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The man who found himself in the middle of an alleged murder plot wrapped up his testimony. Nex, the deputy who received the initial call about Merriman took the stand. He told jurors how police did a welfare check to look for him, but they did not find him. Jurors in the taboo photos murder trial heard about the initial stages of the investigation into Tom Merriman's death. It began with claims that Jade Janks was responsible for drugging and suffocating him.
The man who found himself in the middle of an alleged murder plot wrapped up his testimony. Nex, the deputy who received the initial call about Merriman took the stand. He told jurors how police did a welfare check to look for him, but they did not find him. Jurors in the taboo photos murder trial heard about the initial stages of the investigation into Tom Merriman's death. It began with claims that Jade Janks was responsible for drugging and suffocating him.
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Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP7 "Homicide Detective Explains"The deputy on the stand claimed police got a tip that Tom Merriman had been killed. So, they decided to do a welfare check but couldn't find him. After a search warrant was executed, they found his body in the driveway of his home in a pile of trash. Another investigator who looked into Merriman's overdose death was next to the stand. Prosecutors played back jailhouse phone calls after Jade Janks was arrested for murder.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP8 "Putting Together The Murder Timeline"Jurors listened to more testimony from an investigator who worked the homicide of Tom Merriman. His body was found in his driveway in a pile of trash. This was the same driveway where police arrested the defendant for first-degree murder. What did Jade Janks allegedly buy just hours before police say she killed her stepdad, Tom Merriman? This was part of the state's timeline of events presented during her murder trial.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP9 "Tools For The Murder"A detective who worked the investigation into Tom Merriman's death collected a number of items linked to this case which included a black glove, nylon cords, a towel and ropes. Jade Janks told detectives that she bought the items at a nearby pharmacy for a project. But authorities believed she had a more sinister use for them, murder. Next, a neighbor of the victim told the jury that the last time he saw Merriman alive was the day before police say he was killed.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP10 "Crime Scene Photos"Jurors listened intently to the testimony of Tom Merriman's neighbor. He recalled his last interactions with Tom before he died. According to this neighbor, he was slurring his words and struggling to walk. The jury then saw more crime scene photos in court. They included interior and exterior shots of both the defendant's home and that of the victim, Tom Merriman's house. They were stepfather and stepdaughter but they were also next-door neighbors.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP6 "The Welfare Check"The man who found himself in the middle of an alleged murder plot wrapped up his testimony. Nex, the deputy who received the initial call about Merriman took the stand. He told jurors how police did a welfare check to look for him, but they did not find him. Jurors in the taboo photos murder trial heard about the initial stages of the investigation into Tom Merriman's death. It began with claims that Jade Janks was responsible for drugging and suffocating him.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP5 "An Almost Hitman"The Defense tried to discredit the man who claimed he was asked to help her kill her stepdad, Tom Merriman. On the stand, Brian Salomon admitted that he did not go to police after his encounter with the defendant because he was afraid it would incriminate him. Jurors would decide later what was the actual involvement of the man who Jade Janks allegedly tried to recruit in a murder plot. Was he an accomplice and culprit in Merriman's death?
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP4 "Brian Salomon"Prosecutors wanted to show how far they believed the former interior designer went to kill her stepfather, Tom Merriman, and dispose of his body. They called to the stand one of the men she was accused of asking to help her. Brian Salomon claimed that Jade Janks wanted to put a pillowcase over her stepfather's head and a rope around his neck. Salomon testified that he ran away from her at one point on the day prosecutors said she killed her stepfather.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP3 "Reasonable Doubt To A Murder"The Defense gave its opening statement to jurors. Jade Janks lead attorney dismissed the State's assertion that she plotted the murder of her stepfather, Tom Merriman. Instead, the Defense argued that he died of drug abuse. No evidence of strangulation and plenty of evidence of drug abuse. The Defense wanted to raise doubt in the prosecution's case against her.
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