Operation Murder | Full Episode
Two doctors who hired a hit man to kill find out he wasn’t a killer at all. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant has the final chapter in the twisted tale. Watch more "48 Hours" full episode on Pluto TV.
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@dotbotha5898
Ай бұрын
Love your program
@cynthiahusband106
Ай бұрын
Peter van sant makes 48 hours that much more interesting , straight facts,he reports nothing complicated , he adds so much more.
@user-dj9fr6ej1y
Ай бұрын
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
@Ruckette85
Ай бұрын
⁴😊4
I wonder what it’s like to come from a family that pays for medical school, then buys you a house after you become a doctor.
@pnuthead13
Ай бұрын
Clearly they were all wildly entitled…to whatever they wanted. Horrible.
@JK-gm6kk
Ай бұрын
I've wanted for very little in my life, but there are levels of wealth most people could hardly imagine, myself included. Yall can keep saying there's no merit to stuff like pizzagate, but at that level of wealth of the people involved, the general public thinks that it's debunked because of a basement or something. They can pay for most of the public to think whatever it is they want them to think
@edwardgutierrez2638
Ай бұрын
Right? Over here about to start making a six figure salary and family is like, well here’s a whole house for you. Congrats
@veganbutcherhackepeter
Ай бұрын
It leads to narcissists thinking they can grab everyone they want by the pnxxy.
@audreyhuggins8822
Ай бұрын
Anyone can have those things. Some just have to do it themselves:)
“She was over 40…. *but* she was attractive!” Just ughh.
@yeahyeahbutnah
29 күн бұрын
Not what he said
@cc-sb1is
28 күн бұрын
"Valerie was in her mid-40s, but she was stunning" is the exact quote, and it is even MORE UGH!! 😂😂
@kathyh7215
28 күн бұрын
Stunning is a bit generous. She was average at best. Very few women are stunning at any age, so....maybe stop being so sensitive.
@Chicagocubbiegirl
27 күн бұрын
I think her bank account was the only thing he found stunning.
@normagrimstad8869
24 күн бұрын
Yeah, awesome comment.
The ‘hitman’ spending the $9k 😅
@dianahiggins1397
Ай бұрын
Funny
@MonLeyva-fn7fl
Ай бұрын
The crime on crime of all crimes! 😂
@roadrunner1095
Ай бұрын
sweeeet
@k1z603
Ай бұрын
He’s like a chaotic Robin Hood. Steals from the rich, spends on himself.
@smurfiennes
Ай бұрын
He’s lucky that Leon was a wush, not a mob
Lmao not “Zac” spending the hitman money and disappearing 😂 😂
@user-yo6ji6mt6t
Ай бұрын
Right
@liveandlearn1624
Ай бұрын
🤣😂🤣
@orlandoromero22
29 күн бұрын
He should wear a t shirt that says " No loyalty amongst criminals 🤑"
@samiha9999
Күн бұрын
Good for him😂😂😂
@user-yo6ji6mt6t
Күн бұрын
The real MVp
"I don't feel bad i spent his money, in fact I feel really good" lol even the reporter laughing.
@bobgillis1137
26 күн бұрын
Best crime story I heard all year, with the tragic exception of the woman who killed herself.
@Rugelacharugula
20 күн бұрын
I had to give him props for that. Master class.
There is nothing about this guy that’s beautiful.
@kimberlychelen9890
Ай бұрын
N😒THING!
@wiloka28
Ай бұрын
He has one of the most fake smiles I’ve seen thus far. Creepy.
@hestererlank8354
Ай бұрын
He is pretty crazy.
@kimberlychelen9890
Ай бұрын
@@hestererlank8354 👋🤣👉🏆
@surlygirly1926
Ай бұрын
@@wiloka28 ... w/tiny teeth.
Taking a cheating partner back is like giving someone an extra bullet because the first one missed you.
@Ty-1452
Ай бұрын
Well said!
@FamLawJ.D.
Ай бұрын
Wow! Beautifully written!
@kishastanley344
Ай бұрын
👍
@scarlettphoenix7024
Ай бұрын
Serial cheating, yes. People make stupid and desperate mistakes.
@Ty-1452
Ай бұрын
@@scarlettphoenix7024 It sounds to me like you've cheated !
