An upcoming true crime documentary will delve into a sinister plot by four teenagers who made a pact to kill their parents with devastating results.
Susan Bailey, 43, was found stabbed to death and her throat slit at the top of the stairs of the family home on R.oanoke, Texas.
Her two children, Jennifer, 17, and David, 13, were nowhere to be found until police caught them trying to flee with Jennifer’s 16-year-old boyfriend, Paul Henson Jr.
It later emerged that the young couple had planned to murder the single mother, who had been working two jobs to support her children, as part of a twisted pact with a fourth teenager, 14-year-old Merrilee White.
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Susan Bailey, 43, a mother of two, was found stabbed to death and her throat slit at the top of the stairs of the family home in Roanoke, Texas.
Their two children, Jennifer, 17, and David, 13, were nowhere to be found until police caught them trying to flee.
The chilling story began to unravel on September 26, 2008, when Susan failed to show up for work at a retail store.
Her colleagues were “concerned” about her absence and her manager tried to call her several times because it was unusual for the mother-of-two not to check in.
The emergency contact on record for Susan was her mother, who lived in Minnesota, but she also did not know her whereabouts.
Susan’s worried mother began calling everywhere, including her grandchildren Jennifer and David, but could not reach any family members.
He eventually contacted Roanoke police, who went to the home in the exclusive neighborhood to conduct a welfare check later that night.
Officers initially reported that there was nothing out of the ordinary: the car was not in the driveway, no one answered the door and there was nothing to indicate forced entry.
The police had no immediate concerns until a police officer in South Dakota stopped Susan’s car a few days later and did not believe the testimony of its young occupants.
He alerted Roanoke police, who then decided to return to Bailey’s home and, after gaining entry, officers conducted a search. series of shocking discoveries.
Susan had suffered 26 different injuries: she had been stabbed several times and her throat had been slit with blood splattering the walls.
In a strange twist, police also found three mobile phones and a large kitchen knife submerged in the bathtub.
They also found a bathtub that was apparently prepared for electrocution.
The group of teenagers did a poor job of covering their tracks, after leaving strands of Paul’s freshly cut hair at the scene.
Susan’s lifeless body was found lying on the floor in a pool of blood after she was murdered in a frenzied knife attack.
She had suffered 26 different injuries: she was stabbed multiple times and her throat was slit with blood splattering the walls.
Susan’s lifeless body was found lying on the ground
And, in another strange twist, police also found a plate of ppoisoned chocolate pudding in the refrigerator, locks of freshly cut hair, cell phones submerged in water and a bathtub prepared for electrocution.
The murder was described as “extremely brutal, extremely violent” by Denton County Prosecutor Jamie Beck.
Susan’s children, along with Paul, who had been banned from using the mother-of-two’s car, were brought in and their sinister plot soon began to unravel.
Jennifer and Paul had started dating during high school, but Susan disapproved of her daughter’s boyfriend.
She became suspicious of Paul’s influence, and despite Jennifer’s hopes of attending art school in Dallas, her grades began to slip and her b.His behavior worsened.
Around the same time, Paul also became friends with 14-year-old Merrilee and began dating both girls at the same time.
The trio then entered into a three-way sexual relationship.
‘They believed they had been together in other lives. “He liked having sex with both girls and watching them have sex with each other,” crime author Donna Fielder told Oxygen.
Jennifer and Paul had started dating during high school, but Susan disapproved of her daughter’s boyfriend.
She became suspicious of Paul’s influence, and despite Jennifer’s hopes of attending art school in Dallas, her grades began to slip and her behavior worsened.
Merrilee’s mother, like Susan, also took a dim view of her own daughter’s relationships.
And, with tensions rising between the girls and their parents, Jennifer, Paul and Merrilee hatched their gruesome plan.
It turned out that the trio, along with Jennifer’s younger brother David, had agreed to kill their parents, steal their cars and credit cards, and flee to Canada.
Merrilee had tried to attack first and on September 23 her mother woke up to find her daughter standing in front of her with a large butcher knife.
Her mother was able to call the police and the young woman was taken to a juvenile detention center.
The next day, Paul’s father reported that his son had run away and informed the police that he had also obtained his .22 caliber pistol.
It wasn’t long before he, along with Jennifer and David, beat and killed Susan together, having made multiple plans to kill her, one of which was to “electrocute her in the shower,” according to Beck.
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Jennifer and Paul pleaded guilty and were each sentenced to 60 years in prison.
But the group of teenagers did a poor job of covering their tracks, after leaving behind locks from Paul’s house. freshly cut hair at the scene along with bandanas covered in Jennifer and David’s DNA, which the brother and sister duo had worn at the time of the murder.
The South Dakota officer found them three days later loitering outside a closed gas station at 3:30 in the morning.
Their story was constantly changing and the truth finally came to light before they were put on trial.
All three were under 18 years old at the time of the murder, so they could not be sentenced to death.
Jennifer and Paul pleaded guilty and were each sentenced to 60 years in prison.. dAvid was charged as a juvenile.