Jasmine Richardson: Isn't She Something

via a Drudge link, they say she can't be named - but she's already been named: Jasmine Richardson. She's only 13, though her on line profiles said sixteen and, either way, she's not likely to be out of prison for, oh, maybe five or so years. Not bad, considering.

The trial of the youngest person ever charged with multiple counts of murder in Canada has been delayed.  According to youth court officials, the Crown is not ready to proceed.

According to sources, she was always telling her 23 year-old boyfriend, Jeremy Steinke, she wanted her parents dead. So he killed them, according to her. But that wasn't the end of it.

A Canadian teen accused of murdering her family told a hushed courtroom she stabbed her eight-year-old brother, ... The girl, who cannot be identified under Canadian law, told a jury in little more than a whisper that her boyfriend, Jeremy Steinke, had killed her parents and then ordered her to stab the little boy, said the daily Globe and Mail.

Well, she did only stab him - in the upper body ... before he started begging for his life:

According to the Globe and Mail, the girl testified her brother pleaded with her for his life, saying, "I'm scared. I'm too young to die."

She said she stabbed him once with a kitchen knife "somewhere on his upper body," but could not do anything more, the paper said.

And her boyfriend, the one she now admits to fleeing with, to having sex with him in a friends apartment hours later while the bodies of her parents and her 8 year-old brother bled out and cooled, finished off the brother by slitting the 8 year-olds throat. Jasmine Richardson, isn't she something? Something special, indeed.

The girl claimed that angered Steinke, who was covered in her parents' blood and panting on that fateful night in April 2006, so he grabbed the boy and slit his throat.

Unable to watch, she heard her brother trying to breathe, she said, weeping on the stand. "He was gurgling."

And she did it for love. Now how special is that?

The girl also admitted to having sex with Steinke in his trailer after sneaking out of the house one week before the slayings, and again in a friend's apartment while her family lay dead, hours before their bodies were discovered by her brother's playmate peering through a basement window.

"I loved him so much. I thought it would bring us closer together," she explained.

Comments

[Misha I]

They ought to lay the two of them on the back in the middle of the desert, tie their hands and feet to poles, slit them open from the pubic bone to the sternum and let the coyotes take care of the rest.

[Phoenix]

No. That leaves out the element of begging. Make the slits just enough for the carrion hunters. And there needs to be someone to beg to. That would be a special "No" group sitting in fold-up chairs with coolers of ice water and smiles on their faces and t-shirts that display: "Ain't love grand?"

[southdakotaboy]

Take her to Pelican Bay, strip her naked, put her in the middle of the cell block, open the doors and then leave for a few hours.

[Cindi]

WHATTHE, WHOTHE? How do kids wind up so xxxxxx up they can justify this? Beyond me.

[Draegn]

How do kids wind up like this? Blame the liberal media and the zionist propaganda that is expoused there for it.

[Matt]

As much as I'd love to join in on the collective hatemongering and pitchfork-sharpening, I must admit that I hate to hear people speak like this. Highly vengeful and imaginative punishment goes against the morals of our nation. Inflicting, nay, wishing such a deed puts you at the same level as the killers you so wish to "correct". Put them in jail to keep them out of society, or if they are deemed too far-gone, kill them quickly and efficiently.

[Matt]

As much as I'd love to join in on the collective hatemongering and pitchfork-sharpening, I must admit that I hate to hear people speak like this. Highly vengeful and imaginative punishment goes against the morals of our nation. Inflicting, nay, wishing such a deed puts you at the same level as the killers you so wish to "correct". Put them in jail to keep them out of society, or if they are deemed too far-gone, kill them quickly and efficiently.

[seekeronos]

I think Matt's on to something here.

A good old fashioned hanging would do the trick just fine. Or stoning them with high velocity .22 "stones" in the back of their heads.