The way Taz laughed about spending Leon’s money sent me. I hope he got himself something really nice! 😁
@brendaking8532
Ай бұрын
My exact thoughts 😂
@smurfiennes
Ай бұрын
Hopefully he didn’t forget to report it on his tax income 😂
@olikah4667
Ай бұрын
Literally!!! 😂 I too would never ever feel guilty for duping a psychopathic narcissist
Being single has many advantages.
@MoneyMan28
Ай бұрын
no kids, no child support for 18 years
@paxiong6541
Ай бұрын
Amen
@helena3631
Ай бұрын
this folks be going thru it in these relationships
@gasmith7486
28 күн бұрын
After 26 years of marriage and 23 years of singleness I AGREE. I LOVE being single!!
@supertrucker99
22 күн бұрын
It only took 18 years to raise MY son.THE rewards ARE PRICELESS
sorry for the adopted little girl who was brought into this insanity.
Leon is a textbook narcissist, they rarely take responsibility for their actions and on top of that they feel justified in what they do.
@thejanitor769
Ай бұрын
My ex 💯
@WTF34720
Ай бұрын
@@thejanitor769 yep, mine too
@just10case
Ай бұрын
I was thinking that too total narcissist
@sharoncox4776
Ай бұрын
Is this new? Or and old version
@blue8710
Ай бұрын
@@sharoncox4776 new format, but on old case that we've seen here before
What a conversation to have over unlimited salad and breadsticks
@mondoenterprises6710
Ай бұрын
I always wondered what people discussed at Olive Garden! lol.
@MonLeyva-fn7fl
Ай бұрын
"Because here..." your family is plotting against you...
@rockstarofredondo
Ай бұрын
I have heartburn just thinking of that place.😂
@BallparkFrankenstein
Ай бұрын
LMAO that was my thought too. Really? Olive garden with your hit man? These guys had absolutely no street smarts at all.
@PianoGesang
Ай бұрын
@@rockstarofredondo haha I'm German and I've had never heard of Olive Garden but I'm getting it from the comments.
Look at the state of him 😂 Calling him a Casanova is really scraping the bottom of the barrel.
@kimberlychelen9890
Ай бұрын
Or what lives underneath the barrel...😒
@dianahiggins1397
Ай бұрын
Barrel what barrel , don't you mean sess pit. Lavatory, bin, shoe
@kimberlychelen9890
Ай бұрын
@@dianahiggins1397 👏😅 ! 👏😂! 👏🤣!
@olikah4667
Ай бұрын
I take offense on behalf of Casanova, himself! 😂 like when she(Valerie) was describing him I was like, “who?”, “where?”
@kimberlychelen9890
Ай бұрын
@@olikah4667 !👏😅 👏😂! 👏🤣!
How do you come from a wealthy family, work hard in veterinary school, parents give you a home after graduation and still end up on 48 hours as a perpetrator?? The entitlement is UNREAL! She had what so many people wish for…. A lot of it was given to her. Sigh…😡
@crosales8184
Ай бұрын
That's what happens when you spoil your children, they become entitled. People don't appreciate things as much when it's given to them.
@VioletJoy
Ай бұрын
I'm always confused why people think that wealth and education should equal an emotionally healthy person. People are people no matter their financial status or education.
@KM-un8oj
Ай бұрын
@@VioletJoy Yup...money just magnifies the dysfunction that is already there...
@hplifestylelessonsandfun9131
Ай бұрын
@@VioletJoy I agree…. I just still amazes me how people ruin their lives when they seemingly have so many advantages!
@kamillem802
Ай бұрын
best comment ive seen... so true.. well said
Leon's legal defense, blame it on the dead woman, tells you all you need to know about this man.
@TamiraHines-gd5ti
Ай бұрын
Swear I JUST WAS SAYING THAT ,like how friggen pathetic is that now that she’s dead just blame it on her Smdh he should get Life without Parole just trash
@Songshare
Ай бұрын
Leon is a very bad man. He need’s a lot of spiritual work. Problem is, some monsters are just incapable of being sorry. They seem to be possessed by demons.
@papagen00
Ай бұрын
correction -- tells you all you need to know about defense attornies and that include OJ's.
@nicklatham6635
Ай бұрын
If Valerie never met Leon she never would have done this
@oldhickory4686
Ай бұрын
That was one of the lamest defense strategies I've ever heard. "The hit man was putting pressure on me." Ok, Bud...
Not only is Leon a veteran loser, he is not a looker.
@kimberlychelen9890
Ай бұрын
👏😅! 👏😂! 👏🤣! N😒T A L🙄🙄KER AT ALL!
