very wise building indeed.

[@pamelajordan2890]

@@edwardwong654 😀😃 I don’t know why but that just made me laugh 😂

[@hollyfabiani]

Could you please clarify if the proverb applies to the concept of justice ⚖️as well?🤔

[@bungalobill7941]

She sounds as devious as him, trying to involve others in the murder with no regard for consequence against them.

[@hopeausbyn1734]

She thought that he was her Dad.

[@violentwildling8924]

She should have exposed him and let him finish himself off with addiction rather than ruin her own life.

[@gejost]

that would indeed be the legal way to deal with a pedophile.

[@fredajordan5704]

Violent Wildling : So absolutely true. She committed a murder, she killed someone without it being necassary, she needs to be jailed for a long time.

[@butterflyfarms3541]

Jade was finished long ago and has been a career criminal and drug addict her entire life. She killed Tom for the cash in his apartment and for not other reason. Jade is not someone who would have given a care scout nude photos. In court we heard testimony that Jade had text someone she had never met that her door was unlocked and that he could “have his way” with her all while Tom’s dead body was in her car. Also Jade bonded out on $1M bail with help from her dad and the day she bonded out she orders DoorDash using her dead stepfather’s identification and business credit card a practice she continued for over six weeks before I caught it and she had eaten over $2k in food paying with Tom’s credit.

[@audreydaleski1067]

Exposing is bragging rights for him.

[@northernnightmare7986]

@@nicole5436 who are you to ask who are they to say what she should have done? I don't get it.

[@seanholmes8290]

Her premeditation and then lying in court is what really f'd her.

[@Anonymeggg]

The imagery of butterflies trying to move a plow was a poetic foreshadowing of what was to come when Jade could not successfully move his body.

[@LMichaelL65]

OMG! Your deadpan sense of humour is killing me!

[@lemonlily4022]

“I bet it takes a lot more butterflies to pull a plough” 😂 Thanks for the analysis Dr G!

[@MasterMalrubius]

Butterfly farms are real and help in adding pollinators back into the wild as well as for education. Lame joke.

[@mwhe3111]

I did guffaw at that and the butterfly stampede part. 😂😂😂

[@FleagleSangria]

Something seems odd with this case as far as her motive. First, she destroyed the hardrive and computer. They only had one pic of a woman that supposedly had a similar birthmark. No other photos were available. We really only have her word to go on. Its not unlikely that something else was going on as a motive. Also the family has a history in the judicial system. Shes not quite the innocent woman lost in moments of shock perhaps. At least its not out of the question that some other reason(s) were there for her to kill this man.

[@FleagleSangria]

@@derrikc9961 Ah ok, I understood that the hardrive had been destroyed and it was simply her testimony in this. They actually found those pictures on his hardrive?

[@SamStone1964]

@@derrikc9961 Multiple pictures from where?

[@ErinJeanette]

Yeah I don't believe her

[@benjamindover4337]

She made up the story about the pictures to cover her ass.

[@morgandanielle1603]

No, rewatch the video. She didn't remove the hard drive, she removed something else by mistake. He had lots of pictures of her nude from age 18 up. It was not hearsay. He was a criminal and a pervert. She should have turned him over to the cops and spared. Herself the murder charges.

[@jeffreyepsteinsclientlist6714]

If she destroyed the computer, SD card/s, and hard drive (or what she thought was the hard drive). Is there any evidence, other than her say-so, these images were on Tom's computer, and in the way she states? (*Nude pic as background/screen saver. *The way she "discovered" them. *Thier relationship.) Just feels like something doesn't quite add up!

[@brookiegremlin6660]

yeah I'm not believing this lying murderous trash

[@lincbond442]

That's bugging me too. I sure hope investigators are looking into all of his and her electronic devices.

[@katerinakaye2228]

I agree, and how did he manage to come by all these images plus download them, did he have technology smarts? It seems all too convenient. Having her image as a screen saver is the icing on the cake. Why would he do that when she was a frequent visitor?

[@A.Mad.Lad89]

I wish that boob Todd questioned that more.

[@robinrubendunst869]

He said she removed “what she THOUGHT was the hard drive.”

[@beccarusso5253]

Every night without fail! Thanks again Dr. Grande for the great content.

[@vaneast411]

I'm often surprised by people's choices when deciding that killing someone is the thing to do

[@annkelly8613]

I found it strange that she happened to move at the same location where he lived. Plus, I found it very suspicious that he never had any history of sexual offenses and never made any remarks to anybody, then all of a sudden he had her pictures. As a woman, discovering that, for sure I would be disgusted but definitely not kill the person since there was no assault. I would go to the police and then confront the guy.

[@alexandregoulart.terapeuta]

Finally a sane comment on this! I'm surprised how many people just bought her story on what happened and, even if it's true, that the murder is justifiable.

[@tessajones9393]

I'm thinking if this is true that maybe things clicked for her and she had memories of her past with him. She did say in the court case that there was some things going far back. But it wasn't clarified.