[JasmineR]

Although I do believe Jasmine should be punished for her participation in the murders, that guy should be punished even more. I think it's fair to say that her family was screwed up. (Yes, im talking about the victims.) Things like that don't "just happen". I believe she needs psychiatric help. Perhaps she was being sexually abused by her parents. Like why was her Father stabbed in the groins? Was there a reason? Strange... In short, I strongly believe she's just not saying everything about her relationship with her parents.

[No assumptions or judgements]

She is a child...a sick sociopath child perhaps but a child. She wasn't thinking the same way you and I are thinking.

The parents were wonderful people that raised their children well. Jacob was a sweet boy, full of energy. Who are you to judge when you don't even know the family? Speculation... Assumptions... you seem to forget how your comments can effect the families involved. Things like this do ''just happen'' and that is why they are so shocking!

[mario]

IT IS REMARKABLE HOW CREATIVE WE ARE, REGARDING HOW ANYBODY THAT DID SOMETHING OF THAT MAGNITUDE CAN BE PUNISHED. THERE ARE MANY FACTORS INVOLVED IN THIS CASE,THEY JUST DON'T HAPPEN IS A CHAIN OF EVENTS IN THIS CASE HELPED WITH THE THE MIND OF AN ADULT PERSON,A MIND FULL OF PREJUDICE. HE DESERVES WHAT HE HAS GAINED, SHE IS JUST A LITLE GIRL WHO NEEDS HELP. !!PARENTS!! ALWAYS KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR CHILDRENS, THEY TELL YOU WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH THEIR ACTIONS,TALK TO THEM LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT THEM,IF THAT DOESN'T WORK IS NO GONNA BE IN YOUR CONSCIENCE IF THEY SUCCEED IN LIFE OR NOT..

[JasmineR]

Jasmine's parents knew that were problems with their daughter for a long time. Why didn't they seek psychiatric help, or family counseling? I find it funny that after her trial, we still have a lot of questions about her relationship with her parents. When I say those things don't "just happen", I mean to say that there is a story behind that. Like, why was she interested in "MEN" and not "BOYS"? Don't forget, she had a relationship with a guy five years older than her before. Also, what conversation did she have with her parents the night of the murders before her boyfriend showed up? It's human nature to "judge" when questions are not being answered. Having said all that, I hope she gets the help she needs. Giving her the death penalty as some people seem to suggest, is just insane.

[Neha]

I just think that it is no Jasmine's fault it is mostly the stupid guy's.

[guy hebrew]

She has to live with this until her dying day & hopefully that will be well beyond her 90's I think that is punishment enough, Jeremay on the other hand does desrve worse, & I am sure he is feeling it in his sphinter!

[guy man dude]

Dont blame the parents for the daughters problems, they tried with in thier means of dealing with the situaion with Jack Ass Jeremy....this is a tale of disenfranchiesed youth in Medicine Hat Alberta Canada , a place where I grew up & left as soon as I was old enough, I will tell you one thing, I knew this would happen at some point, just cause I know what the Hat is about!

[CT]

I beleive that Jasmine deserves more than the six years in jail she will likely get. However I don't believe she deserves a full adult sentence perhaps Canada could increase its youth sentence to say 12 years that would be more reasonable given the severity of the crime.

[JasmineR]

guy man dude? Can you tell me why teenagers in Medicine Hat are so messed up? You said that you knew something like this would eventually happen. Why?

[BLB]

I have been watching with interest as I also grew up in the Hat. There is something to guy man dude's theory.....I once had a psychiatrist at Children's Hospital abuse program ask me why Medicine Hat was so BAD. I saw abuse so bad you wouldn't believe it....one "dad" sodomized and killed his 2 year old and I think he spent under 6-8 yrs in jail. That said, I know for sure that this family was seeking help and counselling.(a friend in an agency there confirms this) I realize you are grasping for an explanation, JasmineR, but I have worked extensively with childhood abuse and I don't think that is the excuse here. Anyhow, this girl will serve very LITTLE time in jail where she will be treated well (hello, remember Carla Homolka? she has a baby now!!) and I think it's a shame because we, as a society, need to see justice and her family deserves it....she may be young but she was old enough to have a TRAGIC effect and her sentence must fit.

