Jasmine Richardson
Jeremy Steinke
Witnesses
LEADING UP TO THE CRIME CONT.
There were no witnesses to the crime.
- 12 YEAR OLD CAUCASIAN GIRL
- PSYCHOLOGICALLY UNSTABLE
- PHYSICALLY HEALTHY
- LIVES WITH FAMILY
- DATES 23 YEAR OLD STEINKE
- WAS AN HONOR ROLL STUDENT
- UNEMPLOYED
- GOOD FAMILY/QUIET/NICE
- NO PREVIOUS CRIMINAL HISTORY
- THAT DOES IT, JR TELLS STEINKE FOR SURE THAT SHE WANTS HER FAMILY DEAD
- NIGHT BEFORE MURDERS, STEINKE WATCHES NATURAL BORN KILLERS.
- STEINKE CALLS FRIEND TO HELP HIM KILL JR'S PARENTS BUT HE REFUSES
- 23 YEAR OLD CAUCASIAN MALE
- NOT PSYCHOLOGICALLY STABLE
- BORDERLINE/ANGER ISSUES/CLUSTER A
- LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER
- DATING 12 YEAR OLD JASMINE RICHARDSON
- HIGH SCHOOL DROP OUT
- NO PREVIOUS CRIMINAL HISTORY
- GOTH CROWD
- UNEMPLOYED
SUSPECTS
MARC RICHARDSON
THE CRIME
- MARC IS ENRAGED AND FIGHTS BACK.
- MARC IS ARMED WITH A SCREWDRIVER AND STEINKE STILL W/ HIS KNIFE
- MARC MANAGES TO GOUGE STEINKES EYE WITH HIS THUMB.
- STEINKE OVERPOWERS MARC AND FATALLY STABS HIM 24 TIMES.
- MARCS LAST WORDS WERE, "WHY?"
- STEINKE REPLYS, "BECAUSE YOUR DAUGHTER WANTED IT THIS WAY."
BRIEF SUMMARY
(JR)
- 42 YEAR OLD CAUCASIAN MALE
- TYPICAL FAMILY MAN
- EMPLOYED
- HAPPILY MARRIED TO DEBRA
- NO VIOLENCE IN THE HOME
- NO SIGNIFICANT LIFE EVENTS
- BEFORE MURDERS, NEIGHBOR REPORTS YELLING IN HOME
- DISAGREES WITH DAUGHTERS RELATIONSHIP
THE CRIME
April 24, 2006
DEBRA RICHARDSON
Jasmine Richardson was not kidnapped from her home the night her family was murdered. She had helped kill them herself. JR, as she was known in court because she was a minor, had planned to kill her family because her parents would not let her be together with her boyfriend. Jeremy Steinke, twenty-three, was JR's boyfriend and had killed her parents.
JACOB RICHARDSON
- 48 YEAR OLD CAUCASIAN FEMALE
- HEALTHY
- NO PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES
- FAMILY WAS JUST THE SAME AS MARC'S
- DID NOT AGREE WITH DAUGHTERS RELATIONSHIP
- NO PREVIOUS CRIMINAL HISTORY
- SON OF MARC AND DEBRA
- EIGHT YEARS OLD
- CAUCASIAN MALE
- FUN LOVING CHILD
- HEALTHY
- HAD A BEST FRIEND WHO WAS NEIGHBOR
AFTERMATH
The bodies of Marc, Debra, and Jacob Richardson were found in their family home in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. They were stabbed to death. The Richardson's were a family of four, but only three bodies were found. The missing person was their twelve year old daughter, Jasmine. The police believed her to be kidnapped by the murder. If only that were true.
- WHILE STEINKE MURDERS JR'S PARENTS, SHE IS IN THE KITCHEN W/ JACOB
- JACOB IS SCARED AND IS IN THE KITCHEN HALLWAY IN HIS UNDERWARE
- ONCE STEINKE IS DONE HE COMES UP STAIRS AND IS COVERED IN BLOOD
- HE ASKS WHY JR HASN'T KILLED JACOB YET
- SHE THEN STABS HIM 3 TIMES.