[@tessajones9393]

What would the police do? They were images of her when she was an adult.

[@MajICReiki]

If he had been drugging her and she had been shushed told they were just bad dreams but she felt her body and recollection wasn't right. Then suddenly seeing all of the evidence. Momentary Insanity to demolish the man who had found such a convenience to keep her near and accessible for his perverse criminal behaviors towards her. Perhaps video inside her home. What wouldn't she smash?

[@Palmstreet-u7x]

my question is just how did he get those pics in first place,

[@WileyCylas]

This is so disturbing. Thanks Doc! As always I should be asleep but I serially stay up just for these!

[@Violexie-wb7op]

Same!

[@hoibsh21]

Ur a serial stayer upper!

[@Sinsteel]

I assume the disturbing part you refer to is planning and committing murder over some stolen booby pics.

[@cinskybuhsrandy5099]

You are a serial Dr. Todd Grande night watcher. You just confessed.

[@nonprogrediestregredi1711]

You do realize that this video be here when you awake, do you not?

[@heelturnsface]

If she destroyed the computer and there is no evidence, I believe it’s a fair question to ask if it ever existed in the first place

[@SkiddsPumpkin]

I agree. After hearing about this case, I have yet to find a news article sharing whether the explicit photos were proven to be in the stepfather's computer.

[@James-rn7dx]

The police did say they found one photo but not the hundreds she claims he had.

[@dearbrave4183]

​@@James-rn7dx one picture or a hundred does that change anything?

[@hellodarkness5644]

@Dear Brave kinda yeah. How many counts of a charge of any given charge would you like? Example, illicit photos of children.

[@mrkeogh]

How on earth could he have gotten them? There would be an email or smartphone trail to follow 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Jugivadi]

Yeah, when my friends call for help involving murder, I always decline to help. I don't like the murder parts of the deal. By the way, a butterfly stampede can be very dangerous if you are highly ticklish.

[@hansa2026]

Bad friend award of 2023! Congratz.

[@rockyevans1584]

Some pal you are, I could see if it was everyday how you'd be inconvenienced but how about a friend in need?

[@raquelpk2]

With friends like this why do I need enemies ? I thought we could count you in Ted ? Damnit even made you a hacksaw with your name engraved on it !!

[@pagalmasala]

😂😂😂😂 good one!!!

[@lindawells8167]

Hahaha

[@Soulful-Scribes]

Watching your videos is my morning ritual . Ty Dr. Grande!

[@vincentrockel1149]

The difference between a psychopath and a normal person is that the psychopath follows through and puts their dark thoughts into action in spite of the consequences.

[@pippipster6767]

There’s more to it than that. A psychopath has no capacity for sympathy or empathy. Indeed, usually sadistic.

[@DwyaneWadeCounty]

@@pippipster6767 Not true. Lions do have the capacity for empathy, but for their own family and children, and not for you.

[@pippipster6767]

@@DwyaneWadeCounty What on earth has a lion got to do with it???

[@DwyaneWadeCounty]

@@pippipster6767 A lion and a psychopath are very much the same.

[@pippipster6767]

@@DwyaneWadeCounty They really are not. Ridiculous comparison. Absurd.

[@GnosticAtheist]

While I can understand losing your mind on that level of personal betrayal, the consequences of any violent act where you are not defending yourself usually (but not always) will be severe in most countries. There is a reason why people must take the evidence to the police and one of those reasons is so you don't screw up your life because you let your emotions overrule your cognition.

[@stevenwest000]

Yes I have to agree

[@theboywithathorninhisside.4179]

No offence.. but what Evidence. Early photos of his Step Daughter she apparently took herself. Is that classified as illicit, Pornograhic or even illegal. Let alone punishable via Death. Typical Female self victimhood.

[@Well_Ill_Be_GodDangled]

Yeah, but eh- when you got it coming, you got it coming.

[@SamStone1964]

Maybe there was no evidence.

[@AngelGonzalez-pd4cn]

Only justice I believe in and trust is the one carried out by me with my own hands.

[@kweefypete]

Fantastic content as always, Dr.Grandé. Hope you're doing well 💜

[@danparish1344]

How does she have such low self-awareness? She’s telling all of her friends she’s going to murder someone and even asks for help to move the body?

[@ericlarousse1149]

You have met a woman without low self-awareness?

[@omg_look_behind_you]

@@ericlarousse1149 okay now, to be fair this is only funny because it's true.

[@troy3456789]

He said how in the video: She was so enraged, she thought everyone else would be onboard with her actions. She thought lewd pictures of her really meant justifiable homicide was definitely on the menu for anyone in the same predicament. She was not aware her actions were not warranted.

[@l.w.paradis2108]

She could have actually been joking. People in that state of mind do. She was in an abnormal psychological state, totally divorced from reality.

[@l.w.paradis2108]

Why didn't her normal friends tell her to go to a psychiatrist immediately?

