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Jodine ‘Jodi’ Serrin

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AbJack Entertainment

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.8871 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Episode 7: Jodine ‘Jodi’ Serrin

Valentine’s Day, a day that is supposed to be about love, was the occasion for a terrible murder that took place in Carlsbad, California in 2007. Jodi Serrin, a 39 year old mentally disabled woman who lived alone, was killed in her own condo. Her parents witnessed the horrific act, and briefly interacted with her killer. But it would be more than a decade before they would find out who he was.
Sources consulted in preparation of this episode include Profiling Evil by Mike King, available on YouTube.


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0:00.0

We've all seen the headlines in the news of how somebody lost their life in an act of cold-blooded murder,

0:04.7

and it grabs your attention, but have you ever stopped to think about the life of the person at the center of the news story?

0:11.1

These victims were way more than a salacious headline.

0:14.3

I'm Eric Carter-Londine, and my podcast, The Murder in My Family,

0:18.8

dives into some of those stories to help listeners get to know the person who was lost and how their death affected those closest to them.

0:26.2

Listen to The Murder in My Family everywhere you listen to podcasts.

0:29.9

You're listening to DNAID, brought to you by Abject Entertainment.

0:35.3

Be sure to check out some of the other great true crime podcasts from this

0:39.0

network, including The Murder in My Family, Missing Persons, Scene of the Crime, Three Men and a Mystery,

0:46.3

Malice, Riddle Me That, All Things Crime, and Zodiac Speaking. All of these podcasts are available

0:53.7

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0:57.5

Subscribe where you're listening to this podcast so you don't miss an episode. Episode 7, Jodine Serran.

1:27.3

It was 2007, Jodine Elizabeth Sarin, who went by Jody, lived alone at her condo on the 1900 block of Swallow Lane in Carlsbad, California. Jody was 39 years old, but she had some mental challenges that technically qualified her as disabled. Jody did not work and did not

1:46.0

drive. So while she was able to live alone and had done so for 15 years, she was dependent on her parents,

1:53.0

Art and Lois, for support. They were the owners of the condo she lived in, which was in a large

1:58.2

upscale complex with manicured landscaping and somewhat affluent

2:02.2

inhabitants. Jody was born on November 21, 1967, in Glendale, California to parents' art and

2:09.8

Lois Saren. Jody had lots of siblings, Michael, Nancy, Barbara, Carol, and Chuck. The family moved to

2:17.1

Walton Hills, Ohio, where Jody grew up.

2:19.8

She graduated from Bedford High School in 1986, but Jody and her parents both ended up moving back

2:25.9

to California, settling in Carlsbad, a lovely beach town near San Diego. As I said,

2:32.3

Jody had some mental challenges that limited her ability to function at the level

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