The pregnancy that sealed her fate: Betany Bad

The pregnancy that sealed her fate: Betany Bad: The murder of a pregnant sister

On the night of May 23, 2024, a mother discovers massive blood in her son's kitchen. The body parts of her daughter Betany are found in three different locations: inside the house, at the neighbor's door, and scattered in the backyard. The horror was not improvised; Jack's journals reveal that it all began when he learned that his sister was pregnant.

In this episode, we explore the contradictions surrounding the case: how Jack was declared competent to stand trial while his defense argues insanity due to mental illness, what the word "innocence" meant in his handwritten notebooks, and why a mental health call in 2022 did not prevent the premeditated murder of two victims.

Victim: Betany Bad
Date: May 23, 2024
Location: Lakeville, Minnesota
Status: Guilty plea, sentencing pending (May 2026)

- Jack Bad wrote in his journals that his sister "was no longer innocent" after learning of the 17-week pregnancy
- The police found a bloody saw, axe, and multiple knives; the dismemberment was deliberate and postmortem
- Jack answered orientation questions correctly when arrested but inflicted a wound on his neck
- A mental health call in 2022 was the only documented precedent before the first-degree premeditated crime

Betany Bad, Lakeville Minnesota homicide 2024, first-degree murder, dismemberment, pregnancy, mental health, premeditation, handwritten journals, true crime English

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