[@cakesinthecity]

Wow I quickly got addicted to your channel. Keep it up. Love the quiet mystery and humor.

[@FernandoGastelo]

“Her friend denied to help, probably because of the murder part” 😂😅

[@SkiddsPumpkin]

After hearing about this case, I have yet to find a news article sharing whether the explicit photos were ever proven to be in the stepfather's computer.

[@captainshakesbeard2453]

They're on her OnlyFans now

[@brookiegremlin6660]

yeah this story just makes NO sense.

[@samgoff5289]

Imagine if a man came up with this stupid story to explain murdering someone...it would be more than obvious he was lieing but people are just believing it without second thought 😂

[@JacobC479]

Pretty sure they were shown to the jury but wasn’t proven how or where he got them.

[@A.Mad.Lad89]

She did nothing wrong

[@michaelaltawil]

Do we have confirmations that the pictures exist? I heard somewhere else that she just made the story up

[@SkiddsPumpkin]

Same question

[@Devi_Seona]

I have read that the pictures were shown to the jury during the trial, and that the accusation never said that the pictures were not on the computer I think they would have if it’s was not proven.

[@saratucker1519]

@@Devi_Seona what pictures were shown to the jury? Where did they come from? During the trial they said they were only able to recover one picture of her off his computer and she was not nude. Of course the prosecution went with the story because she handed them a motive

[@AisforAtheist]

I love how I'll get really into these videos and then you'll come out with sentences like, "jade wanted him to buy the farm, butterfly or otherwise," and I lol. Every. Time.

[@CalvinLangatMMA]

His dead delivery is the best. Too funny

[@qwerty13380]

I do not understand the joke? Can you help me out? Buying the farm usually means dying, but what does butterfly have to do with it?

[@AC-xb5li]

@@qwerty13380 Todd says earlier that victim was butterfly farmer

[@ntnrocket1]

@@CalvinLangatMMA I know, tell me about it. It's like a few seconds later and I am thinking, that was GENIUS!!!!!!

[@fightingtosurvive6527]

Dr. Grande always reminded me of that comedian Steven Wright. It's called deadpan comedy. 🙂

[@lehcarogarp7176]

Dr. Grande has the best deadpan delivery.

[@peters6383]

Dr. Grande is a deadpan comedic genius. Well done sir, well done.🤣😂🤣😂

[@Flamsterette]

Thank you for the upload, Dr. Grande.

[@ericsiegel]

1:30AM leaving work, great timing for a vid from my fave doc to get through the night

[@kevdog1314]

Love your videos and wanted to view more started scrolling and saw you have 2600 videos. Your work ethic is second to none keep it going!!

[@jamescrane7034]

It amazes me how people are so willing to beilieve a murderer who would be willing to murder him , but of course would never lie about pictures of her on his computer

[@cal-native]

Actually had some professional interactions with Tom in San Diego - I was blown away to find he had been murdered!😲 He was pretty well known for growing native milkweeds for Monarch butterfly attraction.

[@rogerm3708]

I was prone to physically attacking others for disrespect but then I grew up and began to understand the consequences

[@acediamond7524]

Exactly, it’s called accountability. Men have a different level of accountability than women, if genders were reversed no man in a million years would think they could “delete” their step-mother over images taken secretly and expect the world to not send them to prison. It is a sad story and the guy was a POS but you cannot just take the law into your own hands when you’ve been wronged.

[@zanzah_]

Now we use our words xx

[@sarahalderman3126]

Too bad this sicko didn’t learn a similar lesson as a child. But this was an old man not a child.

[@sarahalderman3126]

@@acediamond7524 😂either you’re a child or an idiot, maybe both! As adults we realize that a step mother would be VERY unlikely to have sexually exploitative photos of her stepchildren, like this sicko did. If a stepmother did, she’d deserve the exact same thing. Sorry a parental figure that sexually violates does not deserve to live.

[@dearbrave4183]

​​​​@@acediamond7524 No it has nothing to do with accountability. And every criminal wants to get away with murder, this is normal. Men do it all the time and that's why they have to be chased by the cops and fought with . This issue wouldn't be met with the same ending if a step mother was secretly doing this to her step son because men generally enjoy xual inappropriateness. You just have to look at cases where female teacher have something going with their adolescent students. The entire comment section is filled with men applauding the boys. Meanwhile women would be revolted to find out a male teacher is touching a female teenager and would call for serious repercussion for his action. It's that simple.

[@MrStringybark]

I strongly believe there is far, far more involved regarding her motives in murdering him than explained/revealed in this video.

[@Desi365]

Thaank you ! At last, someone who says it ! I can't believe people just accept this ridiculous explanation.

[@benjamindover4337]

It's pretty obvious. Her "business " went broke, she moved in with her step dad and then decided to off him and inherit the house. She planted the photos thinking it'd be believed.

[@SkiddsPumpkin]

True. After hearing about this case, I have yet to find a news article sharing how the explicit photos were proven to be in the stepfather's computer.