@gtron7692
Ай бұрын
Right?!?!
@2msvalkyrie529
Ай бұрын
Apparently he was " beautiful " and " handsome "..???! 😳 Time to make an appointment with the Oculist....?
@Mrsbehavin59
Ай бұрын
The title “doctor” comes automatically with good looks….and rich too…
@JayJay-xd5lm
Ай бұрын
Preach !
I love that he was dumb enough and arrogant enough to take the stand. He helped the jury speed things up a great deal.
@emeraldblue5291
Ай бұрын
Narcs ALWAYS take the stand in their own defense
@karimanning9232
16 күн бұрын
Ted Bundy not only took the stand, he fired his defense lawyer and represented himself!
@GracielaVillarreal-sx9fg
11 күн бұрын
RIGHT!
when he told him he was dead his response "we've been here all day, we've been here all day watching movies with the kids"
@FTG2Eli
Ай бұрын
I picked p on that too....................
@AndyWitmyer
Ай бұрын
HUGE red flag. Even if this hadn't been a sting and the cops knew nothing, they would have almost certainly centered their entire investigation on him after he said those words. I mean, it doesn't get much more sus than that!
@surlygirly1926
Ай бұрын
Alibis locked and loaded.
@memmener
Ай бұрын
Seriously, at least wait till the cops asked where he was..
Leon is a pathological liar. Pure evil
@Elena-fe3os
Ай бұрын
So many similar cases..they point, for me , mental illness, a mix of many disorders, able to disguise and control them, for a while, till things do not go their way. Manipulators, they not only make victims, but drag others into their madness.
@BrianWaller-qe7gr
Ай бұрын
Yet women fall for these types over and over and over again
@angieburnett4341
Ай бұрын
@@BrianWaller-qe7gr That's because they know exactly what they're doing. They're chameleons, great pretenders of whatever they need to be to get what they want. Love bomb, devalue and discard. You have no idea you've been a victim until it's too late. I was married to one, a sociopath. Those who've never crossed paths with one please consider yourselves among the luckiest on the planet. True narcissists/NPD--you've no idea what they're capable of and sinister tactics they will use May you never have one in your life.
@oldhickory4686
Ай бұрын
How does one get two life sentences and then is eligible for parole? So absurd to think this guy could go after these people again!
@loujon191
Ай бұрын
What is your point
Leon Jacob should NEVER live outside of a cell EVER AGAIN!
@Daaaanielle
Ай бұрын
And Meghan telling him that it was all because of her?!?! Queen. 😂
Anyone that had surgery performed by Leon should get a checkup
@Arabzene
Ай бұрын
Haha, never thought of that! I definitely would!
@PinkGrammarGirl
Ай бұрын
He never made it through residency. If you listen carefully he says, "I assisted on..." so he never did anything on his own.
@foxyleo3382
Ай бұрын
@@PinkGrammarGirl still,he has access to patients ppl be sneaky
@flowerjpotter1629
24 күн бұрын
Yes, listing his placements like confetti, I thought it was odd he had been all over the place.
They thought it wouldn’t be weird that both their exes just drop dead at the same time?! Hmmm… you’d think since they think they are so smart that they’d know the plan was stupid. But they thought they were so clever, that they could just walk away & forget… Just pure madness.
@lonerebeI
Ай бұрын
Right lol
@PianoGesang
Ай бұрын
Chris Watts logic
@helena3631
Ай бұрын
they were entitled and think they are smarter than everyone else and entitled
@lucybarrington4634
Ай бұрын
Reminds me of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell.
@chchcheckitout
4 күн бұрын
As a med student, and knowing some of my classmates, I’ve found that book smart does NOT equal common sense smart.
Why is he even gonna be allowed a chance at parole? This man is extremely dangerous!
How do two life sentences allow for parole in 2047?
@JMsweet_
Ай бұрын
I was thinking the same
@Lemana28021989
Ай бұрын
Isn't life 15 years, so 2 times that it's 30...?
@rockstarofredondo
Ай бұрын
“Life with the possibility of parole”
@batgirlp5561
Ай бұрын
Life is different than life without parole
@Lady_Angela1
Ай бұрын
Life is about 30 years. And the sentences are running concurrently.
13:54 even the dog aint buying his bullsh!t 😂
@SoCalJellybean
Ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@RawOlympia
Ай бұрын
💯
@TheLadyj8402
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@erm1317
Ай бұрын
Dogs are the BEST judges of character!!
