The Bizarre Case of Jenelle Potter

Hello and welcome, my name is Mike and throughout this video we're going to talk about where to start, that's a good sign. Weird, this

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is really about how you shouldn't believe everything you read on the good old internet, who would have? Think about it, in this video we are going to talk about a lady named Janelle Potter. She was having trouble making friends in Mountain City, Tennessee, so in 2005 Facebook Baby got so interested in it that she invented people who weren't friends. They weren't real and when someone clicked the old unfriend button, these fictional people would have some real life consequences.

Let's get dizzy on this one. We are going to take a trip into the mountains to a mountain town. Home to about 2,500 people in northeast Tippity, Upper Tennessee, it is a small community located in the mountains bordering Virginia and North Carolina, known as a friendly, happy, Christian, God-fearing, welcoming town and in this quaint little place lived a cast of characters, let's get to know them, let's start with janelle

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. Now she herself wasn't born in the old mountain town, but she sure made a name for herself there, probably not hard, there are only 2,500 people living there.

Mrs. Potter was born in 1982, the second of two children, Janelle grew up outside of Philadelphia, although when she reached adulthood, her parents moved to Mountain City in 2004. The eldest daughter got a job and lived her own life . The three moved to Mountain City to care for an elderly family. Now Janelle had several health problems. she was born with a hearing disability she was in special education she was diabetic she had anxiety issues and received disability payments once she was an adult and as such her parents were very protective of her, maybe too protective, so as you can imagine, Janelle had a tough time. . time making friends socializing she would cling to her parents, you know, every time she was out of the house, it wasn't, um, it wasn't the most, you know, you wouldn't bark at her if you found her on the street and on the Internet . was her departure and in 2004 2005 I'm sure it was also chat rooms, then myspace and then facebook, which was just taking off, her parents were barbara and martin

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, it was barbara's mother that they moved to Mountain City and she I lived with him.

Marvin Potter was known as a friend because I don't know that he was a former Marine who later, according to himself, worked with the CIA. Believe it, he walked around with guns all the time, had his medals, baseball caps did everything and after serving in the name, he left the service, got a regular job, had a back injury and then became disabled like his daughter. It even had an oxygen tank, an oxygen tank that was just covered in bullets because of the way Barbara had worked for Hewlett-Packard, but when the three of them moved to Mountain City, none of them were working now after living in Mountain City for a few. years ago, a kind local citizen took it upon herself to try to bring Janelle out of her shell.

Her name was Tracy Greenwall and she started dating Janelle a little more and the truth is that Tracy Janelle met Billy Payne's brother. poor naive shelter janelle oh she liked billy she really liked billy she was seven years older she grew up like her sister tracy in mountain city and worked at the local factory billy was a fan of the ladies and also a fan of pills when he was in his 30s he was trying to kick his opiate addiction in late 2009 a woman named billie jean hayworth started working at the factory and this whole thing seems straight out of a springsteen song they fell in love bill bill and billy this doesn't confuse me at all, build a man, right?

He wanted to do something with this, he wanted to settle down, fly, get himself together, he gave up alcohol, pills, Flanders and in the fall of 2010, Billie Jean became pregnant and gave birth to a son in July 2011, tyler and bill billie jean and baby tyler were a happy little family, but janelle was falling in love with bill now bill's sister tracy had tried to set janelle up with another man, a guy named jamie kurd, it was an older guy. a bit of a computer genius so they would have that in common jamie and janelle ended up becoming something very special even though they were quite different janelle cheyenne protected jamie a bit of a ruffian they hid their relationship from janelle's parents he would pass by the potter's house every once in a while fix and fix the USB drive if you know what I'm saying mate, I'm Barbara, I had no idea.

Jamie even gave Janelle a secret phone number, as you know, Janelle's parents were very protective of her, they were kind. to monitor all of her communications, however, even though Janelle and Jamie had quite a thing, a beautiful relationship was blossoming, she was still in love with Bill Payne, so things would get worse. Hurtful anonymous comments began appearing on Janelle Potter's Facebook page. It was hard, it was horrible, her parents would post, you know, asking these fucking dirty trolls to stop, she was constantly inundated with people sending her messages and posts about her saying horrible things about Janelle for no reason, but Janelle, You know she would have done it. her, her suspicions, you know who could be behind these anonymous atrocities, billie jean hayworth, they didn't get along in real life, billie jean, of course, at the time she was engaged to bill, she had a child with him and janelle It was jelly, so Janelle started spitting something out.