[@Sinsteel]

I don't believe for one second that he left his computer running the whole time while he was in jail, with her pictures on the screen, knowing she would be in the house. I just don't buy it. If the pictures were on the computer she would have had to go in and find them. She was lying.

[@James-rn7dx]

@@SkiddsPumpkin They weren't! The police testified and said they only found one photo of her on the computer. She claims she took the hard drive and smashed it, but if she took the hard drive how was that photo found.

[@christinebaker7311]

Dang, no one is worth going to prison for. It would have been a bigger punishment for him if she had sued over illegally obtaining those pictures.

[@Sinsteel]

You're assuming she didn't put the pictures on the computer while he was in jail to set him up, inherit his house.

[@christinebaker7311]

@@Sinsteel That didn’t occur to me.

[@peterliebezeit5636]

Exactly. She could’ve just publicly shamed him.

[@dearbrave4183]

​@@Sinsteel of course. It's so uncommon for step fathers to sxualy exploit or abuse their step children that this can only be a set up.

[@djcastano1180]

@@dearbrave4183 it’s not uncommon for people to set others up either. The initial response was just a different POV. Both things are possible and the outcome was wrong in either scenario.

[@mrkeogh]

It's almost like an honor killing: she felt so offended and betrayed by her stepfathers behaviour that she felt killing him was the only way to restore her sense of honor and worth.

[@wfemp_4730]

Yes, murdering someone will surely restore your honor.

[@SamStone1964]

@@wfemp_4730 Seems to work for mohammed.

[@SamStone1964]

Yet we have no proof that there were photos of her on his computer.

[@wfemp_4730]

@@SamStone1964 Yep. Makes me think of the "honor" killings of rape survivors so that the victim's family's "honor" is restored. Insane.

[@Sputterbug]

@@SamStone1964 except we literally do lol the jury was shown the photos too

[@grindingdeviance1864]

Dr Grande, thanks for sharing this as it could not have come at a better time for me personally. I'm writing a short horror story about a villain who exchanges emails w/ his co conspirators. The first thought was, "No one could be THAT dumb! Maybe this tale is too hokey!" Thanks for proving me wrong so the story can be finished! :)

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

"No one can be this dumb" Well, in this case, it might be because she didn’t do everything she wrote? She never clubbed him, and there is no evidence that she actually strangled him to death - the coroner’s report said he died from OD! Also, have you never heard about Clifton Johnson and McArthur Wheeler who robbed two banks without a mask, where they was so surprised that the police could recognize them, because they had covered themselves with lemon juice, and they were sure lemon juice would make them invisible to the CCTV, like lemon can be used as "invisible ink" or something like that! Never underestimate the stupidity of humans - and good luck with the writing…..

[@kenya1067]

I was just thinking is this a writers thing to listen to this sort of thing. I guess so. The need to know details of everyone's story.

[@rejaneoliveira5019]

Excellent analysis, Dr. Grande. Thank you.❤

[@jragon9215]

I hope she put the high heels on first

[@dkelban]

Such a sad case. One of your best analyses. I agree totally with your suggestions about sentencing.

[@cUser691]

“ Their last attempt at divorce was successful. “ Dr. Grande’s way w/ words & wit. Wordsmith

[@Mollykinz]

I love how serious and deadpan you say funny things like the butterfly farm joke

[@ricktandron3669]

As a single dad for two teenage girls, I always coach my kids to be strong and independent. I discourage them from murdering people for short-term, narcissistic goals which appear self-serving but which are ultimately flawed.

[@davidwartski7213]

Aside from the murder, wouldn't there be additional charges, like obstruction, perjury and hiding a corpse? Stuff like that?

[@GlennaVan]

Point of technicality here - if the body was in the driveway, it wasn't exactly hidden.

[@davidwartski7213]

@@GlennaVan I believe she hid the body under garbage. Semantics, I suppose.

[@GlennaVan]

@@davidwartski7213 Yup! Abusing the corpse would be a more accurate charge since anyone could have thrown the garbage on him - of course we don't think "anyone" did that and it was her.

[@fightsports66]

Why bother with additional charges. If you get a murder conviction that's already 25 years. You want to give her a couple of extra months for perjury too?

[@MeDecade]

@@fightsports66 Because it would have most likely added additional time to her sentence (unless they ran concurrently) and would have portrayed her in a much worse light, which may have resulted in a full life sentence instead of 25 to life.

[@jenanne31]

This is a hard one to process. The victim is not sympathetic but didn't deserve to die, I guess. Thanks for the thought provoking analysis, Dr. Grande.

[@jonm9538]

Screw that dude. He was a drugged up drunk and he was lucky to have such a high quality young woman in his life who actually took time to really help and show that she cared. The thought of him jacking off to those pics and the lengths he went to to get them IDK what justifies murder but I don't think she deserves jail time.

[@sarahalderman3126]

Hardly as a woman who was molested by a fucking sicko old man just like this sicko old man. People who sexually violate people do not deserve to live.

