I'm another.. there was sufficient evidence to convict her along with Nick, they didn't need her evidence. Her sentence is a joke and I don't agree with Dr Grande, nor does Corry the other victim.
Wife's plea bargain is OBSCENE! What are proscecutors thinking?!Entitlement, greed, ingratitude, depraved cruelty and indifference are unhinged. The parents clearly doted on their son starting with making adoption decision. This child was wanted and loved. Ghastly pair. Heinous gaggle. Poor parents.
It be hard to prove she helped plan it a give all that had was a few text a lawyer could easily convince a jury she thought her husband was just joking
@@wayside5182She should still have had to go to trial. Better the jury not convict her than we send the message that you can be fully aware of a murder plot but do nothing. I wish this woman the worst in life. Hopefully Corey is coping well and has a good support group.
@@wayside5182You don't give life sentences to 3 men and just let the 4th walk away without adjudication. You appear to put very little thought into your comments, and they show a lack of critical thinking skills. Your grammer is absolutely atrocious. It is terrifying to think that you are a prime candidate for jury duty. Uninformed, uneducated, and more than likely unemployed. Our judicial system is screwed because of people like you.
People would be jealous of my parents. I'd say "you can work 12 hr shifts, holiday's, be very frugal, and work 30+years and you can have what they have"
Can you imagine the life Nick would have had if he remained in the Ukrainian nursery? Many orphanages are underfunded and the children don't get the proper care or preparation for adulthood. He probably would have had absolutely nothing. Instead he was hand the world by loving parents. Their fortune would have eventually been his, but he was so greedy and lazy he couldn't wait. Poor Corey, I feel so very sorry for her. Imagine knowing your son had your husband killed and tried to have you killed? I can't even being to imagine the hell she lives in.
Why didn't Nick just work in the jewelry business with his father? I'm sure she would have received a very handsome salary and eventually inherit the business anyway. Impatient greediness gets you in trouble every time. He would have ruined the business anyway and still ended up broke.
Goes to show how little some people connect with others on empathetical level. We are like garbage bags, with some additional benefits. But when we've run out of our usefulness, we'll be thrown away without a second thought.
About 60% of day traders lose at the game. Some of the 40% who succeed make a lot of money. You really have to know what you're doing to be good at it. I know a guy who did it for years. He was one of the 40%. His best day, he made $5,000. His worst day, he lost $3,000.
Seeing the childhood picture of Nick and his father was heartbreaking. The picture plus your description of his upbringing definitely brought home how evil this act was. I can’t even imagine how his poor mother feels.
I saw an interview with her and she wants nothing to do with him because she doesn’t know who he is anymore. I’m sure it’s heartbreaking how the child they raised with love and wanted for nothing, could even think this, let alone act on it.
@@dozzer009 gene pool stuff; my little bro. was a "day trader" and spent most of his life "not" working. As my parents started slipping in old age, he accessed most of the cash, and got rid of it....fast. He still thinks he's a financial genius, but what's missing is EMPATHY. He has NONE. And he got that gift......from dad. Gene pool dead end. Thank God he doesn't have any kids for me to follow up on. He's out.
@@JBJB992 True. All he had to do was wait another twenty years or so, and when his parents past on, he would have inherited the money anyway. So to add to Dr. Grande's lengthy description of Nick, he was also impatient.
She KNEW he was going to do this and she assisted him and was more than willing to share in the money if they got away with it. She was an accomplice and should have gotten 20 years
Can you imagine being this mother, knowing the son you adopted murdered your husband and tried to kill you? She’ll still be alive when he gets out. And he’ll still think he has a right to her money. It’s like she’s the one serving the life sentence without parole that he should have gotten.
If she was smart she would disown him. He obviously didnt love them and was an ungrateful evil person. I dont think any court would give her a problem for wanting to disown an adopted child that tried to have you murdered.
i hope she makes every attempt for this parasite “son” not teceive any of her money . She should move far away from him , she s gonna be in her old age and vulnerable when this criminal gets out , im more tahn positive he s gonna go look for her only hoping to get her money 😠
Genetics are more powerful than the environment one was raised in. Nick's biological parents could be anti-social. You can be a good adoptive parent, but that determines nothing about the child you take into your home. That's why I wouldn't adopt. I'm not a strong enough parent.
I disagree with all of the sentences. Nick and the two intruders clearly planned this murder so, in my opinion, they should have been charged with 1st degree murder and sentenced to life with the possibility of parole after 30-35 years. Jacklyn got off too easy. She should have gotten at few years, at least. I wonder why the people Nick first tried to recruit didn’t go to the police? They could have stopped the killing.
I agree. Same w family annihilators. My childhood friend was killed 7 years ago by her father before he shot her mother then turned the gun on himself. All because he was being investigated by the SEC. Took out his whole family except her brother was at college. Only survivor. Insane. That stuff never happens in the circle I grew up in or so I thought
@@sofiar3176 - That's so horrible! He couldn't just take himself out and leave his family alone? So awful for the brother to lose his entire family. I'm very sorry that you lost your friend.
Wow. Jaqueline must have had a good lawyer. On the other hand, the annual 2-day-stay in jail for 10 years is quite original. And good. But not having the record of felony at all after that???? Bizarre
This was my thought too that she must of had a damn good smart lawyer to make that deal. I've not generally heard 10 or more year probation, depending on the state law that's money paid to system for a considerable time. And sorry to say she's a young pretty white woman with no prior issues with the law, they are more willing to go easy on her.