@EltonsCloset
Ай бұрын
That 🐕 side eye!
the voice message of him threatening that he would torture his ex wife's parents in front of her is horrendous
Lol I don't know how those cops didn't laugh at the bad acting.
7+ failed residencies!!!?!? He should've had to go back to medical school.
@michaelcorvin4330
Ай бұрын
Well, he's now in a Texas penal "college" that offers carpentry & diesel mechanics courses.
@TheIddieMorris
Ай бұрын
I am surprised he kept matching for all of these residency programs. Red flags all over the place.
@michellecamara2111
Ай бұрын
Clearly he passed but the text books cant teach you common sense or to work with people. Let alone change a narcissist
@helena3631
Ай бұрын
hes a white man no other man would be given this much chances
“I felt a lot of pressure, so i agreed to another meeting and paid them money instead of calling the cops on the hit man. But I’m not guilty because of, um, pressure.”
Dude is a huge narcissist. Even watching him talk without knowing anything else is very telling
@2msvalkyrie529
Ай бұрын
Narcissism is a prime requirement for an aspiring Doctor / Surgeon..
@maryanne7161
Ай бұрын
@@2msvalkyrie529Really? Why do u say that?
@PianoGesang
Ай бұрын
I knew he would be the villain when the episode started.
@buildTheWALLNOW
Ай бұрын
@@2msvalkyrie529 do attorneys and lawyers require that too?
@awpetersen5909
29 күн бұрын
@@buildTheWALLNOWSure
This man leon walk out of the courtroom with a cup in his hand like he just finished eating lunch with his friends DAM
@junemarshall-kingsley566
Ай бұрын
He's already planning to tie up the courts with appeals to save his skin.
@PianoGesang
Ай бұрын
Entitled, cocky and self-absorbed.
@brendaking8532
Ай бұрын
He did 🤣🤣😩😩😩
@surlygirly1926
Ай бұрын
Delusional narcissist ... performing for the cameras as his world falls out from under him. Because it's all about image.
@chrise.321
28 күн бұрын
Yeah, I caught that too, so wrong!
"We'll get through this." YOUR FRIEND ARRANGED TO HAVE ANOTHER HUMAN BEING KILLED.
@HelenaBonhamCarnage
Ай бұрын
Seriously!!!
@rockstarofredondo
Ай бұрын
These people are all living faaaar outside of reality.😂
@johnsmith-ug5tp
Ай бұрын
I know, WTF! ha
The fact that Leon and Valerie described each other as stunning……? Like they’re average.
@madeleine9907
22 күн бұрын
I know 😅
@maddart4445
11 күн бұрын
Hahaha
@MariaWelsh-lu6fg
4 күн бұрын
If she was stunning then I'm the next Cindy Crawford or Kate Moss
My BF grew up with Leon and his family. He always thought he was better than everyone
Dumb and Dumber, how did they get their medical degrees????
@lisawentworth6831
Ай бұрын
good point! And what ever happened to 'first do no harm'.
@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527
Ай бұрын
Rich parents. Bought their way through college.
@bandaid.bandit
Ай бұрын
Having a degree doesn’t equal being smart. Trust me, I know
@therealrhodiemx
Ай бұрын
It's called a God complex. Lots of Doctors have it because they really beleive their smarter than the average person. They are not smarter, just had more opportunity in life than some people.
@PianoGesang
Ай бұрын
Leon Jacobs, doesn't that ring a bell with you?
Why even bother hiring an expensive lawyer when you got a slam dunk case against you? Like bro, you're on camera hiring and paying a hit man ffs. Save that money for retirement in case you get parole.
@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527
Ай бұрын
They all think they’re gonna be able to pull an OJ
@DavisShaw-nr1gh
Ай бұрын
@@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527hahahaha I love this ^^ I’m just upset OJ was never able to live long enough to find his wife’s killer 😶
@johnsmith-ug5tp
Ай бұрын
Yep! And to use that money for protection while in prison. The dope admitted on the stand what he said and did on the recordings. ha
@amc2510
Ай бұрын
Who paid because he didn't have that kind of money. I don't even think he was working as a doc during this time.