[@sarahalderman3126]

@WrongOpinion exactly.

[@YeeLeeHaw]

The fact that you had to add "I guess" is worrisome.

[@6Haunted-Days]

Sympathetic?!? There’s ZERO PROOF there WERE ANY IMAGES OF HER on his computer It’s ONLY HER WORD!!!! She’s LYING!!! Why do you all act like there’s proof? That ANYONE saw those pics? No one did. Christ unbelievable what you people believe with only WORDS of a murderer as proof. Disgusting

[@julioabreu510]

Thanks Mr. Grande... Your analysis are always on point.

[@JH-yj7kk]

This is a cautionary tale against revenge if I've ever heard one. The old adage of "two graves" comes to mind.

[@erentxunlopez6281]

What a tragedy for this poor lady to spend 25 years of her life in jail.

[@trentbrownstone1481]

She planned a murder for a week. Despite every attempt, not a single photo of her was ever recovered - almost like she is lying. She stood to gain financially.

[@mrs.d3611]

Hi, dr Grande. I really enjoy your videos. I would love to hear your take on Dupont de Ligonnes family murder and disappearance. Thanks.

[@hrush437]

Thank you for 😅 videos, Dr. Grande. I enjoy listening to your analysis & viewpoint. Thank you.

[@elliesquires2753]

I think your soft approach to what jade was going thru., and feeling is spot on.

[@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479]

That's if it's even true that the stepfather had all those pics.. There's no evidence he did. She destroyed the hard drive. Sounds suspicious to me

[@phototristan]

I don't get why she didn't just go to the police? Especially since some of the pictures were of her when she was underage.

[@jonm9538]

Right and have every cop in the station check out the pics.

[@dirtyhobo4252]

@@jonm9538 so pre-meditated murder was a better choice?

[@phototristan]

@@jonm9538 not every cop would need to see them only the reporting officer, and she could request for a female officer if she wanted to.

[@Desi365]

Because pics and vids were never obtained without her consent, that's it she didn't want others to know. They were lovers.

[@kelevra434]

Hard to imagine any of the other officers doing that. But putting myself in a woman’s shoes, having your name and pictures and intimate details of your life broadcast via the media outlets throughout the entire state or even country? Humiliating, stressful, life-changing. I can’t see myself entertaining that option for very long.

[@jf2849]

Who the hell kills, tries or plans to kill someone and tells people about it even posting messages ? This one was a few fries short of a happy meal that’s for sure

[@dejuhvu1793]

I just don’t believe her story. It’s obvious the jury didn’t either. It’s possible that he found all these random photos she sent her bfs, but it’s also possible that she put them there. She thought people would sympathize and believe her story. She thought folks would overlook her committing first degree murder

[@SamStone1964]

I haven't seen anyone mention there was proof he had photos of her on his computer.

[@lisamac8503]

That makes zero sense

[@peterwallis4288]

@@lisamac8503 why is that not a viable theory?

[@Trendlespin]

You must not have heard the part that she destroyed the hard drive the photos were on before the computer was investigated, so they were not there, there was no proof of them.

[@nealm6764]

It is also possible they were never there. Dr Grande never mentioned them finding any of the photos and I am confused about her destroying "what she thought was her hard drive."

[@clutch2827]

Creepy behavior does not warrant death. That woman is cray-cray.

[@decimated550]

She looks like Becca Brown who is 30 now the actress from School of Rock

[@ArmchairRamb0]

This is one of your best videos. I see the case in a new way, certainly from Jade's point of view at the time of the crime. Well done.

[@vladimirputindreadlockrast812]

Not much said about her mother in all this. It sounds like Jade went to her step father's house to clean it while he was in the hospital? NY Post article says Jade and the step dad were close, but her mother was no longer married to him.

[@audreymuzingo933]

Not saying those weren't true facts, but the NY Post is barely a step above the Inquirer as far as reliability goes, LOL.

[@vladimirputindreadlockrast812]

@@audreymuzingo933 If the NY Post is reporting facts, I'm not sure what the criticism is, other than that the facts they report are often perplexingly absent from the other mainstream sources.

[@audreymuzingo933]

@@vladimirputindreadlockrast812 Well the facts you're saying come from the NY Post are no different from what Dr. Todd said in this video. However, what reason Jade was in his house while he was in the hospital --that is only HER claim, not a known fact. From details that other commenters are providing (from better sources than that tabloid), there's a whole lot of stuff left out of Dr. Todd's video. It's the worst one of his I have ever seen.

[@vladimirputindreadlockrast812]

@@audreymuzingo933 When I Googled her name, the first article to come up was the NY Post. That's really the only reason I used it. I honestly know next to nothing about this case, but there were confusing points, and I'm not sure how deeply I can go into this one.

