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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Image by Jens Lelie
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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
The Poison Tree by Alan Pendergast