It should be more then two days never heard of a sentence like this I wish there were more like it , sentences that are unique like having to do time during the anniversary of the crime can you imagine if she messes up her probation towards the ends and has to do twenty years can only hope lol
I am going to say something we are not supposed to say. Adoption (especially of older children) is often a disaster and sometimes a catastrophe. And even though they were apparently the best and kindest parents to Nick he never really bonded to them and it was easy for him to cash them in like lottery tickets. It is hard to a bond to people you are not related to especially if your early life was bad.
I cannot imagine how Corey Shaughnessy feels. As for Nick...well. Apart from the fact that he is a horrible person murdering/trying to murder the two people who gave him everything, I doubt that he has the intellectual ability to plan anything. He tried to work as a day trader. What was his experience that made him think that he could succeed? As for inheriting his father's business.....again, what made him think that he would succeed running that business? Oh, and trying to hire hitmen with zero experience in crime - how was that supposed to work? Even IF they would have gotten away with murder, he would have had several professional criminals knowing that he inherited $8 millions - what would stop them from blackmailing him? But this was never going to happen as he was discussing the hiring process via text messages.
I have been acquainted with quite a few couples who adopted children from Eastern Europe & Russia, and a large percentage of them were forced to deal with the results of having unknowingly adopted babies with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder due to the extremely high level of alcoholism in that area and the devastating affects of the negligence and abuse which is rife in orphanages there as well. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if Nicholas was exposed to one or both of these devastating situations.
Wow! One would like to think that however much these boys had unjustly suffered, they would be loyal and loving to adoptive parents who had brought them into their families.
interesting. But in addition, im under the impression that orphanages in general, but ones from developing and under-developed countries are rife with infants, toddlers, and children that are seriously neglected, be it physical, mental, and/or spiritual. The end result is a toddler or child that is stunted. Lacks the ability to be empathic, thus is always distant when it comes to others, including adoptive parents. not necessarily a psychopath, nor sociopath, but somewhere along the lines of a person thats simply indifferent in a non-ability to attach/bond with others in a natural and normal way (as in, learn toLove)
We unfortunately acquired a plethora of psychological research on the impacts of child neglect through the Romanian orphanage neglect crisis. Even after the world found out about all these neglected children and a massive adoption effort took place, all those children had abnormal psychological developments that no amount of love from their new families could remedy. Neglect within the first seven years of life irreversibly limits the development of a person’s empathy and will heavily contribute to the development of many personality disorders. As tragic as it is, there’s serious risks that come with adopting children from orphanages where early-life neglect may have been experienced.
Yes I mean what love do you expect them to feel for their adoptive parents? Everyone expects them to be grateful but maybe they didn't want to be adopted or 'rescued'. They may still have resentment over that in most cases! It's a tough one but yes pity is not a good thing and doesn't make the recipient feel particularly good I imagine
I am an adopted person. Through no choice or fault of our own, we lose our mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, grandparents, and all of our ancestors and links to them. Have our birth certificates falsified, forced to live with reproductively dysfunctional people, have our names taken from us, records sealed, and some lose their country, and we are supposed to be fucking grateful? Screw you. Stop adopting us. Leave us the hell alone.
Adoptive kid is the same as biological kid. He doesn't owe them anything. Stop expecting gratefulness from adoptivees all the time. They're people like anyone else. What he did was murder, evil act, hard to comprehand whenever he was biological or adoptive.
I guess if someone thinks there's a good chance you'll answer "Yes" if they ask you to murder someone, you may not be a person who would necessarily want to get involved with the police.
Being abusive towards your Children is bad but equally bad is to hand everything to them on the gold plate...It must be done in a Spirit of mutual understanding that you got their back but they are the only ones responsible if they want anything in Life...
She only got 120 days I think she should have gotten more time in prison like 5 years. The whole thing was wrong in my eyes and I believe in the Death Penalty ☠️ so I would not have given the killers 35 years.
I agree but she's on probation for 10 years. I was on probation for 2 years and was happy when I got off. She can't mess up at all! I wonder if she has to pay a monthly fee, usually you do.
The cops going to the wrong house has to be the worst feeling - you’re waiting for the cops to show up any second just for 15 min to pass and you’re prob already d3@d. Jeeesus.
Its insane how lenient prosecutors are with criminals. Are the criminals the ones paying taxes? how do these prosecutors get the job? We need to change the laws to stop allowing prosecutors to make deals with criminals. This was an easy case with lots of evidence. Not sure why the prosecutor would be so lenient.
They make deals like it's a poker game seems kinda suspicious to me or corrupt... and the women always get the best deal... crazy to think how many murders just running round and you don't even know
Assistant DA's are hired just like any other County employee, you submit your qualifications, are interviewed and hired (or not). DA's are often elected by the public and, the remedy, if you don't like how they run their office is to ELECT SOMEONE ELSE. There are far too many reasons to list here as to why, in many situations, entering into a plea arrangement is seen as preferable to going to trial...
I have personally known seven adopted boys (spread over five adopting couples) who were extreme heartaches to their adoptive parents. Some of these boys were ultimately feared by their adoptive parents. And some were returned to resume being wards of the State.
Pregnancy and the first year of life is incredibly important in terms of a person's brain development. It's likely that Nick was exposed to trauma both in utero and in his first 18 months at the orphanage. Apparently that trauma was just too much to overcome, no matter what his adoptive parents did.
Many, not all, of the orphans adopted from orphanages abroad within places like Ukraine & Russia, have been revealed to be sociopaths due to early attachment disorder. It’s sad, yet scary as these children become adults.
I saw a reporter interview Nick in prison after he was convicted. He was obviously lying about many things to her. He looked like some kind of emotionless robot talking, he's a terrible, and unconvincing liar.
killing for money is wrong? while I agree, I don't think the Pentagon & the intelligence community would somewhat arbitrary that it's despicable for a citizen to kill for money but a point of national pride when the govt does it.