[@audreymuzingo933]

@@vladimirputindreadlockrast812 Understandable. One of the commenters (user handle Butterfly Farms) was actually Tom's business partner, farming butterflies, lol. He knew Tom and Jade fairly well apparently, and witnessed every day of the trial. Apparently Jade's story about the images on the computer didn't even have evidence because she TOOK his hard drive, and claimed she couldn't remember what she did with it! And (this guy says) it was she who had the problem with drugs, not a fraction as successful as she seemed, and was stealing money from Tom (this guy had even reported her to police in the past because she was buying stuff with the joint business account for the butterfly farm). But back to what you started with, I'm also kinda curious what Jade's mom's role (or even her thoughts) in all this was. Really Dr. Todd could have done so much better with this case. I love your handle and avatar by the way, made me literally laugh out loud.

[@gcham1209]

Belated thank you doc for covering another request I submitted

[@cherylbralick7110]

I think her sentence was correct. She absolutely premeditated the murder

[@SueSA2009]

I absolutely love the way you make the funny jokes with straight face. Love it. 😂..

[@melisaortiz-mcfarlin4204]

Hey!! Just yesterday I wondered what happened. It's GREAT 👍 to see you again. Were you ill?? Please continue to do your work. I like very much your presentations. And, thank you. May your HigherPower protect, bless and guide you.

[@privard89]

This is one of the saddest stories I've seen on here. He probably didn't have that long to live anyway.

[@samgoff5289]

This is one of the worst excuse for murdering someone...if a man came up with this dumb excuse wouldn't make sense but somehow when a woman does it is

[@dearbrave4183]

​​@@samgoff5289 men are not the same as women. If a male teen was sxually exploited by his female teacher, this would be heaven for him and both his friends and male comments on the internet would congratulate him. There's something about xual inappropriateness that men enjoy. Meanwhile a female teen would be traumatised if a male teacher was doing the same thing to her and her friends and other women online wouldn't be calling her lucky , if anything, they'll be disgusted and call for legal punishment and loss of his career So when you try to say that just because you would most likely enjoy it, therefore women should have zero problem with it, that should concern you. With such low awareness of gender differences and ridiculous conclusion, you might have a rude awakening.

[@janeaparis]

She threw her life away for that bozo *^%$#. She had it all. She should have just completely cut him out of her life and went on. I feel sad for her, not him.

[@SamStone1964]

@@dearbrave4183 I've had male friends who were violated by female teachers when they were early teens and none of them were in heaven about it. They were deeply disturbed by it.

[@kelsielovesbbu]

@@SamStone1964 Exactly. Such weirdo people out here who justify pedophilia if its the other way around. Tf.

[@tod3msn]

A woman is especially vulnerable to being offended by the images and had it been limited to the revelation Jade could have told the police about the images. She could have told the stepfather about her being upset about the images. She could have forgotten about the images. All would have been far superior than to rot in jail for 25 years. Legally and morally and spiritually we do not have the right to take another life. Thank God! Otherwise, everyday would be like that movie "The Purge" where all the people who dislike you can do harm to you with their being no legal penalty.

[@Lanafox1020]

Hello Doctor Grande, could you please analyze the Jed Hall case?

[@ztoob8898]

I love your deadpan delivery of jokes. The ones about the butterfly farm were highlights for me.

[@askew9976]

Could you give your analysis of the case of Gary Grant Jr? He was a police officers son murdered in Atlantic City NJ around 1980? They have never found the killer. He was my childhood friend.

[@ryanfraser167]

Interesting case; can understand her sense of betrayal but sad she made a choice that is gonna damage the rest of her life just for him...

[@saratucker1519]

There is no evidence the photos were on his computer in the first place, just her word.... There's definitely more to the story

[@fredajordan5704]

@@saratucker1519 Yes, I think she`s lying.

[@Sputterbug]

@@saratucker1519 sure like she would kill him for no reason and her opinion of him changed immediately for no reason lmao yall are hilarious

[@Sputterbug]

yeah she ended up giving him more power than he deserved. instead of calling the cops she took it into her own hands. never choose violence if you can help it bc it will only give ppl sympathy to the one youre hurting, even if you were hurt first

[@peterwallis4288]

@@Sputterbug she could have had another reason, surely? I don't know what, but people do commit murder for reasons other than pictures.

[@claudinejames7731]

Yes, I just have to remember murder is never the answer to any of my problems. Thanks Dr. Grande for this insightful review of Jade's downfall.

[@MasterMalrubius]

It's amazing to see how many people actually decide that killing someone is the right plan. The last video was about a lawyer who gunned down a husband and wife in their home after they charged him with theft of work equipment.

[@_EggWarrior]

Oh I don't know. I tend to find it's who you murder that is the answer to your problems. Murdering willy-nilly seldom produces worthwhile results, beyond being the best actual practice at murdering, but the direct and tragetted application of murder can usually clear up any problem. They don't call it troubleshooting for nothing.

[@JRake32]

This was about $$$$. As Butterfly Farms posted in here, The laptop used for any business was not in Tom‘s possession and he actually did not have a functioning computer at home. His stepdaughter was a lifelong grifter. She had a failing business and as was testified in court there was only one single photo ever found which was not of any type of inappropriate nature on any computer devices owned by Tom. At her sentencing you will hear more I am sure. she will not be going home at least until she’s well into her 70s or 80s.

