The dark truth behind a picture perfect marriage 

I've heard this story so many times, I didn't think I'd hear anything new. Casefiles never disappoints with their research.

Jesus christ, these are two whole grown ass adults. They email and text like middle schoolers.

I was suspicious of her messages right away, but only because i expect the very worst of people in these situations... Monsters like her are all around. Be careful who you let into your lives!

This is what can happen when we fall victim to the Yesterdays instead of moving forward to new beginnings 😮

The fact that all this saga was unfolding via e-mails (in 2020s, the age of messengers) without people involved even hearing each other's voices once immediately made it obvious what this was all about. And these are adults, who had adult jobs and children of their own.

Messed up. Guy is not without fault, but damn she knew how to manipulate an already broken man.

How anyone can be roped into this kinda crap nowadays is unacceptable. We know too much and have heard it all. Jamie and his family will never have peace but may God be with them

I did not know she was a THERAPIST! That just makes this even more batty and I didn't think that was possible! You're doing a phenomenal job as always and I'm literally already losing sleep after finding your channel just yesterday but I'm a TC Binger to my core and to find a channel this great is to go ON ONE! 😆

Was the part about her being a therapist true? Cuz goddamn that's scary too.

Darren, who seems to have been a decent man at heart, was so played. What a manipulative sociopath!

Darren went on a 10 hour interstate trip, to a strange place, a trip that was supposed to be both highly important and highly secret. Darren goes on this trip without bringing a map or written directions, choosing instead to rely solely on his cellphone GPS. Darren does not have any kind of plan b should his cellphone lose reception, or runs out of battery, or otherwise becomes unusable... He has to turn that cellphone on because he got lost, and turning on that cellphone led to his eventual arrest. All because he didn't think to bring a map. For someone who seems to base his whole identity on being former military, it doesn't sound like he was a very good soldier. 🤦 He also chose not to do ANY independent research on his own, before choosing to execute a total stranger. He just listened to Jennifer and that's it. Someone like that is incredibly dangerous. While I agree that he was manipulated, and his sentence is quite long, he did choose to commit murder in TEXAS of all places. What did expect would happen?? He's lucky he didn't get the death penalty. That's what poor Jaime got, through no fault of his own. RIP to Jaime.💜

RIP JAMIE XXX...i feel very sorry for both men involved here, omg that woman is one of the most manipulative saddistic women i have ever heard about, Darrens sentence is far too long !!!!!!

He belongs in jail for killing a guy over a sow like that 🐷..RIP to the Victim

62 years…..way too much.

Twenty minutes in and I'm totally horrified.

Anyone else battle sleep against Casefile ep's? Sleep wins plenty of times for me haha. I have to make sure I set the sleep timer, or I'm subconciously listening to murder all night 😂

whew just looked up her photo 😬 probably wasn't worth it

This story and this woman is so messed up.

I was getting withdrawal mate 😂

Stunningly well crafted true crime story. Easily in the top 10 Casefiles.

no no no Darren is a victim as well.... he was decent n thought he was doing the right thing in a desperate situation. 5 years should have been his sentence... she should get LIFE

Good morning from Texas!

I'd never heard of this murder. You are excellent storytellers... what a horrific woman. Newspaper articles etc. cannot convey the evil in this woman. What i haven't found is whether or not she has possibility of parole.

Hatred destroys you

A guy with documented mental problems gets 62 years?

Just found your channel, thanks! Great narration, I'm looking forward to listening to my new favorite bedtime stories, peace. 😁

SPOILER ALERT - Listen first, read later!! I'd never heard of this case before and listened to both parts today whilst cooking (my usual weekend 'treat'). What a freaking wild ride! I'm stunned at the level of evil, and horrified that Jennifer was in the trusted and caring occupation of a therapist as well as being a mother!! I was just about rooting for ol' Darrin towards the end but I think ultimately he got his just desserts as well. Clearly Jennifer has some kind of mental and/or personality disorder whilst also being very high functioning. The fact that she wanted a previous husband dead shows a nasty pattern. I'm always astounded how these kinds of people successfully manage to dupe so many whilst simultaneously causing untold chaos and hurt. I hope she rots in hell. I feel terribly sad for her daughter, although potentially Jennifer's true self may not have been so well disguised behind closed doors. Who knows? Another great podcast thank you! 🤩

I get curious during these videos... Thinking, This chick must be gorgeous! Googled them. Not quite what I'd pictured. Thanks case file. I absolutely love your videos! Another reason to love Saturdays.

