Episode 9: Let’s Kill Dad: The Murder of Richard Jahnke

It was 1982 in Cheyenne Wyoming when 16 year old Richard Jahnke Jr. spread weapons throughout his home, his sister Deborah waiting as a backup. Any minute, Mom and Dad would pull up the driveway and a few bullets would put an end to years of abuse.

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Sources:

https://apnews.com/article/087764288db0c0f8235ad062e4fe2922

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/its-you-or-me-dad-102547/

https://law.justia.com/cases/wyoming/supreme-court/1984/121303.html

https://law.justia.com/cases/wyoming/supreme-court/1984/121243.html

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/06/15/Governor-commutes-sentence-of-boy-who-killed-father/1687456120000/

https://apnews.com/article/09d0d83d60931a19700164f5b9b8be0f#:~:text=(AP)%20_%20Deborah%20Ann%20Jahnke,youth%20center%2C%20her%20lawyer%20said.&text=Deborah%20and%20her%20brother%20Richard,Jahnke%2C%2038.

The Poison Tree by Alan Pendergast