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Court Junkie

Ep 39: The Haunting Confession of 17-year-old Jake Evans

Court Junkie

PodcastOne

Government, True Crime, News

4.88.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2017

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In October 2012, 17-year-old Jake Evans called 911 and made a startling confession - he had just murdered members of his own family.  But as Jake's case made his way through the court system, it was stalled.  Please consider supporting Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes. Follow me on Twitter @CourtJunkiePod or Instagram at CourtJunkie. Music in this episode: The Disappearance of Steven Damman by ASOTWL - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/ASOTWL/The_Shades_of_Samhain/10_-_The_Disappearance_Of_Steven_Damman Take A Deep Breath by Datolar - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Datolar/Hallucino_Attics_Dissolved_Re-constructed_2001-2006/Datolar_-_Hallucino_Attics_Dissolved_Re-constructed_2001-2006_-_12_Take_A_Deep_Breath She's a Gift by Borrtex - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Borrtex/Something_Special_1020/6_Shes_A_Gift See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

The following is from a confession written by 17-year-old Jake Evans on October 4, 2012.

0:07.4

I had just got home from the allergist and had lunch when I started watching Rob Zambi's

0:14.6

Halloween.

0:16.8

In the movie, a 12-year-old boy murders his stepfather, sister, and his sister's boyfriend.

0:23.6

It was the third time this week that I watched it.

0:27.5

While watching it, I was amazed at how it eased the boy was during the murders and

0:32.1

how little remorse he had afterwards.

0:35.4

I was thinking to myself, it would be the same for me when I killed someone.

0:41.4

After I watched the movie, I put it back in the case and threw it in the trash can so that

0:45.6

people wouldn't think that it influenced me in any way.

0:50.3

After that, I went outside to hit golf balls in the yard for about an hour.

0:55.4

I went inside around 5.30 pm and just sat in the living room thinking about how I was

1:00.5

going to kill my family.

1:03.2

My plan was to kill my sister and my mom at my house and then go over to my grandparents

1:08.8

and kill my oldest sister Emily and my two grandparents.

1:13.4

Then I was going to wait until morning and kill my other sister Audrey because she was

1:17.9

visiting from college.

1:21.0

After I got up from the couch, it was between 6 and 6.30.

1:25.3

My grandma had called my mom to ask if I wanted to go to the cleaners with her.

1:30.4

I went and while we were in town, we got dinner.

1:34.0

We made a quick stop at the post office and then she dropped me off at my house.

1:39.3

I took my dinner to the pool house and watched family guy for a little bit.

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