Cant wait to watch this tonight

Pure wickedness. Glad she got life in prison.

Very interesting case, I'd not heard it before. Thanks 😊

Thank you Mr Casefiles! Much love from America 🇺🇸😘🇦🇺

The very second I heard about Jamie messaging Darren, I immediately assumed that Jennifer was doing it all and setting Darren up. I will find out if I was correct. Your explanation of ptsd and tbi was one of the best descriptions I've ever heard. She knew exactly what she was doing. The simple fact that she had tried almost the exact same scheme with one of her previous husbands shows what she was capable of. She should have most definitely received a much longer sentence than she did. The fact that she was a "professional" therapist who manipulated someone with such severe mental issues should have allowed her to receive additional years to her sentence. In my opinion she should have been charged with some form of medical malpractice. If only he had actually been her patient, maybe things would have ended differently.

Basically, every soldier is drilled into a killer for hire. The people who think for themselves, people who are questioning their commands, or have a big moral objection against killing, are punished in the military, or kicked out. But this guy is for one, not very smart, and second: on the right end of the consciousness scale. This means: very keen to do his task, having great inner responsibility, and doing his job with the most possible attention. The other extreme would be an unreliable slacker. This is the big Five psychological assessment scale. He , for instance, brings his truck to the garage for a motor check-up. He does as he is told. Not only that, but he prepares, as it is a military goal. For people with some insight: how would a woman who has to endure a gang rape with ten men not want to press charges to her husband? There would be evidence, and she would be free of her marriage, if that is the goal. Then, the voice of the conversations with her supposed husband, that's not the way a husband would talk to another guy, challenging him that he cannot do nothing about it. I guess they even not met person in person? Just emailing and texting? I saw him in court, he behaved as he was still in the army. But he was punished, maybe to harsh.

Uhg the emails back n forth .barf

Even though darren was tricked, i still think he shouldn't be out of prison, he showed that under the right conditions he can be manipulated into harming someone, that's not something normal people are able to do, so he and his mastermind should get life without parole and everything they own should go to the family of the victim.

Good story. I was married for 30 years to a man who was totally kind, honest and morally superior. It was all an act. He was so good at manipulation as it turns out it’s because he is a psychopath. I don’t know if I figured it out by becoming his target, or because his alcoholism stripped his defensive cover. My therapist told me you can’t expect a person to be anything, even if you’ve known them forever.

This is one of the most twisted, fucked-up cases I have come across.

Dang all this time i thought Darren was the evil one behind this, but she's the true master mind, i didn't finish it yet but watch her get a fraction of the sentence compared to Darren

Just when you think you know someone.

Knew in the 911 call when she doesnt startbscreaming till well after hes dead

Surprisingly entertaining

ii researched this case already forgotten

This is a great story that teaches that people with psychiatric disorders like PTSD or any condition,we are mostly victims,we are the vulnerable ,like her husband.... U see TV films and lawyers teach u that PTSD or schizophrenia is a danger to normal people but normal people are tend to be the attackers We suffer inside,yes ,we are difficult to live with ,but in the end we tend to harm only our selfs no others,by suicide , restless behaviour,we use everything,to ease the pain inside of us, not to do You harm Rip to any victims,my greetings to any human being that suffers from a mental illness,i am bilingual, hopefully u understand..... Don't be afraid of us

That is a mad case, heard both parts now and finished a documentary a few nights ago. I still don't see why he had to beat her up aswell, imagine having to explain later "sorry baby, I had to make it look real." While she's laying there in pain 😂 obviously not like

wow my man did all that without Even gettin any lol ppl r fuckin nuts

Thanx Edinburgh lass 😊

Welcome back aussie , from 🇬🇹

Is this 2/2? I'm lost

The crap this guy believed is unreal. Im in shock how nieve he is.

The first story is ridiculous how he allowed her to manipulate him into murder. I’m not even 15 minutes in and know that’s the case. Stupid.

Photos would make this commentary much more interesting!

Great script ( except for the Jennifer AI ! ) greed & the hunger for power

Anonymous Host? Looks like the name of a Rap Singer.