@johnsmith-ug5tp
Ай бұрын
@@amc2510 Yes, he was just a residency doctor still paying his dues. I used to know how many years after medical school, maybe 8 years in total and then if you want to start making real money, you have to open your own practice or partner with someone. Being a doctor isnt what it used to be with this new horrible govt socialized medical system. The only ones that make the big bucks and get wealthy, are the specialists. The elite, top of the class doctors. The remaining ones, make 200k or maybe 300k per year, if they are lucky upon finishing their residency. The ones that dont have wealthy parents then have to pay off their medical school loans.
A mother who lets a man waiting trial for assault and stalking around her child is not a decent person, she’s selfish and completely complacent. No one could want this outcome
@dae4444
Ай бұрын
True. All this happening may have ultimately protected that child. She's no longer around an evil man and an evil mother
@alisong2328
Ай бұрын
He probably convinced her he was innocent of those charges and that Megan was making it all up.
@asenath7766
Ай бұрын
Yeah, she is not without fault. I guess she was overcome with guilt for being brainwashed by that scumbag.
@VioletJoy
Ай бұрын
So true. This prosecutor gave Valerie way too much credit. It seems like Leon had finally met his match.
@KM-un8oj
Ай бұрын
@@VioletJoy Yes, but often when people point out that narcissists need permission and therefore it ALWAYS takes two to tango in narcissistic abuse cases, a bunch of idiots start screaming "victim blaming" and the whole critical thinking process gets "cancelled"....victims are abusers and abusers are victims....as this case shows quite clearly...it has been this way forever...at the end of the day it's all just SELF abuse in one form or another...it's time for humanity to get off that karmic wheel now because the same dynamic plays out between governments and the people they are supposed to be serving but usually end up ruling...one always has a choice to be free and sovereign or not...most people do not want the responsibility that comes with that freedom and so choose to be victims instead...blaming everyone else for their self imposed limitations....believe it or don't....
It seems like the least educated and least privileged of Leon's female targets was able to defend herself the best against him. Ironic.
Narcissist is the best way of describing Leon.
@PianoGesang
Ай бұрын
Psychopath is another
@kamhyde40
Ай бұрын
Malignant narcissist--how many lives did Leon end up destroying?
This is how a narcissist talks: all self-promotion and self-pity. And then on the stand, he squirms and slithers away from making ANY statement that admits he's done wrong, regardless of irrefutable proof, such as a recording.
@TheRetroWoman80
Ай бұрын
And the fact that he's on the surveillance recording with the fake hit man....I'm like 🙄 quit it with the speech about this goes against your morals as a physician.
@Nadia-bf7kn
Ай бұрын
Yep narcs refuse to take accountability it's everyone else fault but theirs
@noisemaker1078
Ай бұрын
Your comment describes Trump exactly!
@suzannebosjolie7532
Ай бұрын
@@noisemaker1078 What does Trump have to do with this story? You’re obviously saying he’s a narcissist. I agree with that. Name a politician who isn’t. I despise them all on both sides of the isle, but, Trump is the only president in history who did what he promised he would do. It would take too long to list his achievements here. BTW, if you are low to middle income, how do you feel about how our country has changed under Biden’s leadership? Inflation to the point people have to work 3 jobs to put food on table and gas in the car, men in women’s sports and locker rms., full term abortions, migrants getting benefits not afforded Americans and the list goes on and on. If you’re wealthy, you wouldn’t care about any of this😢
@TryMeBo1
Ай бұрын
@noisemaker1078 oh dear 🙄🤦🏼♀️ You just had to bring it there when there's actually less proof on YOUR summary, than the one shown here. Let us pray you never get jury duty..or at least RECUSE YOURSELF, if given the opportunity. 😒 Stay on topic.
How in gods known world does is he eligible for parole? That guys should never be allowed outside... He would go after them even if he is 70 years old.
@marchjuly8539
Ай бұрын
exactly
@junemarshall-kingsley566
Ай бұрын
He needs to be off the planet for there is no remorse, no possibility for remediation, and continues to lie preposterously. He will learn nothing and have a lot of time to think up his next con.
@siiiiiuu7
Ай бұрын
It's his ability to effortlessly lie with a sincere expression that's terrifying
@valialampropoulou1122
Ай бұрын
In Europe, he would be free after about 15 years.
@Grandmotherof3
Ай бұрын
@@valialampropoulou1122 now that’s tragic. And I thought our system was broken!
A narcissist is either the hero or the victim, never the villain. Leon is a narcissist. I honestly don't know what these women saw in him.
@maryanne7161
Ай бұрын
His missing eyebrows, maybe?