@@john-ic5pz If the government kills for money they are doing a poor job of it. Have you seen our national debt? Our government doesn't kill for money, it kills for politics.
I would spend more time in jail for having small amount of weed on me for personal use than she did for having a part in a murder...Whoever is doing it (Government) it's not good for you people
weed is legal now. At least in my state. And even when it was illegal, you didn't spend any time in prison. My brother never did, and he was busted for weed twice.
@@jimmym3352 Same in my state. in 2006 I got busted with 2 ounces of weed, a scale and baggies. All i ended up getting was a fine for a couple hundred dollars and 4 hours community service. They even gave me my roll of drug money held together by a rubber band back
Thank you, Dr. Grande, for presenting your content the way you do. Your humor and insight have assisted my ongoing recovery from an abusive childhood and marriage tremendously. I enjoy learning about narcissistic behaviors and the importance of limiting my agreeableness the most. You're one of my top fave creators and my most recommended channel. Great work.💯👏
This is the extreme consequence of spoiling children, own or adopted. His entitlement is not that unusual, but the measures he went to to get his inheritance are obviously bizarre.
Wow! I wonder if the mom has any relationship at all with Nick now? She lost her husband, was almost murdered.., and found out her own son whom she’d nurtured and tried to raise was the mind behind it all.. what an awful thing for Nick to do to everyone involved over selfishness and greed
I wonder what sort of psychotrops for whatever “conditions” all these young people were. How does a healthy decent young woman manage to NOT get horrified by her husband’s evil thoughts and leave him?! And not warn his parents?
I believe Jacqueline was a co-conspirator in this case. The prosecution had their text messages and eye Witness accounts so they just wanted a slam dunk. *This is a miscarriage of justice!*
Thanks for the upload, Dr. Grande! Your true fans love your humour and sarcasm. I'm going out before a bus strike tomorrow. January 21 is National New England Clam Chowder Day (gotta have some Campbell's New England Clam Chowder later!), National Hug Day, National Granola Bar Day (gotta have a President's Choice Dipped and Chewy chocolate and marshmallow granola bar later!), Squirrel Appreciation Day, and International Sweatpants Day.
Sick; it actually made me nauseated to hear about this case! Why would Nick, the adopted son from Ukraine, decide to kill his parents for mere money? It just doesn’t make sense. Why not ask his parents about how to get ahead financially. Did he never hear about the concepts of working for money, saving money, learning how to live within your means and being a productive member of society rather than jail bait? Sick what he did.
I don’t fault Nick for wanting to be handed money. Everyone, including Dr Grande would like to be handed money; but I go to work five days a week because I would never kill for money!
so important to have clear view from street your house number. everyone who watches Dr Grande are above average so you already have checked to see if emergency personnel can find your address.
Nick i believe would have been murdered next the only reason Jaclyn married him. I think her sentence was a travesty of justice. I dont agree with Dr Grande in this case.
Whenever I hear the words "self-employed day trader" I know it can't end well. I used to be an investment analyst (started in 1971) and I have never met a successful day trader, anywhere. It just isn't possible, without illegal inside knowledge.
I knew Ted personally. He was a really nice guy. The whole family is great. I couldn’t believe it when I heard about it. I remember when they brought their Son home. I really tragedy. Nicest guy you could meet!
Honestly, I didn't think anything could surprise me at this point, but the sentence this lady got is UNBELIEVABLE. How do you confess to a murder for hire plot and still avoid a conviction? I just don't understand how that's justice.
Today's tortured metered verse leaves me tense and tired. I'm sorry Todd, but these closing alliterative puns are too on-the nose, too tedious and totally tone-deaf. Ted deserves better.
I'm not sure I agree that Jacquelin could have been charged with failure to report a felony. As far as I know, only a few professionals have a duty to report. These include medical professionals and lawyers (who learn of **impending** crimes, not past crimes), school teachers who see signs of abuse against their students, those who are subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and the police. Regular people have no duty to report at all.
@@nanettevantriesteharder2469 Yes. She certainly could have been, and was, charged with conspiracy. Dr. Grande specifically mentioned the possibility of her being charged with failure to report a felony, which I was addressing in the OP.
Another slap on the wrist and a harsh talking to for one of the mystic bearers of the heavenly, omnipotent, infallible Gina. Her joke of a sentence is almost tailored in design to piss off anyone that has the misfortune to hear about it. 2 days in jail a year? What the absolute F is even the point of that?
Out of all of the cases that you have given the most unbiased and fact based perspectives to. I was hoping you could do a video about the Osage murders, that which you see in the movie “Killers of the Flower Moon”. I watched the movie and went on a wikipedia binge on the topic and was deeply disturbed to the core by the coldness of William Hale and Ernest Burkhart. I truly want to know what psychological aspects were involved and you are the only qualified man to do it.
It's wild how people, especially anyone under 30, still doesn't understand the absolute basics of cell phone technology. Maybe "still" is the wrong word. Tech understandably caters to the the lowest common denominator, particularly iOS, and so it's simply magic to them. Button turn on, phone go brrrrrrr.
Unpopular opinion: some degree of absentee parenting must have contributed to Nick's personality flaws, particularly regarding his work ethic. Just because a child has an abundance of security doesn't mean they will grow into a good person. That is especially true of an adopted child who might already be carrying some scars.
I’ve known a charming woman who was adopted but wildly different in personality from her adoptive parents. It turned out okay, but if she hadn’t been a thoroughly decent sort…
Pretty sure that the girl was equally responsible and it's a travesty of justice for her to get the deal that she did. He said that she held him down mentally and urged him to go with it.
