Molly Martens

What US police think really happened in the run-up to Jason Corbett’s killing

Detectives suspect Molly Martens carefully planned recordings and events leading up to the night that she and her father Thomas, the former FBI agent, beat the Limerick man to death

Truth about why Jason Corbett died is obscured in a maelstrom of high emotion

Three competing narratives emerged to explain the events leading up to his death, but only one will stick

Molly Martens felt ‘deranged entitlement’ to Jason Corbett’s children, guardianship judge found

Jason Corbet killing: Shipwash recalls his instant impression of Molly Martens at the custody hearing following husband's death

Prosecutor in Molly and Thomas Martens case says justice served ‘as best we could’

Jason Corbett killing: Changes to rules on evidence left prosecutors exposed to higher chance of a successful defence in case, says district attorney

Thomas Martens will be out of prison by the summer, predicts lawyer

Thomas Martens and daughter Molly Martens were sentenced to between 51 and 74 months in prison for killing Jason Corbett in 2015

‘There is a monster lurking underneath’: What Jason Corbett’s children said about Molly Martens

Sarah and Jack Corbett, along with their aunt Tracey, tell the judge ‘there is a monster lurking underneath the exterior’

Family of Mags Fitzpatrick, Jason Corbett’s first wife, told court ‘what the Martens claimed is totally inaccurate’

Molly Martens and Thomas Martens hearing sees statement by family read out in court

Molly and Thomas Martens sentenced to up to 30 additional months in prison over Jason Corbett killing

Molly Martens and Thomas Martens will receive credit for 44 months already served for 2015 killing of Limerick man

Aftermath of Jason Corbett’s killing: Thomas Martens, ex-FBI, knew just what to tell police

Thomas Martens, lawyer and FBI operative, was well able for the novice criminal investigator interviewing him

Loud sobbing in court as Jason Corbett’s children have their say

Molly Martens and Thomas Martens' sentencing followed highly emotional victim impact statements from Jason Corbett's children

Molly Martens wanted husband out of house to seek custody of his children, prosecutors claim

Jason Corbett killing: Defence lawyers for Molly Martens and her father Thomas want US judge to apply extreme mitigation in sentencing

‘Meticulously responsible’ Tom Martens portrayed in court as a loving father and grandfather who ‘follows the rules rigidly’

Character witnesses describe former FBI agent who faces sentencing for manslaughter of Limerick man Jason Corbett

Molly Martens weaponised Jason Corbett’s children against him, court hears

Assistant district attorney, Alan Martin, told the Davidson County Superior Court that the Tennessee woman (40) knew ‘the endgame was coming’

Death of Jason Corbett’s first wife put under the microscope as her children look on in court

The ghosts of their parents are everywhere in this trial for Jack and Sarah, but neither will rest until the truth outs

Children of Jason Corbett to deliver victim impact statements before sentencing of Molly and Thomas Martens

Jack and Sarah Corbett were given option to have member of prosecution legal team read statements but have chosen to take the stand

Witnesses for Molly Martens tell of Corbett’s coercive behaviour

Under cross-examination, court hears neighbour never saw any physical abuse by Jason Corbett

Molly Martens hearing: The dramatic evidence from the week in court

Jason Corbett's children had to listen to harrowing testimony about father’s death in North Carolina in 2015

Friends of Molly Martens tell court Jason Corbett was jealous and controlling

Prosecutors question wife’s credibility, claiming she made numerous untrue statements, including being the birth mother of Corbett’s children

Jason Corbett’s children remain stoic as court hears Molly Martens’s choking claim

Jason Corbett’s children remained stoic as details of life in their former home were aired and examined

Jason Corbett’s first wife did not die of asthma attack, prosecution witness tells court

Secret recording of row between Jason Corbett and wife played to court in North Carolina

Molly Martens rushes from court in tears after viewing police interview

Interview with Martens took place less than four hours after she and her father killed her husband, Jason Corbett

Jason Corbett’s children told social workers he physically and verbally hurt Molly Martens, court told

Molly Martens hearing: Interviews made at North Carolina children’s centre four days after killing played for court

Brianna Parkins on true crime podcasts: Who gets to tell the stories?

The proliferation of ‘amateur’ sleuthing and reporting has raised serious ethical questions

Sharon Martens’s story finally heard as family waits to learn its fate

Mother of Molly Martens said she heard thumps, bangs and barking on night of Jason Corbett’s death but then things calmed and she fell asleep

Thomas Martens described son-in-law Jason Corbett ‘as cruel and controlling’ to police

Prosecutor claims Sharon Martens statement is not credible and urges judge not to give it substantial weight

Molly Martens case: The court drama behind pleas of voluntary manslaughter of Jason Corbett

Jason Corbett killing: District attorney in Davidson County reaches plea deal with both Tom and Molly Martens

Molly Martens feared Jason Corbett killed first wife, counsel tells US court, amid plea deal

North Carolina court to determine sentences after Molly Martens and her father, Thomas, agree to plea deal on lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter

Molly Martens and father Thomas reach plea deal over death of Jason Corbett

Wife of Irish man enters no contest plea, father admits voluntary manslaughter

Molly Martens and father Thomas return to court six years after being convicted of Jason Corbett’s murder

New hearing into the 2015 killing of the Limerick man in North Carolina is due to take place next week amid speculation about potential plea agreement

Plea deal could avert new US trial over killing of Limerick man Jason Corbett

Molly Martens and her father Thomas scheduled to stand trial again for second-degree murder next month

Plea deal for Thomas and Molly Martens not ruled out after release on bail

Father and daughter appealed conviction for murder of Irish man Jason Corbett in US

Jason Corbett’s killers Molly and Tom Martens released on bail of $200,000

Victim’s sister says district attorney plans to proceed with retrial of Limerick man’s killing

Thomas and Molly Martens walk out of jail pending retrial

Judge sets $200,000 bond as lawyers decline to comment on reports of plea bargain

Molly Martens and Tom Martens could be released on bail today

Killers of Limerick man Jason Corbett set for hearing amid plea deal negotiations

Why will Jason Corbett’s killers get a re-trial?

Thomas and Molly Martens granted new trial as judges find ‘critical’ evidence excluded

Jason Corbett’s family ‘shocked’ at murder retrial ruling

Thomas and Molly Martens to remain in jail pending further court proceedings

Daughter of murdered Jason Corbett writes books to help children with grief

Sarah (13) says while some children have a gentle, fun life ‘mine was kind of not so cool’

Corbett children’s trust to be paid €665,000 in civil case settlement

Sister of murdered Limerick man says ruling removes his children from Martens family

Making the case for lifting mantle of secrecy around juries

No real research can be done on jury system, leaving us dangerously ignorant of problems

Claims against Corbett removed from website after complaints

Martens family seek $300,000 in donations to fund appeal and defence of civil action

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