A bit of vitriol and rant herself got to the point where Janelle and her dad friend, and this

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is confusing, went to the police and complained about the online hate she was getting, then it spilled over into real life and they started throw stones at the potter's house. sick, the two Billies wanted the potters to know who had something against them, even writing their own name on the rocks, and if you do that, you're dumb as rocks, so Bill and Billie Jean did the unthinkable: they removed their friendship on Facebook. I got chills but then the real thing hit the fan around 10:30am. on January 31, 2012.

A 911 call was made, a friend entered Bill and Billie Jean's home and found them both brutally murdered, six-month-old Tyler. He was still alive in the arms of his dead mother, this of course shocked the community. What happened was that in the early hours of January 31st, before they knew it, they were found, intruders broke into the house and shot Bill and Billie Jean in the Head Bill's troop was also cut off, the intruders They fled without disturbing the place at all, so when the investigation began, the clues were non-existent, there were no fingerprints, no shell casings, no forensic analysis, in fact, to speak of, the work had been clean, almost professional, none .

Some of the things you would expect to find were found that would give you some kind of clue as to who might be behind this, however, who Bill and Billie Jean were fighting with shortly before this happened, the police went to talk to the potters , now you know. It seemed like they had some kind of blood feud, I mean, I hate rocks, not being friends with people, Jesus is tough, but knowing something like this, everyone always points the finger, they harassed me in the driveway of our property and then yesterday morning when I walked in. Facebook was when I found out and, I mean, I'm sorry for what happened, but that's all I can tell you, is that they've been harassing you so much, why would they harass you?

It turned out to be because of jealousy. What they said was that she was too pretty. It seems unlikely to me that they would say that. Then they asked about Jamie. You know, he was known as a bit of a ruffian and they knew he was. He is a friend of our family, yes, he is a friend of all of us, to me he sounds like your boyfriend, he is just very different, does he want to be your boyfriend? Then the police go and talk to Jaime, they bring him in and ask him to take a polygraph which he fails. great success when they ask him about the identity of the murderer however he doesn't give them anything I won't deal with this situation they worry people mess with it people aren't going to mess with my girl anymore she's not mine Girl, then Jamie does something strange and asks the detectives.

This question is the CIA. Here, CIA, no, I asked the question. Yeah, what did you ask about the CIA? who had been in contact with a secret CIA agent named Chris, a secret CIA agent named Chris here in Mexico, do you think he would be fighting whoever the CIA is fighting today? You know, condemning someone you know doing some crazy things, no. Turns out Tom Clancy should have written his books closer to home. Chris told Jamie that he was. You know his job was to protect Janelle and the Potters from harm. He was watching everything that was happening.

She was like his silent protector. We as a nation have it. I'm counting on you to discover the truth. I'll call the White House. You might wonder why a CIA agent would care about the Potters, but I don't know. I guess she was some kind of high value person. Know? this came straight from the white house turned out to be a jealous thing they said she was too pretty i'll call the white house okay after seven hours in the interrogation room jamie finally told the police that friend was the one who shot bill and billie Jean, man, man, the disabled guy had trouble walking with the oxygen tank, he was a cold killer, so we have a mysterious CIA agent named Chris and he didn't say he once worked for the CIA, but, of course, you know when they asked friend.

This can't tell you it's top secret, sorry guys, the police went and brought my friend back later, by the way, when they went to look for him, but he always had a shooter on his hip and when the police walked to his house he looked like if it were a friend. I was going to try the police managed to grab his arm and bring him in handcuffs he was going to go down you fighting why are you here right that's because someone told me that I was the one who killed someone I'm not going to make it tell you that I did something I didn't do I think you're sick and tired the most precious person in your life is being attacked your arrest constantly I know it's okay since all this shit started I've been I've had my life threatened my wife has been threatened they've threatened to take her head now you should listen to people plotting to take you away, trap your daughter in a bathroom and murder her and my question, after four hours, it seemed like they had them.

