WE’LL GET JUSTICE FOR JASON IN 2017
Family’s promise over brutal killing in US
THE family of a man violently killed in his home are hoping 2017 will finally bring them justice.
Jason Corbett from Limerick was found with fatal head injuries in the house he shared in the US with his second wife Molly Martens Corbett.
She was charged along with her father Tom, a 66-year-old retired FBI agent, with one count of second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter by Davidson County District Attorney’s Office.
The pair formally lodged not guilty pleas over the death of the 39-year-old in Walburg, North Carolina, in August 2015. Martens Corbett, 33, was also ordered by the US court not to make any contact with Jason’s children – Jack, 12, and 10-yearold Sarah.
In a post on the Bring Justice for Jason Facebook page, the Corbett family said: “Thank you each and every one of you for your continued love and support on Jason’s journey.
“Our wish for 2017 is to see justice for Jason. It will never bring him back but those who committed this heinous crime should be held accountable for their actions.
“We wish you and yours a New Year full of good health, love, joy and abundance. But most of all we wish for justice for Jason and peace for his family.”
Jason’s two children from his first marriage were in the house when he died.
They now live in Limerick with their legal guardians, their aunt and uncle Tracey and David Lynch.
This followed two protracted legal battles by Martens Corbett and her family, along with a failed appeal to have the children returned to her.
She moved to Limerick from the US, firstly as the children’s nanny, and subsequently married Jason after their biological mother died in 2006 following an asthma attack.