I'd really like a discussion of how often adopted orphans kill their adoptive parents. There are allegations that places like Ukraine do not provide the best care for their orphans, and that the lack of human contact and cuddling often leads to attachment issues, which could help to explain how a son who was treated well by his adoptive parents could plot to murder both of them.
Here's the take home lesson: If you are awakened in the middle of the night by a loud noise and all of the important people in the house are in the same room with you then there is no need to go investigate. Arm yourself, your loved one(s), hunker down, call the cops. Most people there to do you harm are not going to keep it up once they get shot at.
This 'son' seemed to move away from his only source of wealth that he yearned for, just to plan the crime convincingly. He wanted to get rich, "in his bathrobe at home!" Looks like 2017 was when his criminal mind was already activated. His 'female partner' was most probably, just 'greedy' but/and, unmoved either way the plan worked. The partner, she's "lost" her reputation/credibility as a decent human being for life with this sentencing I guess.
It’s heartbreaking to see someone plotting to murder their own parents after receiving all the love and privilege that life can offer. Great alliteration!!!😊🙌🏼 Excellent analysis as usual.❤
SO MANY T’s omg 😂 I love you Dr Grande (not romantically dw Mrs Grande lol!) your pun-nyness shines through the darkness of the cases you cover, thank you for another good coverage and have a good weekend ✌️
I'm one of those people that believe Jacqulyn did get away with murder.
I'm another.. there was sufficient evidence to convict her along with Nick, they didn't need her evidence. Her sentence is a joke and I don't agree with Dr Grande, nor does Corry the other victim.
Being female is a big plus if you do not want to do time for murder, no other factor will get you less time if you're guilty.
Her mugshot doesn't look like she's a hate filled psychopath?
def a solid accomplice in murder. shame on criminal justice system.
Yeah wtf was that sentence all about?
Wife's plea bargain is OBSCENE! What are proscecutors thinking?!Entitlement, greed, ingratitude, depraved cruelty and indifference are unhinged. The parents clearly doted on their son starting with making adoption decision. This child was wanted and loved. Ghastly pair. Heinous gaggle. Poor parents.
They’re thinking that a beautiful woman doesn’t deserve to do much time.
It be hard to prove she helped plan it a give all that had was a few text a lawyer could easily convince a jury she thought her husband was just joking
@@EasternDreamer615beautiful? Seriously? 💩
@@wayside5182She should still have had to go to trial. Better the jury not convict her than we send the message that you can be fully aware of a murder plot but do nothing. I wish this woman the worst in life. Hopefully Corey is coping well and has a good support group.
@@wayside5182You don't give life sentences to 3 men and just let the 4th walk away without adjudication.
You appear to put very little thought into your comments, and they show a lack of critical thinking skills.
Your grammer is absolutely atrocious.
It is terrifying to think that you are a prime candidate for jury duty.
Uninformed, uneducated, and more than likely unemployed.
Our judicial system is screwed because of people like you.
It’s a shame when people think they are entitled to what a couple have spent their entire lives working for.
People would be jealous of my parents. I'd say "you can work 12 hr shifts, holiday's, be very frugal, and work 30+years and you can have what they have"
@@sarahd8093 That's it 💯
Can you imagine the life Nick would have had if he remained in the Ukrainian nursery? Many orphanages are underfunded and the children don't get the proper care or preparation for adulthood. He probably would have had absolutely nothing. Instead he was hand the world by loving parents. Their fortune would have eventually been his, but he was so greedy and lazy he couldn't wait. Poor Corey, I feel so very sorry for her. Imagine knowing your son had your husband killed and tried to have you killed? I can't even being to imagine the hell she lives in.
Why didn't Nick just work in the jewelry business with his father? I'm sure she would have received a very handsome salary and eventually inherit the business anyway. Impatient greediness gets you in trouble every time. He would have ruined the business anyway and still ended up broke.
Goes to show how little some people connect with others on empathetical level. We are like garbage bags, with some additional benefits. But when we've run out of our usefulness, we'll be thrown away without a second thought.
Because he didnt want to work. He wanted to make money from his home in a bathrobe. He was a lazy evil POS.
The operative word here is "work," which Nick never wanted to do.
As soon as you said "day trader" I knew.
Homie lost his shorts on asscoin
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About 60% of day traders lose at the game. Some of the 40% who succeed make a lot of money.
You really have to know what you're doing to be good at it. I know a guy who did it for years.
He was one of the 40%. His best day, he made $5,000. His worst day, he lost $3,000.
Wow he is right.. Jacqueline’s sentence is not fair.. she needs life too
Seeing the childhood picture of Nick and his father was heartbreaking. The picture plus your description of his upbringing definitely brought home how evil this act was. I can’t even imagine how his poor mother feels.
He hit the orphan lottery...loving millionaire parents who were active in his life and adored him. Ungrateful and unappreciative.
I saw an interview with her and she wants nothing to do with him because she doesn’t know who he is anymore. I’m sure it’s heartbreaking how the child they raised with love and wanted for nothing, could even think this, let alone act on it.
@@dozzer009 gene pool stuff; my little bro. was a "day trader" and spent most of his life "not" working. As my parents started slipping in old age, he accessed most of the cash, and got rid of it....fast. He still thinks he's a financial genius, but what's missing is EMPATHY. He has NONE. And he got that gift......from dad. Gene pool dead end. Thank God he doesn't have any kids for me to follow up on. He's out.
@@JBJB992 True. All he had to do was wait another twenty years or so, and when his parents past on, he would have inherited the money anyway. So to add to Dr. Grande's lengthy description of Nick, he was also impatient.