There were two people who confessed to being involved and then they executed a search warrant on the potter's house and found just a bunch of weapons, about 60. But he was ready to go back to Vietnam and take on the communists alone, not only did they find pictures of Bill. and billie jean in the house also in the photos there were some unpleasant comments. Additionally many of the photos appeared to have been torn. Police confiscated the family's computer and their truck, and in the back of the truck they found bags and bags of shredded papers. The officer spent a month piecing them together, which must have been fun, and in doing so, he pieced together the story.

They were emails from Chris. Let's read some. Shall we go from Chris to the Potters? I'm a thousand meters from your mother's house. I see everything. Perfect, I've also been to your mother's house. She was Barbara's mother who lived in Mountain View and I know where the rooms are when they haven't been home. I guess you're wondering what my job is for the CIA and also for the overseas ice it maintains. girls from the trade and also for the company, I simply kill and I enjoy it a lot. I can shoot all the bad guys and with nics.

I work with some Marines overseas and do things with them and also go for walks and know what's going on there. There are a lot of things I'm into, but they seem to love me all the time. I don't know if it's because I'm skinny and long or because I can do things faster than most. I'm not sure if I'm a good shot too. I would tell you to carry a hollow point weapon so I can blow them up. Make sure you take it, please. Yes, I'm sure Janelle is going to die here. I'm fine with all this crap if you need something done, buddy.

Get Bill first because he's so bad and damn here's another one, kill, kill, kill and don't worry about his friend's ID, you should give it to him because he could use it right now and do what I'm doing and then he could work. with us, you know, Chris would tell the potters, you know he could get, man, CIA clearance, because of course, man, he used to work with the CIA, of course he did. Here's an email from Barbara asking Chris where the ID is. Hello, there was Chris Bud. wondering when they would contact him to meet and collect the ID from him that he talked about some time ago just for his information.

He now he is at home every day, since I am at home. He can come just because Janelle can be with me. He actually wonders if there is with an ID or not, they call him, he will enter his code and meet wherever Chris answers, but yes, I saw the ID, they haven't given it to him yet, that's what makes me so angry. They say they will do it and they haven't called. I even told my boss and he said yes, Chris would tell him there waskilled in his line of work, to which Barbara would respond, as long as you're doing what's right for humanity, then you wouldn't be judged badly if you were.

It's like friend, are you helping others by getting rid of the bad? I completely understand what you're doing if it's as a friend, am I worried when you retire? Don't let that get you down though, Chris, here's another one that Barbara sent to Chris. maybe bud will have id by then and can use cia weapons etc. for his protection, get the job done, you know everyone has to go and the ones left have to get a big scare as they watch and wonder if I'm next whenever you want. doWhatever the contact is, man, did you tell your bosses that the guys work with you, they probably don't do that because he doesn't have ID?

You know mate, he knows this area well and he will help you, he said he's sick and ready, it's a shame they had to push him into this because he's a very patient man, but once you push him too hard he's done and he won't take it . bill bill payne never acts alone we know of some he's been involved in murdering and raping girls there it's no secret so they may as well Well we'll accept the losses and move on with our lives because they're not going to catch Janelle . There is no way between our large amounts of ammunition and protecting it at all times.

And you all will get the shock of your lives if anyone wants to provoke him you will all die including baby Philly he is a satanic manipulative liar so you think it will be in a week or so things will happen we are thinking differently before and that's it Well, we'll see what it can be. before anyone thinks yeah we've had enough and we want peace and no one here wants to kill anyone but we will do it and here's a Chris, Agent Chris for you, sent to Jaime, she's a good person, these girls , that's Billie Jean and her friends. it just drives her crazy and you know they are crazy but what they are doing is still wrong and hurting her like they are there is no reason for it just because she is sweet and very pretty prettier than them they need to get over it they just love choosing , but from what I know, something will happen to them over time with you and your friend.