I can see where this is going. She is a weirdo bullshitter. These kind of people are out there. I’ve met one and now nothing surprises me with regards the lengths some can go to with their lies.

This really needs a content warning!! I only listen to certain podcast episodes because I don't want to hear violent SA content. This week you chose not to warn us? 😢

I do like your chanel but seriously you just repeat parts of it so many times its making it unwatchable.

Elite Soldier? Doesn't that mean best at killing? Not life? Just 62 years? How long is that guy planning on living?

If Jaimie was physically harming her, why didn’t she leave and go to the police??! Why in the hell did she stay with him??! I can’t listen to this anymore, this is all too absurd!

Why is her husband blaming him?! Why I did she start talking to him in the first place??!

Believe Women! Wait....

BS

How old were these participants, the whole scenario sounds like a made up as you go drama, this is what "educated" Americans are then, thick RIP

Why is her husband talking and arguing with her boyfriend??! 🤣😂

Why did his ex wife have his computer??!

What happened to her first husband??!

What is a big deal at American Airlines? Is she a stewardess??

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Just wondering if there is a reason why you say the Jennifer or the Jamie? It is an unusual way of speaking. 🤔

Still love Casefile to bits, but this case has been so extensively covered by just about every true crime channel on this app in these few years since Jennifer carried out her breathtakingly evil plan, that there’s just nothing left to learn about it. I can’t think of another Casefiles episode where I could say the same by the end of it, so that’s still one stellar track record.

#TeamDarren

I wished some people would donate to my special cause. In need of prescription glasses but being homeless and hopeless there's no chance of help but put it in Gods hands .

Been waiting for this, TY Casefile & my favourite anonymous host 🤎

Yay....our Aussie anonymous narrator whom we love so much, is back ♥️

You can glean what happened early on in Part 1, but this got so much worse than I could've imagined. What a psycho

I love the song What Might Have Been by Little Texas almost aa much as an early Saturday morning Casefile upload.

He deserves severe punishment for his gullibility alone. It was so obvious that the stories were bullshit.

I spose when he hears that song, he now knows what might have been!

Wow, what a case! I've been down some rabbit holes before, but nothing like this. Thank you for yet another brilliant incite into yet another fascinating case.

Absolutely outstanding. Mad respect.

Now this was a top notch rollercoaster

My reaction: "Oh for heaven's sake!"

Well. I don't believe Darren deserved 62 yrs. He was used. He was to emotionally involved with a psychopath.

saving this one for tonight.. no way to listen with sunshine peeking through windows!

Thank you for the follow up podcast from your previous one. I really appreciate your time and effort in bringing us both sides of this tragic story.

Just looked up this woman. Wow, certainly no prize, but that hasn't stopped her ruining lives.

I did notttt see these plot twists coming omg what the helll.. and it’s all so recent 🤯

20 minutes in... What point do we find out that she's catfishing him?

I feel like Darren got too harsh a punishment. She basically manipulated a mentally disabled man into murder for hire. When the trial was questioning the logic of his actions, yes, his logic makes no sense for a mentally sound and nondisabled person. But he's not a nondisabled person, and that heavily influenced his actions and the steps he believed were logical to take. He should be in a psychiatric facility, not prison -- everything about him screams "mentally unwell" and it's not like prison is going to make him any better The person I feel the worst for in all of this, though, is Jaime and Jennifer's daughter. I can't even imagine.

WOW!! I let my food go cold, listening to this...

This was crazy. Thanks for another awesome story, Casefile Presents.

Not sure why Darren wouldn't go to the police right away. He had proof. Also, Jennifer seems like kind if an idiot for not going to the cops as well.

So cool I was just looking for something for a bedtime story 🌙⭐

Here we go!

I visited your RU-vid channel and your video quality is very good.

Average woman according to Reddit.

Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Anonymous. Wonderful to have you back. Someone suggested pictures. . . .a big fat NO to that. Why would we need pictures? It's a story. Just listen to it and enjoy the voice. I live in Canada and usually I have to listen hard to understand accents. Not yours. Proud to be a subscriber. Blessings to you and to all those who love you.

No Country For Old Men

"im locked in a closet" but have access to a phone whenever she needed it?

Rip Jaime fly high I honestly feel sorry for both men Darren deserves to be punished but not 62 years maybe 10 but he is a victim in this I mean for sure they prosecution know so too