@@stephensmith7293*PASSED ON
A generalization but... Often orphans from the area around Russia (Ukraine) are mentally damaged - maybe due to lack of early childhood nurturing.
You're right.
She KNEW he was going to do this and she assisted him and was more than willing to share in the money if they got away with it. She was an accomplice and should have gotten 20 years
Agreed. Nichol Kessinger Jr
To go through the grueling process of giving a child a home and family, just for them to have you murdered because of greed...just wow. Smfh
How heartless and wasteful to eliminate the people who love you and gave you a chance in life!!
Can you imagine being this mother, knowing the son you adopted murdered your husband and tried to kill you? She’ll still be alive when he gets out. And he’ll still think he has a right to her money. It’s like she’s the one serving the life sentence without parole that he should have gotten.
If she was smart she would disown him. He obviously didnt love them and was an ungrateful evil person. I dont think any court would give her a problem for wanting to disown an adopted child that tried to have you murdered.
i hope she makes every attempt for this parasite “son” not teceive any of her money .
She should move far away from him , she s gonna be in her old age and vulnerable when this criminal gets out , im more tahn positive he s gonna go look for her only hoping to get her money 😠
She relocated and changed her name.
What is really frightening is their smiling faces. You never know who people really are.
@doriangrey9702 - EXACTLY!!😤🤬😢
Genetics are more powerful than the environment one was raised in. Nick's biological parents could be anti-social. You can be a good adoptive parent, but that determines nothing about the child you take into your home. That's why I wouldn't adopt. I'm not a strong enough parent.
Good comment! I know a few adoptive families left in terrible pain because of adopted children!
That's what people who were killed by their biological children thought.
@@Dorina55yep my BF adopted 2 kids from Russia 25 yrs ago and that’s true
A couple of sociopaths walked into a bar… 😵💫
…and they run into a priest and a rabbi…
If I’ve come to one conclusion lately, it’s DO NOT ADOPT FROM UKRAINE. 😊
all foreign adoptions are very risky
I disagree with all of the sentences. Nick and the two intruders clearly planned this murder so, in my opinion, they should have been charged with 1st degree murder and sentenced to life with the possibility of parole after 30-35 years. Jacklyn got off too easy. She should have gotten at few years, at least. I wonder why the people Nick first tried to recruit didn’t go to the police? They could have stopped the killing.
I agree 100%
Pretty sure it's about fear?
@@LukeSumIpsePatremTe - That would be a cop out. It’s not like Nick was some kind of mob boss.
It’s insane how many cases of children killing their parents lately.
It's an Old English Sheepdog
Stories like this make me grateful for being childless
I agree. Same w family annihilators. My childhood friend was killed 7 years ago by her father before he shot her mother then turned the gun on himself. All because he was being investigated by the SEC. Took out his whole family except her brother was at college. Only survivor. Insane. That stuff never happens in the circle I grew up in or so I thought
@@sofiar3176I am so sorry. That is horrific!
@@sofiar3176 - That's so horrible! He couldn't just take himself out and leave his family alone? So awful for the brother to lose his entire family. I'm very sorry that you lost your friend.
Wow.
Jaqueline must have had a good lawyer.
On the other hand, the annual 2-day-stay in jail for 10 years is quite original. And good. But not having the record of felony at all after that????
Bizarre
This was my thought too that she must of had a damn good smart lawyer to make that deal. I've not generally heard 10 or more year probation, depending on the state law that's money paid to system for a considerable time. And sorry to say she's a young pretty white woman with no prior issues with the law, they are more willing to go easy on her.
That is the strangest sentence . How did they come up with this ?
It should be more then two days never heard of a sentence like this I wish there were more like it , sentences that are unique like having to do time during the anniversary of the crime can you imagine if she messes up her probation towards the ends and has to do twenty years can only hope lol
I am going to say something we are not supposed to say. Adoption (especially of older children) is often a disaster and sometimes a catastrophe. And even though they were apparently the best and kindest parents to Nick he never really bonded to them and it was easy for him to cash them in like lottery tickets. It is hard to a bond to people you are not related to especially if your early life was bad.
I cannot imagine how Corey Shaughnessy feels.
As for Nick...well.
Apart from the fact that he is a horrible person murdering/trying to murder the two people who gave him everything, I doubt that he has the intellectual ability to plan anything.
He tried to work as a day trader. What was his experience that made him think that he could succeed?
As for inheriting his father's business.....again, what made him think that he would succeed running that business?
Oh, and trying to hire hitmen with zero experience in crime - how was that supposed to work?
Even IF they would have gotten away with murder, he would have had several professional criminals knowing that he inherited $8 millions - what would stop them from blackmailing him?
But this was never going to happen as he was discussing the hiring process via text messages.
I have been acquainted with quite a few couples who adopted children from Eastern Europe & Russia, and a large percentage of them were forced to deal with the results of having unknowingly adopted babies with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder due to the extremely high level of alcoholism in that area and the devastating affects of the negligence and abuse which is rife in orphanages there as well. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if Nicholas was exposed to one or both of these devastating situations.
My brother had AFS and he had a very low iq and tended to embellish and lie.
Interesting. I had not been aware of this.
Wow! One would like to think that however much these boys had unjustly suffered, they would be loyal and loving to adoptive parents who had brought them into their families.
interesting. But in addition, im under the impression that orphanages in general, but ones from developing and under-developed countries are rife with infants, toddlers, and children that are seriously neglected, be it physical, mental, and/or spiritual.