- JACOB RUNS UPSTAIRS TO HIS BEDROOM DROPPING 100 DROPS OF BLOOD ON THE WAY
- HE THEN LAYS ON HIS BED WHILE THE COUPLE FOLLOWS HIM
- ONE OF THEM STRANGLES HIM
- THEN EITHER STEINKE OR JR SLITS HIS THROAT.
- SINCE JR WAS ONLY 12, SHE ONLY GOT 10 YEARS IN A JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER.
- STEINKE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE AND NO CHANCE OF PAROLE FOR 25 YEARS.
- WHILE IN JAIL STEINKE AND JR SENT LETTERS BACK AND FORTH.
- ONE OF STEINKE ASKING JR TO MARRY HER. SHE SAYS YES.
- JR IS NOW OUT OF JAIL AND IS IN COLLEGE ROAMING THE STREETS WHILE STEINKE IS STILL IN JAIL.
- STEINKE AND JR GO TO A PARTY
- AFTER THE PARTY THEY DECIDE TO TAKE SOME FRIENDS CAMPING AFTER JR STOLE HER MOMS CREDIT CARD
- IN THE A.M. A 6 Y/O BOY FOUND THE BODIES IN THE RICHARDSON'S HOME
- POLICE PULL OVER STEINKE AND JR W/ TWO FRIENDS
- THEY WERE ALL ARRESTED.
- ONE FREIND WAS CHARGED WITH ACCESSORY TO MURDER FOR CLEANING BLOOD OUT OF STEINKS TRUCK.
LEADING UP TO THE CRIME
THE CRIME
- JR AND STEINKE MET AT A GOTH CONCERT
- JR'S PARENTS DO NOT AGREE WITH JR'S RELATIONSHIP WITH 23 Y/O STEINKE.
- JR KEEPS HINTING AT KILLING PARENTS TO BE WITH STEINKE
- STEINKE THINKS IT TO BE A GREAT IDEA AND ADDS TO THE IDEAS
- FAMILY GOT IN HEATED ARGUMENT ABOUT JR'S RELATIONSHIP
Evidence
- APRIL 23, 2006 MEDICINE HAT, ALBERTA, CANADA
- AROUND 11:OO P.M. STEINKE BREAKS IN THE RICHARDSON'S HOME THROUGH THE BASEMENT.
- DEBRA HEARS STEINKE COME THROUGH THE BASEMENT AND GOES DOWN TO SEE WHAT THE NOISE IS.
- DEBRA COMES DOWN TO COME FACE TO FACE WITH STEINKE.
- STEINKE IS ARMED WITH A KNIFE AND STABS DEBRA TWELVE TIMES.
- "Slain Family Remembered as Loving and Giving." Slain Family Remembered as Loving and Giving. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2015.
- "Road to a Massacre." Road to a Massacre. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2015.
- "MARC, DEBRA & JACOB RICHARDSON - MURDERED BY DAUGHTER (12) & BOYFRIEND (23) in RICHARDSON, MARC, DEBRA & JACOB - JASMINE RICHARDSON & JEREMY ALLAN STEINKE CONVICTED OF TRIPLE MURDER Forum." Lefora. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2015.
- DEBRA WAS STABBED IN HER AORTA AND HER LUNGS.
- HER BLOOD WAS ON THE CEILING, WALLS, AND THE FLOOR.
- SHE DIED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS OF THE BASEMENT.
- HEARING THE COMMOTION, MARC RUSHES TO THE BASEMENT TO SEE HIS DEAD WIFE.
The evidence left was Steinke's knife that he killed the family with.
JR's knife.
Steinkes shoelace soaked with Jacobs blood.
Richardson Family Murder