When the policemen entered the Richardson family home, they froze in terror. Inside lay the blood-drenched bodies of a woman, a man, and a little boy. Only twelve-year-old Jasmine was missing. What happened to her? Didn't she come home for the night and thus avoid the tragic fate that affected the rest of her family? Or maybe the killer took her hostage? The search began immediately. Jasmine's face was shown in all Canadian media. The girl found herself quickly, safe, and sound. She avoided death at the hands of a madman because she was a murderer herself.
Debra and Marc have had a difficult past. They were both addicted to drugs and alcohol. At one point, their addictions took their toll on them so much that they decided to change their lives. They signed up for rehab and that's where they made friends.
What brought them together was not only working together on their weaknesses. They loved motorcycle trips, and tried to approach all life problems with hope and optimism. Thanks to hard work on themselves, they finally got straight. In 1991, they decided to get married.
In October 1993, Jasmine was born - their first child. At that time, the family struggled with major financial problems. She had to use vouchers for free lunches. Nevertheless, the couple did not lose hope of improving the situation. Three years later, when they bounced a bit from the bottom, their son Jacob was born.
Marc and Debra were good, caring and caring parents. They devoted a lot of time to their children. They stood behind him when they were hurt. They were demanding but also fair. There were clear rules in their home, but there was also warmth and love.
In 2003, the Richardsons moved to Medicine Hat in Alberta, Canada, where Marc found a well-paid job. After years of scarcity, the family could finally afford to buy a home and a comfortable, peaceful life.
Jasmine was 10 at the time and attended a Catholic school. She was a seemingly ordinary teenager, she studied well, and belonged to the swimming team. She had a group of good friends with whom she liked to spend her free time. Nobody had the slightest objections to her behavior.
When the girl turned 11, she entered an unusually violent and turbulent period of puberty. Almost from month to month, she turned from a chubby child to a girl who could safely pass as a sixteen-year-old girl.
Jasmine not only changed physically - her behavior also turned 180 degrees. The teenager was often angry, had mood swings, and was nervous. Trying to somehow control her emotions, she turned her interests first towards white magic, then Indian culture, and finally - the Gothic subculture.
In a short time, Jasmine has changed beyond recognition. She started wearing black, wearing strong black makeup, and listening to heavy music with gloomy lyrics. All this did not fit the realities of a Catholic school. Gradually the girl became more and more alienated.
The subculture of goths was established in the 1970s. Its members were interested in vampirism, the occult, and the broadly understood issue of death. They were characterized by a dark-romantic approach to the world and a specific approach to love. In their opinion, this feeling was always associated with suffering.
Jasmine had no one to talk to about her new hobbies, so she began searching for soul mates on the Internet. She set up accounts on several websites devoted to the goth subculture. In one of them, she described herself as a "bisexual single girl living only with her dog".
She always overstated her age. She chose dark nicknames like Madness (Madness) and RuAawayDevil (Escaping Devil). With her authority, she named the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and Batman.
Eventually, Jasmine made contact with two nineteen-year-old men with an interest in Gothic culture: "Raven" and "Trench Coat". They both didn't know how old she really was. Under their influence, the girl delved even more into the dark atmosphere.
23-year-old Jeremy Steinke was also their enthusiast. When the man met Jasmine, he was already in a relationship with another woman. However, he left her without hesitation in order to devote himself completely to the new love. His chosen one was beautiful and seemed extremely mature. When she agreed to be with him, Jeremy felt as if he was grabbing God by the legs.
Jeremy Steinke came from a pathological family. His mother was addicted to alcohol. She did not care for her son, she often sent him to school in dirty clothes, which earned Jeremy the nickname Śmierdziel (Stinky). The boy was regularly abused at school to the point where he was afraid to come to her at all.
Jeremy, isolated from the normal world, grew into an immature young man prone to dark (but harmless) fantasies. For example, he tried to convince his friends that he was a werewolf for a while.
Nobody took Jeremy seriously. Everyone considered him harmless clumsiness, incapable of aggression. Jeremy, however, had one undoubted advantage - he had a driving license and a stylish car in which you could make chic in the city.
Jasmine and Jeremy's relationship for a long time was purely platonic. The couple wrote to each other sweet - dark e-mails and messages on portals for goths. These texts were childish and exalted. Sometimes teenagers compared themselves to Mickey and Mallory - the main characters in Natural Born Killers.
As the relationship with Jeremy developed, the situation at the Richardsons' home grew increasingly tense. Jasmine stopped getting along with her parents. These were concerned about the abrupt changes their daughter was going through - disturbing clothes, makeup, and lyrics.
One day, Debra and Marc were invited to a corporate party. Marc cared a lot about her, he wanted to make a good impression on the employer. The Richardsons had asked their daughter to look after their younger brother while they were away.
Jasmine agreed to comply with her parents' request. At one point, however, she decided that a better idea to spend the evening was to go out with friends. Jacob was home alone. Terrified, he informed the parents who had to return immediately.
Marc and Debra felt extremely disappointed with Jasmine's attitude. She did not understand what they meant, but in the end, no harm happened to my brother. As part of the punishment, the girl was detained.