[@christopherknight921]

Totally love Dr Grande’s presentations. Simply brilliant.

[@audreymuzingo933]

Usually, yes. This one was a train wreck though.

[@toddadams8420]

I wonder if she would have gotten away with it if she hadn't messaged her friends

[@missbraindamage]

I doubt that. She was very messy in other ways.

[@ogami1972]

So, she would've gotten away with it except for those meddling kids?

[@MasterMalrubius]

@@ogami1972 Beat me to it.

[@MasterMalrubius]

If she had been able to drag him back to his bed and they did a toxicology test they may have determined it to be an overdose. It depends on the amount needed to actually kill someone. Along with how much time the coroner has in performing the autopsy.

[@CGFIELDS]

Her actions have consequences. She’s no better than any other murderer.

[@Addictedtoyoutube9]

Agree murder is not ok Look at his will money might be involved

[@Eazy-ERyder]

I completely agree

[@MohamedSamyAlRabbani]

Was there any proof of what she said?

[@stormylaflin9647]

My heart goes out to Jade

[@highentropy2468]

Hi Dr Grande, perhaps when more details emerge could you please analyse the ongoing case of the disappearance of Nicola Bulley here in the UK. It is most bizarre and is making headlines here in England.

[@lisetteeliseparis7070]

Waittaminit - She detailed the murder to peeps? She must have always been crazy! (Thanx Dr. Grande once again!)

[@maybememory1]

In my early twenties my sister’s ex husband used to offer to do some update or settings changes on my phone for me, until one time I asked for it back quickly, then later went to my photos to look for a screenshot of something and it went straight to nudes I had taken when I was with an ex boyfriend. I never told anyone, because I felt ashamed I had taken them, but it’s my phone and clearly he did this with that in mind. I can understand the betrayal, though I would never kill anyone.

[@Optics2024]

Maybe deleting the nudes would have been a good idea if you were so ashamed of them 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@bronsiee]

When I was a teenager I caught a family member spying on me in the shower. The betrayal, anger and hurt is huge but I still somehow never considered murder lol

[@ShaeLaughter]

That’s so flippin violating. Never be the one to feel shame for having a healthy sexual relationship AND confidence in yourself. So many women are too ashamed of their own bodies to take sexy time photos. So kudos to you! The one who should feel shame is the one who has no self control nor has the respect for others. This person is the insecure one with unhealthy sexual desires. You’re tough. Even to this day you are dealing with this well. Sharing your experience shamelessly? 💪 You rock!

[@larkefedifero]

​@@ShaeLaughter You have to be an IDIOT these days to take naked pictures of yourself ON YOUR iPHONE, *for any reason,* if you don't expect that there's a decent possibility that they could be hacked, or if not, at least discovered by someone you don't WANT to discover them. *Better* to do it on something that's off-line, but still usually not a good idea. And speaking of *decent* - if someone wants to take pictures of him / herself when he / she is not *decently* dressed in a PG-rated type way, then he / she always risks the consequences of those falling into the wrong hands. To not realize this doesn't sound very "woke" for a P.C., so-called "woke" culture. As John Stossel would say, "GIMME A BREAK!" 😖 😡 🤷‍♂

[@ShaeLaughter]

@@larkefedifero Whoa the hostility and judgment is coming in strong. There’s these things you can do to protect yourself and your devices. VPN. Anti-virus software, anti-spyware software, and a firewall. For additional protection, cyber insurance. And you run the same risks with physical paper photos too. I mean someone can just go through your personal things and steal them. The passion you have towards your judgement on this topic seems to be coming from a deeper level. At least I would hope so if you go as far as calling people idiots in capital letters to emphasize this. Perhaps you should explore this.

[@jhoskins5630]

Gotta love a brilliant doctor that doesn't understand plows are not pulled by cattle. Love your channel!

[@melissaharris3389]

They used to be. For thousands of years, oxen were used for plowing.

[@DrKatz31]

Gotta love a comment that's just wrong lol.

[@lauracarter1618]

as a farm kid, i noticed that as well. well, what can you expect with those city folks? lol

[@ZombolicBand]

I wish you analyzed Gino Infantino! Would be interesting to hear your opinion

[@michaelmaier7262]

I do not see a single news article on this that substantiates her accusation that he ever had those pics on his computer. There is zero mention of HOW he "had" them either.

[@tcttvradio]

Tom saw zero photos, she planted the screen saver.

[@lilith4961]

I understand her rage but she could have screwed him legally just with the evidence she had...dude wasn't worth losing her freedom

[@terry85mar]

There was no evidence. There were no photos. That's why she destroyed the pc. She's a cold blooded killer and he was just an innocent man.

[@m.w.6604]

Murderers can also be liars.