[Cynthia]

For a crime this henious the only just punishment would be death...for BOTH of them. The murders were premeditated, the victims suffered horribly, one of the victims was a small child, the murderers have no remorse and enjoyed a love-making session after butchering three people...if this isn't a case for capital punishment I don't know what is. And despite some bleating for poor little Jasmine because of her tender age, let me tell you something: there are kids that age who are beyond help, beyond redemption, no matter what social workers and psychologists say. This girl will be the same at thirty as she is now. Canada is soft on its criminals, especially its female ones. Remember Karla Homolka? She got off with a few years for HER ghastly crimes. She played the "victim" role in order to get a softer sentence. Little Jasmine will do a few years, and be out by age 20 or 21, maybe sooner if she pretends to be remorseful. No doubt she'll cry her little eyes out and blame it all on the boyfriend. Look at the pictures of this girl: pure evil.

[Dana]

this girl doesn't deserve to die she deserves life in prison ya i'm 12 and i know about these things (i like the news what can i say) and she deserves 50 years (maybe more) and given help then maybe she will get better and start her live back on course like ya live is unfair sometimes but like NONE DESERVES TO DIE! You can kill 17 people but you shouldn't die from it like they say two wrongs don't make a right.
WHAT ABOUT HER BOYFRIEND HE ENCOURGED HER AND THEN DESIDED TO HELP BY KILLING THIS GUY NEEDS HELP AND I MEAN HE DESERVES LIVE IN PRISON!I WOULD NEVER KILL ANYONE UNLESS THE WORLD DEPENDED ON IT KILLING IS WRONG AND DESGUISTING! Dana

[news from germany]

i can not understand why criminal always turns into victims.. OK let´s pretend to KNOW that there were problems in her family.. she could just run away and ask for some help
there are teachers there are friends etc you do not have to kill someone and have s*ex with the killer of your parents and your brother

i believe they both should be punished you can not walk arround an kill people just because they do not agree with your way of live
and if a 12 year old girl is cold enough to plan to homicide their OWN parents and her brother she needs more than just help

you can handle her over to me and I can show you what she really needs .. and the desert is not enough for what she has doen to her INNOCENT 8 year old brother ...

[Tom]

I too grew up in the Hat. Some good memories, some not so good -- I don't remember the Hat being that twisted, but the deciding factor is the human element, isn't it? Must not have known the wrong people... lucky escape, then.

But then, such people are potentially everywhere. The challenge is to keep their numbers down to a scant minimum. Selfishness of the perpetrator is at the heart of such sociopathic actions as crime. So I don't think the City in its entirety should be blamed.

As to death penalty calls, they're only natural. Canada's been deprived of tough justice for the past thirty years. It should be that crime is punished and society protected from criminals. Who doesn't hate the bait & switch emphasis on offenders' rights, when they eclipse those of the victim?

For Jasmine and Jeremy both, nothing less than a conversion to Christ can get them back, spiritually, from the edge of hell they've ventured to. Who beyond Christ will receive them with sympathy? And they still have earthly consequences coming for their hellish actions.

[BLB]

Couldn't have said it better...agree with alot of what's been said here regarding the need for justice and the fact that these crimes go beyond a childhood sentence. Also realized I came across as condemning of "the Hat"....what I meant to say was I had the misfortune to see the underside of society there (yes,it exists everywhere) and it was frightening...as for the psychiatrist's comments, he said the worst cases they'd seen over the previous 20 years in Calgary Childrens Hospital seemed to come from Medicine Hat. That was NOT my experience growing up there and I still wonder about his comments...I would have even moved back there to raise my kids, so apologies for the condemnation!