The end result is a toddler or child that is stunted. Lacks the ability to be empathic, thus is always distant when it comes to others, including adoptive parents.
not necessarily a psychopath, nor sociopath, but somewhere along the lines of a person thats simply indifferent in a non-ability to attach/bond with others in a natural and normal way (as in, learn toLove)
We unfortunately acquired a plethora of psychological research on the impacts of child neglect through the Romanian orphanage neglect crisis. Even after the world found out about all these neglected children and a massive adoption effort took place, all those children had abnormal psychological developments that no amount of love from their new families could remedy.
Neglect within the first seven years of life irreversibly limits the development of a person’s empathy and will heavily contribute to the development of many personality disorders. As tragic as it is, there’s serious risks that come with adopting children from orphanages where early-life neglect may have been experienced.
The last person to make money wearing a bathrobe was Hugh Hefner. Nick is no Hugh Hefner.
There's a lot of true crime stories involving adopted children. Are they more prone to hurting their adoptive parents?
Yes I mean what love do you expect them to feel for their adoptive parents? Everyone expects them to be grateful but maybe they didn't want to be adopted or 'rescued'. They may still have resentment over that in most cases! It's a tough one but yes pity is not a good thing and doesn't make the recipient feel particularly good I imagine
The parents gave this kid the ultimate childhood and he repays them with killing them?? Ungrateful doesn’t evil begin to cover it
I am an adopted person. Through no choice or fault of our own, we lose our mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, grandparents, and all of our ancestors and links to them. Have our birth certificates falsified, forced to live with reproductively dysfunctional people, have our names taken from us, records sealed, and some lose their country, and we are supposed to be fucking grateful? Screw you. Stop adopting us. Leave us the hell alone.
Adoptive kid is the same as biological kid. He doesn't owe them anything. Stop expecting gratefulness from adoptivees all the time. They're people like anyone else. What he did was murder, evil act, hard to comprehand whenever he was biological or adoptive.
120 days in jail…that is insane.
Female privilege at its finest
Something I also find nuts are he number of people offered money to murder people who didn’t go to the police..😅
I guess if someone thinks there's a good chance you'll answer "Yes" if they ask you to murder someone, you may not be a person who would necessarily want to get involved with the police.
Being abusive towards your Children is bad but equally bad is to hand everything to them on the gold plate...It must be done in a Spirit of mutual understanding that you got their back but they are the only ones responsible if they want anything in Life...
It's somewhat amazing, that, since this happened in Texas, Nick was offered a plea bargain and didn't get the death penalty.
She only got 120 days I think she should have gotten more time in prison like 5 years. The whole thing was wrong in my eyes and I believe in the Death Penalty ☠️ so I would not have given the killers 35 years.
But if killing is okay, why should punishment for murder being so harsh?
I agree but she's on probation for 10 years. I was on probation for 2 years and was happy when I got off. She can't mess up at all! I wonder if she has to pay a monthly fee, usually you do.
@@LukeSumIpsePatremTe I'm sure you know there's a difference between killing and murder. If you don't, try and Google it
Nick was overcome with gratitude to his adoptive parents and he knew that they would want him to have their money.
The cops going to the wrong house has to be the worst feeling - you’re waiting for the cops to show up any second just for 15 min to pass and you’re prob already d3@d. Jeeesus.
Its insane how lenient prosecutors are with criminals. Are the criminals the ones paying taxes? how do these prosecutors get the job? We need to change the laws to stop allowing prosecutors to make deals with criminals. This was an easy case with lots of evidence. Not sure why the prosecutor would be so lenient.
They make deals like it's a poker game seems kinda suspicious to me or corrupt... and the women always get the best deal... crazy to think how many murders just running round and you don't even know
It's a Yorkshire Terrier
Assistant DA's are hired just like any other County employee, you submit your qualifications, are interviewed and hired (or not). DA's are often elected by the public and, the remedy, if you don't like how they run their office is to ELECT SOMEONE ELSE. There are far too many reasons to list here as to why, in many situations, entering into a plea arrangement is seen as preferable to going to trial...
its been statistically proven beyond a doubt that women get more lenient sentences as compared to men across the board.
Jose Garza-- Soros backed DA did this. Just google his name and you'll get a long list of the soft on crime/short sentences he is known for.
I have personally known seven adopted boys (spread over five adopting couples) who were extreme heartaches to their adoptive parents. Some of these boys were ultimately feared by their adoptive parents. And some were returned to resume being wards of the State.
It is the dark side of heart warming adoption tales that nobody talks about
Too much done to the adoptees during their early childhoods.
And possibly genetic or gestational trauma. My cousin adopted a WV baby at 1, and they have dealt with a hellion ever since.
wv?
What about Chris Porco, Chandler Halderson, Joel Guy Jr, Bart Whittaker ? None of them were adopted: they still killed their parents.
I wonder how old Nick was when adopted from Ukraine. He may have been old enough that he was irreparably damaged before he even set foot in the US.
18 months old.
Pregnancy and the first year of life is incredibly important in terms of a person's brain development. It's likely that Nick was exposed to trauma both in utero and in his first 18 months at the orphanage. Apparently that trauma was just too much to overcome, no matter what his adoptive parents did.
Tremendous train of Ts'
Thank you for covering this case. Sometimes Laziness can be dangerous
Isn't there a law now that makes a person culpable for failure to report felonies?
Many, not all, of the orphans adopted from orphanages abroad within places like Ukraine & Russia, have been revealed to be sociopaths due to early attachment disorder. It’s sad, yet scary as these children become adults.
Adoption ends badly again.
YES! Precisely. Again! I am beginning to think that the old-fashioned group home is a safer model for rearing children without birth parents.
Female privilege once more.