Displeased, Jasmine felt unfairly punished. She was taking her anger out on Jacob. The boy finally began to be afraid of her. The Richardsons felt they were losing control of their own daughter. They were also concerned about the fact that the girl spends more and more time online.
Eventually Marc and Debra decided to check Jasmine's computer. It was then that they learned about the double life of their twelve-year-old daughter. What frightened them most was that she had an intimate relationship with a much older man.
The girl was grounded for good. Her parents forbade her to use any electronic devices. But clever Jasmine found a way. She continued her romance via the computer from the school library, which she had unlimited access to.
Jasmine increasingly complained to Jeremy about her parents and their inhumane parenting methods. She felt enslaved. She tried to persuade the boy to help her somehow, but he was reluctant to do so.
One night, the couple made a secret meeting. Jasmine sneaked out of the house to meet her lover. She wanted to consume their relationship at last. Jeremy, who had not been very popular with girls so far, was delighted.
Perhaps Jasmine realized that by being physically close, she would be able to manipulate her lover even better. Since then, she has spoken more and more often about wanting to get rid of her parents in order to be finally free.
Gradually, her e-mails and messages to Jeremy became more and more monothematic. Jasmine kept asking if the boy would kill for her and when he would finally do it. She argued that this was the only way for them to be really together. She wanted them to buy a castle in Germany afterwards and live happily ever after.
In love, Jeremy did not take his girlfriend's words seriously at first. He didn't feel like killing anyone. He tried to avoid the topic or to treat it as harmless fantasizing. Over time, however, his attitude changed.
More and more, he confided to his friends that he would kill Debra and Marc Richardsons, because they were using violence against his beloved. Jeremy's words were turned into a joke. After all, everyone knew that the fly boy wouldn't hurt.
On April 22, 2006, Jeremy drank a lot. First, he drained a twelve-pack of beer himself, then smoked some marijuana. As he said himself, he wanted to lose himself that day. In the evening his friends joined him. Together, they worked out a bottle of vodka, mixing it with harder drugs.
At night, drunk and inebriated, Jeremy drove his car to Jasmine's house. He was going to keep his word and kill her parents. The road to the destination led through the basement window.
Noises from the basement woke Debra asleep. The woman started downstairs to see what had happened. Jeremy was waiting for her, hidden in the darkness, a screwdriver in his hand. He inflicted many blows on the helpless victim with a screwdriver, killing her on the spot.
Marc was next. He went to help his wife, but he had no chance against the drug-stunned attacker, who suddenly became superhuman. Jeremy and his stabbed him with a screwdriver. As Marc was dying, he still managed to choke out "Why?" Jeremy replied, "This is what your daughter wanted." Jasmine watched everything from the top of the stairs.
Marc and Debra were lying dead on the floor in pools of blood. Jasmine then remembered that her eight-year-old brother, Jacob, had to be dealt with. Jeremy was too tired to take care of him, so the teenager decided to finish the work herself.
She ran to Jacob's bedroom. The boy was awake, he was terrified. The sister first tried to strangle him, but the child fought bravely for her life. So Jasmine went for the knife. She inflicted several stab wounds on her brother, then slit his throat.
Afterwards, the murderer cleaned the kitchen knife and put it back in its place. Then she searched her mother's purse and took all the money from it. Meanwhile, drunk and pumped with adrenaline, Jeremy went outside to calm down a bit.
The couple planned to escape together, but the man could not stand the pressure. He jumped in the car and headed for the trailer where he lived. Confused, Jasmine called a cab to join him.
For the next 36 hours, Jasmine and Jeremy drank, partied, and had sex. They didn't tell anyone about what they did. They were completely normal. At one point, they went with friends for a ride to Alberta. They enjoyed themselves and their newly regained freedom.
On April 23, 2006, Jacob's friend Garret called at the Richardsons door. He wanted to visit a friend he liked very much. When no one opened it, the resolute boy decided to approach the back entrance. On the way, he noticed a broken basement window. Unfortunately, he looked inside ...
The police immediately showed up on the scene. They quickly realized that someone had murdered the entire family. Only one member, twelve-year-old Jasmine, seemed to have survived. But the girl was nowhere to be found. Maybe she spent the night with a friend, or maybe she was abducted.
Officers asked for access to her school locker. They thought that its contents would lead them to the teenager's whereabouts. Meanwhile, they found a piece of paper with a hand-drawn plan to murder Debra, Marc and Jacob. There was a figure on the page with the name Jeremy.
Jeremy and Jasmine were detained by the police 36 hours after the murder. The girl from the very beginning blamed all the blame on her lover. She admitted that, in fact, she had witnessed the murder, but could do nothing.
Investigators analyzed the e-mails and messages the couple had exchanged during their relationship. It was clear from them that although Jasmine did not physically kill her parents, she was responsible for their deaths.
The court hid the girl's personal data from the public, and she herself was not tried as an adult. Nevertheless, she was found guilty of three first-degree murders. For this, she was sentenced to 10 years in prison, which was the maximum sentence for minors.
Jeremy heard the same verdict, but as an adult, he was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with the right to apply for parole after 20 years.
Jasmine Richardson was in a mental hospital for a long time. She participated in therapeutic classes. During her stay in prison, she expressed regret and regret the crime committed. She was released in 2016.
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