[Ann Pate]

This case just sickens me, and also leaves me with a feeling of anger. If you think that Jasmine's possible sentence under Canada's infamous Youth Criminal Justice Act is light, wait until you see how Jeremey "The Werewolf" Steinke's case plays out. One of Calgary's highest profile and most able criminal defence lawyers is representing Steinke. We've got all those Medicine Hat youth witnesses who came forward in Jasmine's trial who'll be testifying again at Steinke's trial: he walked around telling people he was a 300-year-old werewolf, he wore vials of blood around his neck. Sorry folks, but here's what's coming: "Not guilty by reason of insanity." Oh sure, he'll be confined to secure custody and be treated but one day he'll be walking around again, once highly paid and highly educated mental health professionals deem him no longer a risk so long as he takes his medications.

As for Jasmine, I see her as a scheming little sociopath. Regardless of her age, and regardless of the big age difference, she was the brains of this twisted couple.

And here's my prediction for her future:

"The Jasmine Richardson Story" - coming soon to a screen near you, the harrowing tale of young lust and murder, and ultimately redemption (says the voiceover to yet another Hollywood blockbuster to capitalize on somebody else's tale of amoral depravity.

So fast forward a few short years: some amoral writer will be teaming up with some amoral Hollywood producer and Jasmine will be transformed into a terribly mixed up girl, led astray by a terribly mixed up older man, who did a horrible act, but who now is reformed and leading a life of comfort and ease, thanks to the money she will make from selling her story.

I don't like it people, but that's what's coming.

[concerned parent]

Why was her dad stabbed in the groin? Because her parents found out that they were having sex and her dad told the pediphile that if he came near his daughter ever again that he would castrate the creap. The teens in Medicine hat are not any worse than what are in the rest of Canada, North America or the world for that matter. Her parents had gone to the school that she attended, teachers and beyond to get help and unless they had absolute proof their hands were tied. There is so much more that Joe Public does not know and will never know because of a ban in the media. It's strange that all the other media that we can get here can state her relationship to the victoms but out local news cannot. What's up with that? The house still sits empty but has been thoroughly cleaned and renovated.
Lets not blame the victims here for they are truly the victims. There was alot of lying, sneaking around and hiding of a relationship. Besides even if there was a problem with her parents, and lets be honest, every adolesent has some trouble with theirs, did her 8 year old brother have to suffer the way he did. It sickens the citizens of the Hat to hear about this. It was a terrible thing that happened and three people lost their lives. The ones involved, included the "after the facts" should all be punished to the full extent of the law. Each of them knew exactly what they were doing, try and tell me different and I will call you a fibber. My hometown and still where I live will forever be tainted by this event just as we have when it happened in the ppast but we will all try to move on. God bless the victims who have left before us. God help those involved when their time too comes. I can only hope they burn on their way down. If that is not their fate, I hope St Peter hold the gate wide for Mr Richardson to stand tall when they all pass through. May he also be partoned when he is done with the creeps who paticipated in this horrifc act of violence

[pissed off with the law]

first of all I would like to say R.I.P Richardson Family.........Its beyond me why Jasmine is getting such a light sentence, She should suffer to the fullest extent for what she did, even though she didnt kill her parents and brother, but she did play a huge part in it.she was the one who continuously told jeremy she wanted them dead. Its too damn bad Canada doesnt have the death penalty because they sure do deserve it....oh wait...the death penalty isnt a harsh enough punishment. I wish Jasmine and Jeremy both all the pain and suffering that anyone in this world could possible endure !!

[alexandra]

i really do find this quite disgusting how some 13 year old girl is actually capable of carrying on with this terrible crime.
I myself have a 7 year old brother a 3 year old sister and a 9 year old sister
and no matter how much i have every dislicked or hated my parents in the past. i would never dream of listening to a 24 year old phsycho telling me i needed to kill them.
they both deserve to a great deal of pain and i hope jasmine richardson htinks of this everyday and is remorsefull.
R.I.P Richardson family

[Kate]