The ultimate betrayal.
I saw a reporter interview Nick in prison after he was convicted. He was obviously lying about many things to her. He looked like some kind of emotionless robot talking, he's a terrible, and unconvincing liar.
This is pathetic .She should have gotten the same. But the son is despicable. Killing for money.
killing for money is wrong?
while I agree, I don't think the Pentagon & the intelligence community would
somewhat arbitrary that it's despicable for a citizen to kill for money but a point of national pride when the govt does it.
@@john-ic5pz If the government kills for money they are doing a poor job of it. Have you seen our national debt? Our government doesn't kill for money, it kills for politics.
I would spend more time in jail for having small amount of weed on me for personal use than she did for having a part in a murder...Whoever is doing it (Government) it's not good for you people
weed is legal now. At least in my state. And even when it was illegal, you didn't spend any time in prison. My brother never did, and he was busted for weed twice.
@@jimmym3352 Same in my state. in 2006 I got busted with 2 ounces of weed, a scale and baggies. All i ended up getting was a fine for a couple hundred dollars and 4 hours community service. They even gave me my roll of drug money held together by a rubber band back
Thank you, Dr. Grande, for presenting your content the way you do. Your humor and insight have assisted my ongoing recovery from an abusive childhood and marriage tremendously. I enjoy learning about narcissistic behaviors and the importance of limiting my agreeableness the most. You're one of my top fave creators and my most recommended channel. Great work.💯👏
Live Abuse Free is another great TH-cam channel that discusses recovery from Narcissistic Abuse.
Very nicely put, I'm so sorry to hear of your suffering, I hope you recuperate fully.
Me too.
Gotta love that alliteration and spot on analysis, Dr. Grande.
She will probably blow her probation. She's not wrapped real tight.
Can you comment on the number of odd adoptions that seem to come out of Slavic countries? Or can't we say that?
another comment mentioned fetal alcohol syndrome
So sick of the double standard in this country.
Women can do the most heinous thing and then bat an eye at the judge and get off easy! So sick.
Just once I'd like to see a judge and prosecutor who aren't simps.
Yeah seriously, this is one of the worst cases I’ve ever seen
This is the extreme consequence of spoiling children, own or adopted. His entitlement is not that unusual, but the measures he went to to get his inheritance are obviously bizarre.
Wow! I wonder if the mom has any relationship at all with Nick now? She lost her husband, was almost murdered.., and found out her own son whom she’d nurtured and tried to raise was the mind behind it all.. what an awful thing for Nick to do to everyone involved over selfishness and greed
No she said she does'nt in the 48hrs documentary.
@@ashaqhussain6902 thank you for the info! I can’t even ever imagine the heartbreak of it all! (Not that I’d want too!)
Adopt a 6 y.o. orphan from eastern europe.
What could possibly go wrong?
Soon as they said where he was adopted from. My thoughts went to the same...
@@tessaducek5601 Yep, I said "uh oh". Not that all their orphans are mal-adjusted but it seems to be a bigger risk from that region.
@@Meela234
Agree. I just wonder why folks don't adopt here. We have so many children needing families here.
Maybe less red tape.
Its always a pity the people approached for hire dont or rarely contact Police!! Too much to hide i suppose.
The outsourcing to other hit-people is astonishing too.
Happy I am subscribed to this channel. The rate and quality of output is great!
It’s seems to me the legal system is often more lenient on women in a cases where men are involved.
its been statistically proven beyond a doubt that women get more lenient sentences as compared to men across the board.
It’s possibly she was offered a plea deal in exchange for testifying against him. This is common
Yes its common that the woman is offered a plea deal who is guilty as much as the man
Well obviously if you’re an attractive female you shouldn’t really do much time for murder.
sofiar
Imagine this couple molested a baby and she got a plea deal and spent 5 minutes in jail.
The legal system is very unjust.
They adopted a sociopath
A terrible twisted tale told terrifically doc, thanks
I wonder what sort of psychotrops for whatever “conditions” all these young people were.
How does a healthy decent young woman manage to NOT get horrified by her husband’s evil thoughts and leave him?! And not warn his parents?
And why didn't healthy and completely normal Nicky get horrified and leave her, after learning how she reacted to his suggestions? Hmmmm
How deeply sad. Jacqueline needs life in prison, too.
Why adopted kids always become killers?
Because adopted kiss parents are usually mentally unwell
I believe Jacqueline was a co-conspirator in this case. The prosecution had their text messages and eye Witness accounts so they just wanted a slam dunk.
*This is a miscarriage of justice!*
Thanks for the upload, Dr. Grande! Your true fans love your humour and sarcasm. I'm going out before a bus strike tomorrow. January 21 is National New England Clam Chowder Day (gotta have some Campbell's New England Clam Chowder later!), National Hug Day, National Granola Bar Day (gotta have a President's Choice Dipped and Chewy chocolate and marshmallow granola bar later!), Squirrel Appreciation Day, and International Sweatpants Day.
..and dumbass day😂
So that’s why I have on sweatpants today!! 🎉
@@benwright6330 Excuse you.
@@pineywoodslawandcrime For sure!
Sick; it actually made me nauseated to hear about this case! Why would Nick, the adopted son from Ukraine, decide to kill his parents for mere money? It just doesn’t make sense. Why not ask his parents about how to get ahead financially. Did he never hear about the concepts of working for money, saving money, learning how to live within your means and being a productive member of society rather than jail bait? Sick what he did.
I don’t fault Nick for wanting to be handed money. Everyone, including Dr Grande would like to be handed money; but I go to work five days a week because I would never kill for money!
Your energy and routine inspires. Superb work.
