Jacob Ind Case Study

Of the cases I viewed, Jacob Ind’s case really caught my attention. In this paper, I will be covering the backstory to Jacob’s life, the results of his actions, and my take on his sentencing. Jacob Ind, was 15 years old whenever he and his classmate Gabriel Adams, (17) murdered his mother and step-father. Inside the home, Jacob and his brother Charles were sexually assaulted and emotionally and physically abused. Whenever Charles turned 18, he decided to move out of the home, but he claims before he left he talked to social services about keeping an eye on Jacob and helping him. Charles claimed that social services had told him they had taken notes and planned to investigate the incident, but they failed to do so. A few months after Charles went to reach out for help, Jacob shot his mother and step-father to death.
I think that this was an unfortunate thing that happened to this young boy and I wish that someone would have gotten him help before it was too late. I think that Jacob should have received a life sentence without parole because he chose to murder his mother and step-father and he was old enough to know right from wrong. I feel like he should’ve reached out and tried to get help at school. Jacob’s brother, Charles speculated that he thought his mother knew what was happening, so for Jacob to take her life without knowing if she was aware of the situation makes me lean more towards him deserving to be in jail. I know Jacob must have been angry and that because of his anger he killed them both, but I do not think Jacob had a reason to kill his mother, due to Charles statement resembling