@josmclove4426
Ай бұрын
Money
@genx-odus5678
Ай бұрын
@maryanne 😂
@bethlovett7612
Ай бұрын
The Dr degree maybe?
@whatevergoesforme5129
Ай бұрын
@@josmclove4426 agree
That guy looks so smug it’s disgusting.
@junemarshall-kingsley566
Ай бұрын
As they said, he thought he was the smartest person in the room. His arrogance did not win over the jury.
@TheIddieMorris
Ай бұрын
He really is an unlikeable defendant. You just want to slap that smugness right off of his face.
The twist that Valerie was also in this complot to get her Ex murdered really kind of caught me off guard.... I thought she is that good sweet Vet... and I thought that her boyfriend planned to get her murdered in the beginning! So good job 48 hours... You fooled us properly 😊!!!
That is one twisted story for sure. I was wondering who is killing who at some point
@leddoandroidgirl
Ай бұрын
I know! That cold open confused me cause I assumed the woman was the victim out the gate. Now idk. I'll watch and learn 😅
@user-nq6mf2gu7z
Ай бұрын
@@leddoandroidgirl exactly ! IAt first I thought her ex husband killed both of them , Leon and her
@PianoGesang
Ай бұрын
For me it was clear right from the start when I saw his eyes and heard his name.
@ABC-ed8cg
25 күн бұрын
At first I thought Leon killed Valerie’s ex-husband. I’m not too far off. Most would guess correctly that Leon is a bad person cos he has a wild look in his eyes and a very fake & weird smile.
Who else #LOVES48HOURS 45min videos❔?
@gaillessard2786
Ай бұрын
Someone is murdered in these programs. So no, I don't 'love them'. They are cautionary tales.
@joekayed5954
Ай бұрын
Been so addicted lately
@JanetRichards-gh6rr
Ай бұрын
ME!
@VioletJoy
Ай бұрын
These videos are very well done. They're concise and easy to follow.
@kogrady31
Ай бұрын
These are heartbreaking stories. 48 Hours does an amazing job telling them.
It’s true you can charge anyone with anything but, when the charges are happening multiple times over and over again….. That’s what we call a *pattern.*
@Lemana28021989
Ай бұрын
Also that's so stupid. You aren't charged out of the blue, there has to he something.
@cali.girllivinnnevada8
Ай бұрын
@@Lemana28021989 I meant that people can say what they want and lie about you to get you charged & a lot of times they don’t even require all that much proof. Innocent people go to jail/prison all the time….🙄
Wait.. so they didn't realise it would look suspicious when both their exes would have been killed around the same time?
@rockstarofredondo
Ай бұрын
Why did Valerie want to have her husband killed in the first place? The divorce was over. There would have been zero benefit to it.
@polutanka
Ай бұрын
@rockstarofredondo it was said in the video that he wanted to take their child away from her and he (her ex) wasn't happy about her new relationship because he knew about the new guys' past
So a homeless Dr. who wasn’t really a Dr. found vulnerable women to grift off of. In the end he was just misunderstood. This is a tale as old as time.
@rexiioper6920
Ай бұрын
But he came from money and presumably you don't get to go through seven residencies without having significant connections. We don't get enough about his background in the show.
@BOBBYSNOW-fh4gf
Ай бұрын
@@rexiioper6920 It’s seem from the show he lived off women he manipulated and beat down. He tried to have one of those women erased from life. Then he blamed everything on the woman who wasn’t alive to defend herself. Now he’s in prison probably for the rest of his life. Him being a dr. at this point is highly irrelevant. 😂
“A moment from movie” That’s almost always a red flag. People who love bomb often do things movie like. That should alert you.
@PianoGesang
Ай бұрын
I'm really not pleased to say that you are absolutely right because I have fallen for this over and over again.
@chrise.321
28 күн бұрын
Especially when Valerie was a rough point in her marriage to Mack. Narcissists are so good at finding their next victims.
That’s so interesting and unusual to have an audio journal.
@TheRetroWoman80
Ай бұрын
I was thinking, at first, that she just didn't want to appear on camera for this...and was using this text option instead.
@pnuthead13
Ай бұрын
It’s a gotcha moment. So wild…and truly terrible.
@selecttravelvacations7472
Ай бұрын
I have one. I’m definitely unusual though.
@MsKris2626
Ай бұрын
Doctors do this for progress notes, so it’s not that unusual.
