Joshua Jenkins

Joshua Jenkins

Joshua Jenkins is an American killer who killed all five members of his family with an axe in 1996 when he was 15. [ [http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1997/May-28-Wed-1997/news/5451656.html NEWS: Jurors start considering teen's fate ] ] [ [http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1997/Apr-24-Thu-1997/news/5263615.html Las Vegas Review Journal: NEWS :5263615 ] ] wherewhen

He eventually pleaded guilty to five cases of first degree murder for killing his adoptive parents George and Alene Jenkins, his grandparents, William and Evelyn Grossman by hitting them in the head with a hammer and stabbing them with a kitchen knife. He later took his 10 year old sister Megan Jenkins to buy an axe and then murdered her with it. [ [http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1997/May-28-Wed-1997/news/5451656.html NEWS: Jurors start considering teen's fate ] ] [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940CE7D9113FF93BA25757C0A961958260 Teen-Ager Pleads Guilty To Killing 5 in Family - New York Times ] ] He also pleaded guilty to a count of arson for setting several condos on fire in an attempt to hide the evidence. He was eventually sentenced to 112 years in prison without parole after the judge ruled he was fit to stand trial despite his defense attempting to plead insanity. [ [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83959845.html JUDGE RULES TEEN FIT TO STAND TRIAL IN SLAYINGS OF 5 RELATIVES.(NEWS) | Article from Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | HighBeam Research ] ]

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