re: Have you ever known a legit murderer?

This thread is about murderers not heroes

Bit of a "friend" of mine was. Jason Mahn. He moved in with his dad a few months earlier and made it into our circle of friends. I think he had grown up without his dad or something, because his dad had like a common law wife and she had a son from a previous marriage. Jason used to brag about being from Texas like any of us cared.

Long story short, Jason murdered his stepmom and stepbrother with a knife. The kid stayed alive long enough to say "Jason did it". That's really the most vivid memory I have of the whole thing.

We had dated the same girl (at different times) and I used to frick with him like guys usually did, I fricked her better, she wanted my dick more, that kind of shite talk. I didn't realize how close to the literal knife I was. Turns out, he had made a list of people he was going to kill. I have no idea if my name was on it.

He was always a little "off". I remember he tried too hard to act cool. He was friendly and whatnot, no idea he was a psycho murderer, but looking back he was ate up with insecurity issues. He was what we used to refer to as "the one-up man"; the kind of person who, no matter what story you told, would always try to one-up you with an even crazier story of some shite he saw or did. He seemed like a regular dude, don't want to act like I knew he was a nutjob or anything, but man his big thing was talking himself up constantly which is why I would frick with him about the girl we had hooked up with. Turns out, he had some serious problems.

The murder took place almost the same time I left town, moving in with my then-girlfriend/eventual wife in Orange Beach before shipping off to boot camp, so I didn't keep up with the goings on after the whole thing happened. Been so long, I forgot his name, so had Chatgpt help and found him. Didn't realize he was originally given a death penalty. Apparently, he's still in prison.

It found some archived case files from the state of Florida:
LINK Jason Mahn

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On 02/23/94, Jason James Mahn was convicted on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of armed robbery. He was sentenced to death for both murders and 17 years for armed robbery.

In 1974, Mahn’s parents divorced in Wisconsin when Mahn was just a toddler. After the divorce, Mahn had no further contact with his father, Michael Mahn. When Mahn turned 18, he moved from Texas to Pensacola, Florida, to live with his father, his father’s long-time girlfriend, Debra Shanko, and her teenage son, Anthony Shanko. The intent of the move was for Mahn and his father to develop a father-son relationship.

On 04/01/93, Mahn’s father bought a car for Mahn, but later had to sell it because he could not afford to pay the car’s repair bills. After Mahn got off work that evening, the car was taken from Mahn and delivered to a new owner. At approximately 9:30 p.m., Mahn’s father left the house to go to the Carousel Lounge.

Mahn’s father returned home at approximately 1:00 a.m. on 04/02/93. He immediately noticed that Debra’s car was gone, the garage door was open, and the front door of the house was unlocked and slightly open. Mr. Mahn entered the house and discovered blood stains on the floor and walls, and Debra’s body lying across the hallway. Mr. Mahn found Anthony alive in his bedroom, but severely injured from multiple stab wounds. Anthony informed Mr. Mahn that Debra was dead and that it was Mahn who was responsible. As he was being placed in an ambulance, Anthony told a police officer that Mahn was his assailant. Anthony was immediately prepared for surgery at the hospital, but died of cardiac arrest. According to medical examiners, Anthony’s autopsy revealed six stab wounds, with one fatal blow to the chest. Debra, however, essentially bled to death.

Police arrested Mahn in Oklahoma and he confessed to the murders, explaining that he acted out of hate for and frustration with his father. Mahn also stated that he had used drugs at the time of the offenses. Mahn told police officers that the murders commenced around 11:00 p.m. that evening. He walked into Anthony’s bedroom and stabbed him with a kitchen knife. Debra rushed into the room as Anthony’s screams were heard and Mahn also stabbed her. Mahn attempted to flee in Mr. Mahn’s car, but could not find the keys. Debra, who was still alive, told Mahn to take her car and leave. Mahn fled in Debra’s car after smashing the window open. He took $400 with him that he found in her bank bag in a drawer.

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This is the only media news I could find:
List of People to Kill

ETA: "A neighbor, John Meador, also said Mahn made his desires about Ms. Shanko, 36, known to others."

Holy shite, i remember John, too, now. And I remember Jason used to brag about wanting to bang his stepmom, peeking on her in the shower and shite. Damn. Glad I got the frick out of that crazy place. Bad memories resurfacing.

No. I’m reading this thread can say I don’t know any murderers. That I know of.

Wow. Just read your link and googled some. I was still youngish so don’t recall this. How does she recover from this horror. I saw a headline (but didn’t open article) that experts tried to bring up the cold medicine as a possible reason he went off like that.

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There’s another Ryan Sharp that does roofing/landscape and worked at clubs a few years ago. He held his girlfriend at gun point. Must be the name

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Straight douchebag too