Schoolgirl, 12, murdered family including brother, 8, with 'werewolf' boyfriend

Daily Mirror

4 days ago

A schoolgirl who was only 12-years-old when she murdered her entire family including her eight-year-old brother is now free and has a new identity. We take a look at what happened that fateful day...
It was a dull, drizzly day in April 2006 when officers stumbled upon the bodies of Marc Richardson, 42, his wife Debra, 48, and their 8-year-old son Jacob in the quiet town of Medicine Hat in Alberta, Canada.
Jacob's young friend had arrived for a playdate only to discover the bodies, rushing to tell his mother, who then notified police.
Marc had 24 stab wounds, Debra had 12 stab wounds and their eight-year-old son had a slit throat and stab wounds to his head and torso. That day, Police also discovered the family's 12-year-old daughter, Jasmine, was missing, raising fears she too might have been a victim of a horrific crime.
But the next day, Jasmine was found in Leader, Saskatchewan, 80 miles away from the crime scene.
She was found with her 23-year-old boyfriend, Jeremy Steinke, and in a shocking turn of events, both were arrested and charged with the murders. Investigators had uncovered a stick figure drawing depicting her family being murdered inside Jasmine's locker at school.
The family had been brutally murdered in their home by their own daughter, Jasmine Richardson and her older boyfriend, Jeremy Steinke. As the investigation unfolded, disturbing details were discovered about the couple's relationship as Jasmine's friends revealed her parents had grounded her for dating Steinke due to the big age gap. But it wasn't just the age difference that was worrying.
Steinke was obsessed with the supernatural, even claiming to be a 300-year-old werewolf who wore a vial of blood around his neck and frequented a vampire website. Jasmine had a profile on the same site, leading to speculation that they had met online, but an acquaintance later confirmed that they had met locally in person.
Days before the murders, Steinke and his friends watched the film "Natural Born Killers," a violent tale of a couple on a killing spree. Steinke expressed admiration for the film, suggesting that he and Jasmine should carry out their plans in a similar fashion.
Later, Steinke's friend Kacy Lancaster, 19, was charged with being an accessory for driving them away in her pickup truck later in the day and for disposing of evidence.
During his trial in November 2008, it came out that Steinke had admitted to the murders in conversations with undercover officers. He was found guilty and sentenced to three life sentences and will be eligible for parole after 25 years.
But Jasmine's case took a different turn due to her age. Under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, she could not be sentenced as an adult or receive a sentence longer than 10 years for crimes committed before the age of 14.
In July 2007, at the age of 13, she was found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to 10 years in prison. During her incarceration, Jasmine showed signs of remorse and underwent rehabilitation and began attending classes at Mount Royal University in Calgary in 2011.
By October 2012, reports suggested her rehabilitation was progressing well, with experts recognising her genuine remorse. In May 2016, after completing her sentence, she was freed.
At the time of her sentencing, Jasmine was the youngest person in Canada to be convicted of multiple murders. The now 31-year-old is living under a new identity in a secret location.