A teenager has been charged with the murder of a 16-year-old girl after he allegedly gave her fentanyl-laced ecstasy, which led to an overdose and death.
Jacob Sayre, 17, is on trial as an adult on allegations of drug trafficking and was charged with second-degree murder, endangering the well-being of a child and supplying a controlled substance Thursday in Ozark, Missouri.
Cops said the alleged drug deal happened in September after the youngsters met at their local church – eventually ending the life of sophomore Victoria Jones prematurely.
Following Sayre’s arrest on Thursday – 104 days after Victoria’s sudden death – the girl’s mother, Wendie Glass Jones, took to social media to chide the alleged killer while revealing that her daughter was “not feeling” good enough to be”” and was struggling with depression prior to her fatal overdose early September 4th.
At 11 p.m. last night, the mother recalled, she and her husband wished their daughter good night for the last time, only to find her dead the next morning. Despite the seriousness of the allegations against him, Sayre is free on $50,000 bail.
Jacob Sayre, 17, is on trial as an adult on allegations of drug trafficking and was charged with second-degree murder, endangering the well-being of a child and supplying a controlled substance Thursday in Ozark, Missouri
Cops said the alleged drug deal ended the life of sophomore Victoria Jones prematurely after the youngsters met at their local church
When she first spoke up on Saturday, the mother revealed that her daughter was not friends with Sayre and claimed that her daughter was trying to call Sayre with her dying breath as she began to feel the effects of the powerful painkiller felt but ignored as she succumbed to its effects alone.
She now calls on the teenager to be held accountable for his actions, writing: “There is a special place in hell for people who are so evil.”
“Today is day #104 without our daughter, Victoria,” Wendie wrote in a post shared by a family friend on Facebook Saturday afternoon, adding that everyone who knew her daughter “knew she wasn’t a drug addict.” “.
The mother was further responding to the recently aired news about Sayre and his recent release – which she wrote had become “physically ill”.
“Sitting here this morning thinking about what I saw on TV last night and now re-reading the article makes me physically nauseous,” the mother continued.
“All I know for sure is that on the night of September 3rd at 11pm I went to Victoria’s room to say goodnight, hug and kiss her and tell her I love you and that I will see you in the morning .
“The next morning this nightmare began. To find your child… To find your 16-year-old child dead the next morning.’
Mother Wendie Glass Jones (right) – who has another adult son and two other children with her husband David (second right), a respected software developer – said of the 17-year-old suspect: “There’s a special place in hell for people who are so bad’
She went on to make bombshell claims against Sayre – who she claimed “had drug problems since he was 14” – including allegations that he ignored Victoria’s frantic call for help on September 4 and chose not to call the police to notify.
“My daughter was dead because of what he gave her. Ecstasy with a lethal amount of fentanyl,” Wendie wrote.
“He made no attempt to help her when she called him … Didn’t alert us, didn’t call 911, didn’t do anything.”
She added that while Sayre’s addiction to drugs is well known, “his parents really didn’t do anything until he was 16” — early 2022 — and was already “out of control.”
Wendie, who has another adult son and two other children with her husband David, a well-respected software developer in the normally quiet mountain town community, went on to claim, “There’s a special place in Hell for people who are so wicked.”
The family was recently reunited during a football game at her daughter’s school, Ozark High School, where she was a straight-A student and a member of the National Honor Society.
The family are now demanding that the accused killer be brought to justice over the youth’s death
The teen, a standout softball player known to her friends as “Vic,” had hoped to attend an Ivy League college to major in chemical engineering.
A post commemorating the boy on the school’s website read: “Victoria has always given everything she has done and will not settle for anything less.
“She was a hardworking and dedicated employee at Braum’s in the Ozark for two years, mowing the yard on weekends in the summer, donating her time and energy to a farm while carrying a heavy class load at school.”
Police, meanwhile, have revealed scant details of what led to the teenager’s sudden death from an overdose, stating only that Victoria met Sayre the night before her death and that the couple met at church the year before had met.
“Today is day #104 without our daughter Victoria,” Wendie wrote in the post shared by a family friend on Facebook on Saturday
Authorities, summoned by the girl’s distraught parents, reported finding a rolled-up $20 bill and a blue pill cut up on her bedside table after her death.
Police also found a note on the girl’s desk addressed to another unidentified friend, in which she wrote about their relationship and mentioned that she was using drugs while writing the letter. Shockingly, the police said the letter ended abruptly with the phrase “I’m planning.”
Before leaving the scene, officers added that they were told by family members in the household that the girl, while not addicted, had experimented with other drugs, including weed, molly and cocaine.
An autopsy report also revealed that the victim had foam in her throat and both MDMA — the scientific acronym for the main ingredient in ecstasy — and fentanyl in her system. The coroner, who gave no details, said the amount of fentanyl in her system was fatal.
Court documents also showed that investigators searched her phone and found Snapchat correspondence between her and Sayre, in which the two discussed Sayre bringing her drugs. On the news, cops said Sayre gave the girl instructions on how to crush and snort the pill, advising her to “just keep a bucket near you and only snort half.”
Court documents also showed that investigators searched her phone and found Snapchat correspondence between her and Sayre, in which the two discussed Sayre bringing her drugs.
On the news, cops said Sayre gave the girl instructions on how to break up the pill and snort it for a quicker, more pronounced high, advising her, “Just keep a bucket near you and only snort half.”
“Just do a quarter and then the other quarter if you don’t feel it.”
After snorting the drug, officers confirmed that the victim texted Sayre again, saying she had done it wrong and that she could feel it working. She died sometime soon after.
Sayre later told investigators he met the girl at church and gave the pill, but claimed he didn’t know what it was.
After being tracked down earlier this week, a shaken Sayre reportedly told police a friend told him the drug dealer had Sayre a “per” – possibly slang for the prescription pain reliever Percocet – in a mailbox in the nearby town of Springfield leave behind.
When asked, Sayre claimed not to know the exact address of the mailbox, but that it was in a certain neighborhood. Sayre also told police that the pill was wrapped in a Tylenol sleeve and that he drove to the victim’s home on September 3 to drop it off.
During his interrogation — which was eventually broken up by the teen’s parents — Sayre claimed it was the first time he had brought illegal drugs to the victim.
Minutes later, the interview was ended a few minutes later at the request of the parents, since they wanted to be present for further questioning.
Victoria’s death is the latest casualty of a nationwide crisis sparked by a recent spike in deaths from fentanyl – a synthetic opioid similar to morphine that is 50 times more potent than heroin
Victoria’s death is the latest casualty of a nationwide crisis sparked by a recent spike in deaths from fentanyl – a synthetic opioid similar to morphine that is 50 times more potent than heroin.
The drug, which despite its strength is cheap and easy to manufacture, is often used to bind other illicit drugs to make their effects appear stronger.
Synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, were implicated in more than two-thirds of overdose deaths in the year ending March 2022.
After his temporary release, Sayre is scheduled to appear in court on January 31. He is currently under house arrest enforced by GPS tracking and only allowed out of the house for court and drug and medical treatment.