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A judge set bail for Jade Sasha Janks, who is charged with murdering her stepfather, at $1 million. (Shutterstock)
VISTA, CA Bail was set at $1 million Wednesday for a Solana Beach woman charged with murdering her stepfather, Butterfly Farms co-founder Thomas Merriman.
Jade Sasha Janks, 37, faces life imprisonment if convicted of killing Merriman, whose body was found inside her Nardo Avenue home on the afternoon of Jan. 1.
Sheriff s deputies went to the home that day to check on Merriman s welfare, and due to the circumstances, sheriff s homicide investigators assumed responsibility of the investigation, sheriff s Lt. Thomas Seiver said.
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A search warrant was obtained, and detectives found Merriman s body inside the residence, according to Seiver.