Conviction upheld for Solana Beach woman in stepfather’s murder
SOLANA BEACH — A state appellate court panel upheld the first-degree murder conviction on Oct. 25 for a Solana Beach interior designer found guilty of...
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Janks gets life sentence for former stepfather’s murder
VISTA — Jade Janks of Solana Beach was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years on Monday for the...
Janks guilty of first-degree murder in former stepfather’s death
A jury found Jade Janks of Solana Beach guilty of first-degree murder on Wednesday in the death of her former stepfather....
Janks takes stand in murder trial: ‘I wasn’t trying to dump his body’
VISTA — A Solana Beach woman accused of killing her former stepfather testified that she found him dead in her car after bringing him home...
Janks trial continues with more testimony, DNA, autopsy findings
VISTA — The trial of a Solana Beach woman accused of murdering her former stepfather around New Year’s of 2021 continued this week at the...
Murder trial begins for woman accused of killing Butterfly Farms owner
VISTA — A Solana Beach interior designer murdered her former stepfather by drugging, strangling and suffocating him with a plastic bag after she discovered nude...