Solana Beach woman accused of killing stepfather says she found him dead in her car [Breaking]
Jade Janks testified she never confronted her former stepfather about the hundreds of nude photos of her she’d found on his computer — one was his screen saver — days before Christmas 2020.Tom Merriman died splayed out in the back of Janks’ SUV, while he was sleeping off a mix of pills and whiskey, she said Friday in a Vista courtroom. He had been alive when she left the vehicle parked in her driveway on New Year’s Eve.And then she panicked, she testified.
Janks’ attorney Marc Carlos told jurors that Merriman was a substance abuser who died from a combination of poor health and “his own cocktail” of pills, and that there is no evidence of strangulation. She said she was scared of him. Janks said she decided to contact a stranger who’d once been referred to her as someone who could help her with security matters — a person the prosecutor has referred to as “a fixer.” She said she spoke to that person and they ultimately decided they would confront Merriman when he returned home later that month and force him to move.
When they got to his home, he’d already had whiskey and prescription drugs, and he fell twice getting out of her car.The prosecutor showed the jury dozens of texts between Janks and people she sought to help her that day after she picked up Merriman from the care facility.“He’s waking up. I really don’t want to be the one to do this.”“I am about to club him on the head as he is waking up.”Janks said the texts were not what the prosecution implied.
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