Stepdaughter's Revenge: The Jade Janks Case

About this episode

The episode explores the shocking case of Tom Merriman's death and the involvement of his stepdaughter Jade Janks.

A California man was found in a pile of clothes in his own driveway just two weeks after being discharged from the hospital. While Tom Merriman was in the hospital, his stepdaughter Jade Janks went to his house to clean and made a shocking discovery. Merriman apparently had a screensaver on his computer of a photo — a photo Janks believed was her. Find out what happened next on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Law&Crime's Sierra Gillespie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Sierra Gillespie

Topics covered

• true crime
• stepfamily dynamics
• murder investigation
• California crime
• hospital discharge

Keywords

• Jade Janks
• Tom Merriman
• murder
• California
• true crime
• hospital
• investigation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Law&Crime

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