I would never adopt a child. One never knows what type of person they'll grow up to be. There's no returning it either
Agree but I have known two adopted boys who actually were returned.
Isn't that true of traditional children?
When seconds count the police will be there in minutes
so important to have clear view from street your house number. everyone who watches Dr Grande are above average so you already have checked to see if emergency personnel can find your address.
Too tremendously tragic.
Nick i believe would have been murdered next the only reason Jaclyn married him. I think her sentence was a travesty of justice. I dont agree with Dr Grande in this case.
Whenever I hear the words "self-employed day trader" I know it can't end well. I used to be an investment analyst (started in 1971) and I have never met a successful day trader, anywhere. It just isn't possible, without illegal inside knowledge.
I knew Ted personally. He was a really nice guy. The whole family is great. I couldn’t believe it when I heard about it. I remember when they brought their Son home. I really tragedy. Nicest guy you could meet!
Women almost always get a free ride in life, and much less punishment for bad behavior. It is absurd.
Honestly, I didn't think anything could surprise me at this point, but the sentence this lady got is UNBELIEVABLE. How do you confess to a murder for hire plot and still avoid a conviction? I just don't understand how that's justice.
Today's tortured metered verse
leaves me tense and tired.
I'm sorry Todd, but these closing alliterative puns
are too on-the nose, too tedious and totally tone-deaf.
Ted deserves better.
I just watched this on Friday. Sad story
I'm not sure I agree that Jacquelin could have been charged with failure to report a felony. As far as I know, only a few professionals have a duty to report. These include medical professionals and lawyers (who learn of **impending** crimes, not past crimes), school teachers who see signs of abuse against their students, those who are subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and the police. Regular people have no duty to report at all.
That is true for mandatory reporters, but there are laws against aiding and abetting before and after the fact in co-conspiracy, too.
@@nanettevantriesteharder2469 Yes. She certainly could have been, and was, charged with conspiracy. Dr. Grande specifically mentioned the possibility of her being charged with failure to report a felony, which I was addressing in the OP.
I wonder if she initially helped cover up their involvement? Tragic
A woman getting a lighter sentence for the same crime as her male co-conspirator ? That is pretty common sadly.
Another slap on the wrist and a harsh talking to for one of the mystic bearers of the heavenly, omnipotent, infallible Gina. Her joke of a sentence is almost tailored in design to piss off anyone that has the misfortune to hear about it. 2 days in jail a year? What the absolute F is even the point of that?
Yes! Exactly!
And, no record... What the F, is the point (as you say).
The alliteration you’re using is hilarious!
Out of all of the cases that you have given the most unbiased and fact based perspectives to. I was hoping you could do a video about the Osage murders, that which you see in the movie “Killers of the Flower Moon”. I watched the movie and went on a wikipedia binge on the topic and was deeply disturbed to the core by the coldness of William Hale and Ernest Burkhart. I truly want to know what psychological aspects were involved and you are the only qualified man to do it.
It's wild how people, especially anyone under 30, still doesn't understand the absolute basics of cell phone technology. Maybe "still" is the wrong word. Tech understandably caters to the the lowest common denominator, particularly iOS, and so it's simply magic to them. Button turn on, phone go brrrrrrr.
Barely coherent drivel.
Dr. Grande, what do you think happened to the 3 Kansas City Chiefs fans found frozen in the friend’s backyard? So strange.
Unpopular opinion: some degree of absentee parenting must have contributed to Nick's personality flaws, particularly regarding his work ethic. Just because a child has an abundance of security doesn't mean they will grow into a good person. That is especially true of an adopted child who might already be carrying some scars.
I’ve known a charming woman who was adopted but wildly different in personality from her adoptive parents. It turned out okay, but if she hadn’t been a thoroughly decent sort…
Pretty sure that the girl was equally responsible and it's a travesty of justice for her to get the deal that she did. He said that she held him down mentally and urged him to go with it.
No, no, no, don't kill the dog! That's just evil. :-( Sadness.
Amazing how stupid people are thinking that they can get away with murder
She did!
That's creepy that this Jacqueline walks around ......
I'd really like a discussion of how often adopted orphans kill their adoptive parents. There are allegations that places like Ukraine do not provide the best care for their orphans, and that the lack of human contact and cuddling often leads to attachment issues, which could help to explain how a son who was treated well by his adoptive parents could plot to murder both of them.
It’s very common and not talked about, even if murder isn’t involved there is resentment.
Too generous a deal, they should watch her for infractions.
Goddamn Todd, helluva tongue twister at the end
Here's the take home lesson: If you are awakened in the middle of the night by a loud noise and all of the important people in the house are in the same room with you then there is no need to go investigate. Arm yourself, your loved one(s), hunker down, call the cops. Most people there to do you harm are not going to keep it up once they get shot at.
This 'son' seemed to move away from his only source of wealth that he yearned for, just to plan the crime convincingly. He wanted to get rich, "in his bathrobe at home!" Looks like 2017 was when his criminal mind was already activated. His 'female partner' was most probably, just 'greedy' but/and, unmoved either way the plan worked. The partner, she's "lost" her reputation/credibility as a decent human being for life with this sentencing I guess.
It’s heartbreaking to see someone plotting to murder their own parents after receiving all the love and privilege that life can offer.
Great alliteration!!!😊🙌🏼
Excellent analysis as usual.❤
You should really skip the alliteration. It's ridiculous.
She got a slap on the wrist. This is not justice
SO MANY T’s omg 😂 I love you Dr Grande (not romantically dw Mrs Grande lol!) your pun-nyness shines through the darkness of the cases you cover, thank you for another good coverage and have a good weekend ✌️