15-05-2025
Jason Corbett's Death Left His Children Orphaned. Today, They Are Closer Than Ever
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Jason Corbett's 2015 murder left his two children, Jack and Sarah, orphaned. The kids were raised by their aunt and uncle.
Now adults, Jack and especially Sarah have been outspoken in their family's pursuit of justice for Jason.
Jack is now in college, and Sarah is an author.
The trending Netflix documentary A Deadly American Marriage tells the tragic story of Irish businessman Jason Corbett, who was killed in 2015 by his wife, Molly Martens Corbett, and her father, Tom Martens. Both claim Jason was abusing Molly at the time of his death—something the Corbett family has strongly denied.
Initially, Molly and her father were convicted of second-degree murder, but following an appeal, the court ordered a retrial. In October 2023, the pair entered a plea deal in relation to the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter. Both were released in June 2024 and are now close to completing their 12-month parole.
The documentary features interviews with Sarah and Jack Corbett Lynch, Jason's children from his first marriage. After their father's death, Sarah and Jack moved back to Limerick, Ireland, and have been raised by their aunt Tracey Corbett Lynch and uncle David Lynch. Both kids have been vocal about their family's pursuit of justice.
Here's what we know about Sarah and Jack today and what they have said following the release of A Deadly American Marriage.
Sarah and Jack are the children of Jason, an Irish businessman, and his first wife, Margaret 'Mags' Fizpatrick. After their mother died of an acute cardio-respiratory attack in 2006, Jason posted an advertisement looking for an au pair and hired Molly Martens, an American woman from Tennessee.
Molly moved to Ireland in 2008 when she was 24 and took on the role of surrogate mother to Sarah and Jack. She and Jason quickly fell for each other and were married in 2011. The family eventually moved to North Carolina.
Four years into their marriage, Jason was found beaten to death in their home. Molly and her father, a former FBI agent, claimed they acted in self-defense after Jason strangled and attacked Molly.
During subsequent interviews with police and psychologists, then-10-year-old Jack and 8-year-old Sarah said they had witnessed their father abusing Molly. However, they have since recanted and claimed they were trained by Molly to lie.
Other acquaintances of Molly allege she had a history of falsehoods. One former friend said Molly lied about having a sister with cancer. According to a friend of Jason, Molly claimed to have been childhood friends with Mags even though they never met.
Sarah, now 18, is an author and regularly posts about grief online, hoping to help others feel less alone. Her books include Noodle Loses Dad for children and A Time For Truth: My Father Jason and My Search For Justice and Healing.
In a joint Instagram post with her aunt, Sarah revealed her family wanted to highlight in the documentary how they feel they've been let down by the justice system. 'We are not alone in our experiences. We hope the documentary honors Jason's memory while advocating for justice and ensuring that the voices of victims are heard, especially when the judicial system has failed them,' the post stated.
The statement continued: 'Jason would have wanted us to speak out on his behalf—he was a loving and engaged person who valued connection and was a responsible socially engaged citizen. Though he may have been silenced, it is our responsibility to continue speaking on his behalf.'
In an earlier TikTok post, Sarah also shared how looks can be deceiving and that even though she might appear to have handled the loss of her father well, it was a process that took a lot of healing and was far from easy.
'I completely lost it—went through a terrible time, lost my spark, lost myself, cried every day, isolated myself, felt utterly numb and carried my grief & guilt with me everywhere,' she wrote in a caption to the post. 'Then one day, I found my voice, wrote a bestselling book & realized guilt wasn't the first thing on my mind anymore.'
According to Irish magazine Evoke, Sarah was accepted to Mary Immaculate College in Limerick to study English and drama. However, she took a year off to pursue her passion for diving and plans to become an instructor. She plans to start college next September.
At Molly and Thomas' original sentencing in August 2017, Jack wrote a victim impact statement that was read in court. 'My dad was always there for me. I don't have that anymore,' his statement read, according to People. 'I will never be able to give him a hug or a card on Father's Day. He won't see me grow up.'
Jack gave another statement at Molly and Thomas' resentencing in 2023, saying he has 'scars that I will carry until the day I die.'
'Every single day I wake up with the weight of guilt, loneliness, and depression knowing I will never get to see my dad again,' he added.
Now 20, Jack prefers to keep a low profile compared to his sister. Sarah told Evoke her older brother is a singer and songwriter currently studying music in college. 'Jack and I are very different. He wants the truth to be out there, but he just doesn't want to do interviews,' Sarah said.
Jack did give Sarah permission to speak about his experiences in her book A Time for Truth and reaffirmed in A Deadly American Marriage he never saw his father abuse Molly.
According to Sarah, their sibling relationship has grown stronger with time. 'We've gotten a lot closer, which is lovely; we didn't have a relationship growing up,' she said. 'It's only in the last few years that we've really spoken about what happened to us. We had very different experiences.'
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