Umm ok so im pretty sure that if you murder your family and think it will bring you and your 23 year old lover closer together IT WONT ! This is honeslty the most vile and inhumane act that anyone could ever do . Honestly how the fuck do you think killing your family will bring you closer to someone ? Jasmine wow hunny I feel for you you're 13 and you got caught up in a mess of shit but you DIDNT have to do what you did and JEREMY you're just a stupid bitch for FORCING HER into it . I believe she was forced and she did it because Jeremy had forced her or said something that made her do it .
Jeremy if you truly loved Jasmine you wouldn't have done this and maybe going behind her parents back would have been the way to go , instead of sitting on the stand awaiting 3 counts of murder .
I have a 10 year old sister and I am 17 . If ANYONE and I do mean anyone had ever killed my family then that would be the death of me and it would tear me apart , because now Jasmine gets to wake up every morning thinking and regretting all she did and when she comes out she cant wake up to a family she once had she slipped and fell into a hell only she could create . I feel for the both of them , troubled , upset , and furious . But murder is never the way to go . And I know for sure that if a thought of murder ever came across my mind I'd get the help i needed so i couldnt hurt anyone .
But the thing that stumps me most is , How can you do this to YOUR FAMILY ? your own flesh and blood , to the people that created you and gave birth to you , clothed you , fed you , nutured you and LOVED you with everything they had . Now that just pisses me off . I didn't mean to be blunt about everything but it just boggles my mind that someone who thought they loved another was willing to committ murder thinking they could be closer together .

[S.I.]

i dont care what anybody says, my father knew these people well, they deserve justice. i vote that the line between adult and child punishment be erased. she should have to watch her so called "lover" ripped apart in front of her. is sick, but maybe then she will understand what pain really is.

[BarryL]

It's cases like these that cause laws and legal systems to evolve. We shall see what becomes of this example.

[Dave Kendricks]

I would like to punch them both in the nose and make them cry!

[stephany]

I miss jasmine she was a sweet girl:(

[Mercy Killing]

If someone doesn't kill her by the time her sentence is up - it won't be long after.

[judy]

let me seeee,a 23 year old telling people hes a werewolf and your blaming the 12 year old child.give me a break.shes the child and before you blame the child for everything read aliitle more into what really happened.please he brained washed her into everything,what the hell is a 23 yaer old man having sex with a 12 year old child.hes to blame not her,sure she will pay all her life in every dream she has,and thats enough for any child to deal with

[Brittany]

oh come on. I'm not saying what she did was right, however, I know how easily manipulated a 12 year old can be. When you're a little girl and you've got this "cool" older guy wanting to date you then you're going to do whatever he asks. Hence, the sex and "being" in love.

No one in a psych hospital is gonna kill her, and by the time she gets out, she'll change her name and no one will know who she is. Granted, she may have trouble finding a job, but life moves on.

On the side note...does anyone know how to track her down. I wanna write her and get inside her head. Not fan mail, not hate-mail. There's gotta be a way to get a hold of her. Someone has to know where she's at. Let me know.

[Lip]

I think the real issue here isn't the murder itself, but the fact that Jeremy was representing an entire subculture of individuals who like to pretend that they're animals, sexually. He was no doubt committing this act as a message to the rest of humanity, to sexual "normals" as these deviants call themselves. They are probably planning more of these incidents through their Canadian summer camps.

[MH]

She's in Edmonton. I can send you address. She probably won't receive your mail though as they aren't letting anyone other than her family (extended) contact with her.

[Noah]

The fact that Jasmine enjoyed some wild sex with Jeremy right after they had killed her family speaks volumes. She's obviously a total sociopath who has no conscience whatsoever and thoroughly enjoyed the murder of her family. She needs to be locked up for life, as she will always be a danger to society. However, he death penalty is absolutely wrong, we shouldn't kill anyone except out of self-defense (and as they are incarcerated, that will never be necessary). Jeremy, for his part, should be locked up for life too.

[Naiwa]

Jasmine was my best friend and I know what she did was terrible, but I know a part of her that anyone who writes about torturing her then killing her wouldn't know. Believe it or not, there is a beautiful person underneath that murderer. She was influenced greatly, but everyone is capable of changing. At least now she will have the help she needs. People are just as bad as them when they go on about how evilly they will murder them. No one deserves to die. There is no justification in what they did, but don't stoop to that level.