Jason Marksteiner Was Selfish
October 30, 2008 by Jaded
Update:4/03/09-Charged with three counts each of murder and intentional homicide of an unborn child and two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, Jason Marksteiner was offered a deal; plead guilty to one count of murder, and prosecutors would dismiss the other seven charges. Marksteiner took the plea. He was sentenced to 50 years in prison. The deal requires that Marksteiner serve 100% of his sentence.

LeRoy, IL–Jason Marksteiner, 21, is married and a father to three young children. Neighbors describe him as a ‘loving husband and a great father, a fine young man.’ In the early hours of Tuesday morning, Jason sexually assaulted and bludgeoned his wife’s sister, 19-year-old Jodi McGrew. Jodi was pregnant…about 5 months along. He selfishly and savagely took her life, and the life of her child, in the same room where his wife and children lay sleeping. Yeah, great guy!
Jason, his wife, and his children were all staying at his parent’s house in LeRoy. Jodi spent the night there Monday evening so she could be around to help babysit her nephews the following day. After a few drinks that evening, Jodi and her sister went to bed. Jason was outside smoking a cigarette, and at some point, he put his plan into motion. He grabbed a rock, entered the house, and started beating Jodi in the head with the rock. Jodi fought back…she told him to stop. To no avail. Jason told police that he hit Jodi in the head at least 15 times. Then he raped her. While he was raping her, he strangled her…to keep her quiet.
911 dispatchers got a call about a possible assault at 6:15 Tuesday morning. When police arrived at the home, they found Jason on the floor in an upstairs bedroom, naked with blood on his hands. They found Jodi in the same room, naked and with obvious head trauma. Jason’s wife, who was in the same room, said she didn’t see or hear the attack. She said she only woke up after the alarm went off at 6:15 a.m.
Jodi McGrew was pronounced dead at the scene. According to the preliminary autopsy results, Jodi died of blunt-force trauma to the head with strangulation as a significant contributing factor.
Jason wasn’t about to leave the scene quietly. He refused to be handcuffed and had to be tasered. A taser isn’t the weapon I would have picked, but I can at least hope he got jolted more than once or twice.
When interviewed by police, he admitted to the rape and murder and indicated that ‘he was frustrated by sexual relations with his wife and he wanted sex.’ He says that he doesn’t know why he hurt Jodi, only that he had thoughts of doing bodily harm to her. When asked why he raped and murdered his sister-in-law, the brainiac could only come up with one answer, ‘I dunno.’
Jason Marksteiner sits in McLean County Jail now, facing three counts of murder and two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault. Since Jodi was pregnant at the time of her death, that opens up the possiblity of an additional charge of killing an unborn child. His bond is set at $100,000, a paltry amount if you ask me.
Jodi was a beautiful young lady who was looking forward to the birth of her little girl. She enjoyed babysitting her siblings children. She was planning on entering college next year. She loved to sing. Her family says that she was a fun-loving girl who was always the first to smile. She was close to her family. She had her whole life in front of her. Rest easy Jodi and baby girl.
Fuck you Jason Marksteiner. You had no right to touch her. You had no right to hurt her. You had no right to take her life and the life of her child. I hope you rot, asshole.




















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