After the sudden loss of his first wife, Irish widower Jason Corbett hired Molly Martens to help care for his two young children. In time, Molly became more than just an au pair, and Jason eventually brought her and the children with him to North Carolina to start a new life together. But in the middle of a summer night, a desperate 911 call shattered that picture of domestic stability. What unfolded inside the family’s home would lead to years of courtroom drama, international headlines, and lasting rifts between two families an ocean apart.

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Sources:

• A Deadly American Marriage, Netflix
• My Brother Jason, by Tracey Corbett-Lynch and Ralph Riegel
• A Time for Truth: My Father Jason and My Search for Justice and Healing, by Sarah Corbett Lynch, March 2025
• Turning this thing around: An Inspirational Self-help memoir, Keith Maginn, 2012
• 48 Hours: In Jason’s Name https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfFfgPwC1EU 
• 911 call audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zf4abfnROw 
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/961561485/ 
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/946807358/ 
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/1089324893/ 
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/1167479266/  
• https://extra.ie/2025/08/16/news/molly-martens-car-jason-corbett?fbclid=IwY2xjawMNyQFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHirC7Lfl0iYwAsOb6uFjNUu9fzgK0TKpkfldY4J5_kM3ylpR7ud1qw0nE3i3_aem_n3wK3OZjFfBE_Fh2y23gXw
• https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2025/08/16/jason-corbett-how-an-anonymous-tip-off-helped-close-the-net-on-the-limerick-mans-killers/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMNyWhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHkuTXjV5E9iBJI5j872XJzWN_bwbvzZ0Qh2wDwuCMZSKtYkb8O9Tj-T68OLF_aem_HGP_k7LgtvKb4A3Ztk7Cjg
• https://law.justia.com/cases/north-carolina/court-of-appeals/2020/18-714.html