October 05, 2012
Jake Evans 911 Call: Texas Teen Who Gunned Down Mother And Sister Was 'Planning On Killing'
A chilling recording of a 911 call captured a 17-year-old Texas boy telling the operator in a calm, monotone voice that he had just shot his mother and sister multiple times.
Jake Evans, 17, has been charged with capital murder in the deaths of his mother and 15-year-old sister and remained jailed Friday without bond.
The double slaying in the family's upscale home in Aledo, about 20 miles west of Fort Worth, happened while Evans' father was out of town on business and his two older sisters were not home. The motive remains "a big mystery," Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler said Friday.
During a 25-minute call to a 911 operator that started about 12:30 a.m. Thursday, Evans calmly says he just shot his mother and sister with a .22 revolver. He answers "yes" when asked if he's sure they are dead.
"It's weird," he says as the operator continues asking questions. "I wasn't even really angry with them. It just kind of happened. I've been kind of planning on killing for a while now."
He adds that he could have shot "pretty much anybody." When asked why, he says first that he doesn't know but then says he doesn't like people's attitudes.
Evans tells the Parker County 911 operator that his mother and sister were rude, but he also says his sister, Mallory, had a really sweet side.
"This is probably selfish of me to say, but to me, I felt like they were suffocating me in a way," he says. "Obviously, you know, I'm pretty – I guess – evil."
Evans describes shooting his mother several times and then, as his sister screams, shooting her in the head three times. He recalls apologizing to her and telling her to "hold still ... that, you know, I was just going to just make it go away."
Toward the end of the call but before deputies arrive at his house, Evans tells the operator that he's "going to be messed up." He says he's worried about having nightmares and asks if there's medication to treat that.
"I don't mean to sound like a wimp or anything, but this is – wow. I've never done anything violent in my life, you know?" he says. Later, he's heard taking deep breaths, as the operator has instructed. "I just thought it would be quick, you know? I didn't want them to feel any pain. That's why I used a gun, but it's like everything just went wrong."
Fowler said Evans was the only suspect in the deaths.
Evans and his sister Mallory were being home-schooled. Evans had played on the golf team before withdrawing from Aledo High School in January. He played football in middle school.
Mallory Evans "was a sweet child that will be missed by her friends and school family," Aledo schools superintendent Doug Manning said in a statement.
Jami Evans, 48, was an elementary teacher and assistant principal for the Aledo school system for 15 years, and "her dedication to her students and her love of learning was an inspiration to all who knew her," Manning said.
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Capital murder charge will stand against teen accused of killing mom, sister
The capital murder charge against the Parker County teen who confessed to killing his mother and sister will stand, despite his lawyer's argument to lessen it.
Jake Evans' attorney contends that the charge should be dropped, because the U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled that 17-year-olds can't be executed or held for life without parole. Under Texas law, those are the only punishment options for capital murder.
"The state is in a situation where they don't have a punishment they can apply to him," said Larry Moore, Evans' defense attorney.
He pleaded his case in a Weatherford courtroom Wednesday. Judge Graham Quisenberry declined to consider that motion, but did agree to set bail for Evans at $750,000.
Jacob, who goes by Jake, appeared skinny and pale, wearing a checked shirt and baggy blue pants. He said nothing. He's accused of killing his mother Jami and his 15-year-old sister Mallory in October at their Parker County home.
Jacob's father, Darryl Evans, briefly testified for the defense, but said he would not use his personal assets to guarantee bond.
Moore said the capital murder question will get an expedited hearing in an appeals court before Evans' case goes to trial several months from now.
Prosecutors say the Texas legislature is working on a bill to fix the problem, which stems from a Supreme Court decision last year. But Moore says any legislative solution can't be retroactively applied to Jake Evans.
He said other capital murder cases in Texas also could be affected. If the charge against Evans is reduced to murder, attorneys say he would face 40 years in prison before becoming eligible for parole.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/Teen-...188086371.html
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