[@jennmemphis]

I completely support the murder of this man, and if I was on the jury, I would keep quiet about that, and let this girl walk with no sentence whatsoever. The laws are made for men in this country, and in the world in general. This woman took her power back and I might’ve done the same. Kudos to you.

[@Saakk129]

Yeah… I have a hard time believing the pics ever existed in the first place.

[@santosd6065]

I’m finding the deadpan jokes hilarious! Not the jokes themselves, but the delivery 😊

[@jessicamichelle1025]

The way I holler when Dr. Grande tells a joke!! He is sooo smooth. 🧡🧡🙃🙂

[@GM-xo7yy]

Pray that a violation or betrayal you can't bear never happens to you. And if it does, pray there's someone close to you to stop you from hurting yourself or someone else 😊

[@SamStone1964]

There was no violation or betrayal in this case. Unless you actually have proof?

[@Sputterbug]

@@SamStone1964 so you think her opinion of him drastically changed in one day for no reason? and that she murdered him for no reason? you're kidding, right?

[@Glubtubis_Wepal69]

@@Sputterbug no, she was probably planning it for a while

[@sunnydelight5255]

I’m only saying this because people have doubts about her story. I lean more on that she did find her pics on his computer. It’s strange she’s a millionaire but helping out her ex step dad so much. And that she happened to move right next to him.

[@audreymuzingo933]

I have read your comment 3 times and still can't quite tell what you're asserting.

[@MasterMalrubius]

@@audreymuzingo933 It seems that her ex step-father was not doing very well financially. Yet she, being a millionaire decided to move in right next to him. I'd say the neighborhood was economically much lower than she could afford. Meaning she took a strong interest in helping someone who was divorced by her mother and yet she still makes an effort to be right next him though she could afford a much nicer place to live.

[@audreymuzingo933]

@@MasterMalrubius Yes I get why that's strange, but strange in a way that suggests ......what?

[@TampaJohn]

Careful Todd. You have an image of her! 😮

[@davidhoward4715]

Go away, troll.

[@TampaJohn]

@@davidhoward4715 Simping for a man. Isn’t that cute? BTW, it was meant as a joke, moron.

[@svenskanorsk]

Another stepdad who turned out to be a creeper. Shocker…

[@SammieDavis707]

Whoa. It’s hard to understand motive and empathize with killers, but this one is different.

[@MustacheCashStash125]

Please make a video about Omar Mateen (the Pulse Nightclub shooter)

[@DomoArigatoRobot0]

"He bought the butterfly farm" is the new "He croaked it!" 😂Thank you Dr. Grande, laughter is a great medicine. And of course, thank you for steadily and informatively publishing good, thoughtful content.

[@mariahv7502]

Can you please do the case of Karlie Guse? She’s been missing for years and a lot of people think the step mom is guilty!

[@rayhaveman4886]

Yeah, that woman is clearly lying about something. Personally, I think that she gave Karlie something to calm her down (supposedly she was paranoid from smoking weed. Maybe she gave her a xanax?), and this led to her accidental death. I think the step mom found Karlie the next morning, and the step mom knew it was her fault so she hid her body and made up that she was missing.

[@diahreea2022]

She had a paranoid episode after using drugs, how's the stepmom guilty?

[@everwhat013]

@@diahreea2022 yeah, this one is opened and closed. where the hell she went IS a mystery, but in no way does her stepmom look like she did anything.

[@diahreea2022]

@@everwhat013 people love to speculate and point fingers at the innocent, that "popular" case that happened in Idaho shows that

[@mariahv7502]

@@diahreea2022 I never said I myself thought she was guilty. I said a lot of people think she is, I was watching the Dr. Phil episode on her and most of the comments are saying the stepmom seems guilty. I just wanted his point of view on it.

[@Gguy061]

I live in the San Diego area. I work three jobs. The biggest mystery of this whole thing for me is how she became a millionaire from interior design. That's a pretty low priority, for most people. I guess her Dad's construction company provided her with contacts? Everyone I know who tried starting a business closed up ship after a few years, nevermind becoming a millionaire. She had the advantage of rich parents

[@Jeanninecomeau]

I'm from San Diego. This city has the most strange murders of any other.

[@AMultipolarWorldIsEmerging]

deep emotional betrayal thats so shocking to the core of her being it led her to murder..

[@6Haunted-Days]

There’s ZERO PROOF there WERE ANY IMAGES OF HER on his computer It’s ONLY HER WORD!!!! She’s LYING!!! Why do you all act like there’s proof? That ANYONE saw those pics? No one did. Christ unbelievable what you people believe with only WORDS of a murderer as proof. Disgusting

[@milascave2]

This is a computer age problem. Before PCs, the pics would not have been posted, she would not have found them, and she would not have conceited with her friends and left a text trail. How many times do people have to be told? Don't let people take any pics of you that you would mind having shared with anybody. And if you don't want people to know that you did something, don't leave a trail on text (or email or anything.)

[@nhmooytis7058]

She didn’t LET him.