Girlfriend Turned Killer Burns Pregnant Woman For Her Boyfriend
September 27, 2026
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5 min read"I've Been Angry My Whole Life"
On November 8th, a woman named Jade pulled a long trailer through a narrow Minneapolis alley, got it stuck, and scratched the truck. A resident who came out for a cigarette saw her struggling. Days later, that same trailer was set on fire. Inside, investigators found the body of a young woman named Anissa—seven months pregnant. The cigarette witness had already identified Jade to police. What followed was a recorded interrogation that laid bare not just what happened, but why.
The Confession Unfolds
The detectives who sat down with Jade that Sunday night had already built a case. They knew about the trailer, the cigarette butt, the truck damage. What they didn't yet have was an explanation. Jade initially resisted, saying little. But as the questioning continued, she began to talk.
The victim, Anissa, had stolen Jade's boyfriend Shannon's dog—a German Shepherd. The theft had been festering for weeks. "I tried to be a good fucking girlfriend," Jade told the detectives. She wanted to "make things right" for Shannon, who she described as being on the autism spectrum, someone who "doesn't communicate the same as other people" and who "never cries unless it's about his dog or his mom."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:01) **Interrogation Begins: Detectives Build Rapport with Suspect Jade** - The episode opens with detectives reading Jade her Miranda rights and attempting to establish a conversational tone, asking about her background and her relationship with her boyfriend Shannon.
- 2 (04:31) **The Trailer Incident: A Key Piece of Evidence Emerges** - Detectives confront Jade with the story of how she got a large trailer stuck in a narrow parking lot, a moment that led to her being identified by a witness.
- 3 (07:33) **Establishing the Timeline: November 8th and Shannon's Alibi** - Detectives pin down the date of the incident and challenge Jade's story that she was alone, suggesting Shannon might have been involved.
- 4 (15:14) **The Victim: Anessa and Shannon's Lack of Emotion** - The conversation turns to the victim, Anessa, and detectives question why Shannon showed no emotion when told about her death.
- 5 (18:17) **The Struggle: Jade's Account of Getting the Trailer Unstuck** - Jade describes the physical struggle of trying to free the trailer, which involved damaging the hitch and making noise that a witness heard.
- 6 (20:08) **The Direct Confrontation: "Did You Kill Anessa?"** - Detectives directly ask Jade if she killed Anessa, and she begins to explain her state of mind and the events that followed.
- 7 (24:04) **The Investigation's Path: Tracing the Trailer's Ownership** - Detectives explain how they traced the trailer back to Jade, highlighting the difficulty due to a missing receipt.
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