Jade Sasha Janks was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in the death of Thomas Merriman, the co-founder of the Encinitas Butterfly Farms, a nonprofit.
A San Diego County jury found Jade Janks, 39, guilty of first-degree murder in the December 2020 killing of her stepfather, 64-year-old Thomas Merriman.
Jade Janks faces life in prison when she is sentenced for killing her former stepfather Thomas Merriman, 64, on December 31, 2020. Janks insisted he died from a self-inflicted overdose.
Jade Sasha Janks was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in the death of Thomas Merriman, the co-founder of the Encinitas Butterfly Farms, a nonprofit.