I hope you all can get them and know that what you are doing is great. You will help the city. I wish I could kill. them, but right now I really can't, so the emails told a shitty story, you know, this Chris agent, Chris, would be emailing the Potters, especially Barbara because Barbara was mad about Chris and Chris I would also send an email to Jamin, you know, telling them that there was a conspiracy to hurt Janelle, kill her, kidnap her to do horrible things and that phil payne and billie jean hayworth were sick, twisted evil people, phil and billie jean they were satanists, they were abusing women all over the city and janelle would be next, chris was watching most of all, he would protect them, you know he is watching their online activity and doing everything he can to help stop these damn dirty trolls, It seemed like Barbara, who as I said was the number one conversationalist with this Chris, was finally able to convince friend. after sending emails to Chris for months and feeding his delusions to murder, yes those emails from Chris, once the police investigated it they found out the IP address Janelle was sending all the emails to, Chris didn't existed, it was all Janelle, there was no Chris at all.

If you can believe it, yes, shocking, shocking, I know the way he wrote was as compelling as you can imagine those Facebook posts, the throne of rocks messages, you know, with Bill and Billy Gene written on them. Bill and Billie Jean had no idea about any of this. was really happening or at least they at least didn't know the extent of it was all Janelle. It seems like they were kind of aware of some of what was going on, but they just stayed away from it because they knew Janelle was crazy. person, they were completely innocent and it turned out that on the morning of the murders janelle was texting jamie, you know, through the secret phone, you know, telling jamie that yeah, I heard my dad, he goes, he goes up there right now, she knew all that. was going on she knew that her dad, friend and jamie were going to go kill bill and billie jean, it seems that that friend that morning got up, picked up jamie, they went and murdered two innocent people, so janelle and barbara went arrested and also two men. defendants charged with the murder of a Johnson County couple are now in the process of hiring attorneys today in court a judge appointed a temporary public defender for jamie lynn kurd until she can hire her own attorney marvin potter jr is in the process to hire his own attorney and the two men are charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Billie Jean Hayworth and Kurd's cousin, Billy Payne, at the couple's home outside Mountain City, Tennessee.

A family friend found Payne and Hayworth's baby unharmed in his mother's arms at the crime scene, the TBI said. The victims had a history with the Potter family, investigators said the couple filed a harassment complaint against Potter's daughter last year, sparking a dispute between the families that resulted in the murder. Buddy confessed to the murders and received two life sentences. Jamie Kurd got a plea deal and 25 years for him in 2015 janelle and barbara's trial began the prosecution went with well it's obvious janelle planned the murders chris' emails were from her computer these spelling mistakes were what janelle usually committed the defense was with janelle she has the mind of a child look at her history, all her disabilities, how sheltered she was, she couldn't do something like this, interestingly, this whole plot is exactly the kind of thing you could imagine a boy during the trial because of the way the real Chris appeared, he was an ex Janelle's classmate was obviously not in the CIA, but it was his identity and the images that Janelle used in her plot and her motive was that If I couldn't have Bill then no one could.

Barbara's stupidity helped speed up the plot for both Janelle and herself. barbara was found guilty of first degree murder they both received life sentences a crazy and strange story, it all comes from the mind, the crazy mind of janelle potter, who to this day says that chris chris was a real person, she is not guilty, chris, you know? it was proven that he didn't really exist chris was you are chris you invented him like you invented other characters no me no he no no it just happened to be from your email from your computer with your fingertips it was from your IP address from his email address I don't think we're going to get into that, she said that apparently everything leads back to Chris Chris and she created this scenario, she said it's not Chris and that's what keeps him going, that just shows what kind of crazy Janelle was and her parents Barbara and her friend just devoured Janelle's garbage or I'm sorry, the garbage Chris was sending is crazy that tragically ended the lives of two young parents.

Fortunately, those days when you know lies on the Internet are over, because because nowadays I can believe everything you read on the Internet. It's all trustworthy. Thanks so much for looking. I really appreciate it. By the way, I should talk more about this. I have t-shirts, stickers, mugs and things you would like to have in that chapter. branded t-shirt, you can get a link there. I will see you as always very soon in the next video, take care of yourselves.