@letspartyallthetime
Ай бұрын
I thought that was her suicide note
Imagine going through 2 different hitmen attempting to take out you & your new spouse’s exes so you can be happy together, then you learn it was all fake, your new spouse jumps off a roof, and you go to jail for life
@junemarshall-kingsley566
Ай бұрын
And then you don't take any of the blame! "If you say so," after hearing a recording of his heinous schemes.
@minoozolala
11 күн бұрын
@@junemarshall-kingsley566Typical narc response.
Megan and mack will be living their best lives while Leon rots, love that! Valerie took the cowards way out, although I do believe if she had never met Leon she wouldn't have done what she did. She'd still be here.
@SharonMartinez
Ай бұрын
But she did. Her entire life was a life of extreme privilege. Valedictorian. Great. She was obviously from a strong financial background with huge support, emotionally and financially. Her first upset in her life - her husband cheated on her? - everything went to pots. I cannot describe the adversity that I have seen in my life as a single parent and the first woman in my family to go to high school. I graduated from medical school late in life. Tortured through residency and could not get through it 3X. Had an ex try to take my home away and fought him in court for almost a year. I have been alone for years. Yesterday, I drove back on a country road because I saw a very small turtle crossing the road. Many cars were going in both directions. I positioned my car to stop all traffic and got the turtle to double-time and cross the road. That made my day. If you cannot appreciate the little things in life, please don't hire a hitman and find excuses for it. And yes, there are some really, really mean people in medicine.
@juniorjohnson5961
Ай бұрын
@@SharonMartinez Did you finally make it through residence. .
@gaslitworldf.melissab2897
Ай бұрын
Yep. Megan's actions really surprised me, but her fiance's , not so much. Some women certainly have the same propensity for violence, but she doesn't didn't have the history. Perhaps he brought out the worst in her. She might have gotten so desperate to have a partner.
@SharonMartinez
Ай бұрын
@@juniorjohnson5961 no. 20 years of education. Never failed a single test my entire academic career. Incredibly respectful. There are doctors practicing medicine who have failed tests repeatedly but they were mollycoddled through the system because they were the right age, socioeconomic background, whatever. I loved being a doctor. I carry my pain. I don’t hire hitmen. Life is not fair. It was never meant to be. Watch a video about what animals do to survive. A million dollar education wasted. But, I did the best that I could. The few years that I worked as a physician, I did save a few lives.
@morethislessthat8396
Ай бұрын
Bad company corrupts good character.
Leon is a cringey conman.
@fluteloop6737
11 күн бұрын
Yup, and women love that type
The way they caught them was pure gold. Cops came in like, “awwwww you’re victims” and then they’re like “SIKE”! 😂
Valarie couldn’t face the consequences of her actions. During Leon’s trial he just shot himself in the foot. He probably thought he could win over the jury. Glad they saw past his nonsense.
@valeriefromoregon
Ай бұрын
Valerie .. people always pronounce and spell it wrong 😑 😝
@PianoGesang
Ай бұрын
Piece of cake. I saw past it and I didn't even hear much from him.
If one woman comes forward, and accuses you of abuse, there's a chance it may not be true. When multiple do, it's definitely not a lie. He's definitely everythning they say he is.
@Nirual
Ай бұрын
That’s actually not always true. Multiple accusers can come for and claim something. It doesn’t make it true. Look up cases where there were multiple accusers who discovered to have lied about what happened to them, either because they wanted money, to ruin the accused’s life or they wanted their fifteen minutes of fame. The worst ones are those who come out every election cycle, telling lies about a candidate, then retreat without a peep once their mission has been accomplished.
@Therezumee92
Ай бұрын
@@Nirual Yeah sure, lets twist things and make it seem like it's common. It's not.
@SweetT601
Ай бұрын
Thats bologna. I have seen where a group of women came forward and then was sued and proved to be lying. Look it up judge Roy Moore.
@siiiiiuu7
Ай бұрын
If the first victim, woman or man, is taken seriously, it can often prevent 'multiple' from existing in many cases. But agree that when numerous people are making the same accusations about a person, you have to look at the common denominator
@SweetT601
Ай бұрын
I disagree. Look at Judge Roy Moore. Numerous women were proven to be lying about him.
Hi love watching these shows. It's 1.30 in the afternoon here in a sunny south Africa.❤❤
@kaylafrans8972
Ай бұрын
Ek kyk die goeters elke dag as ek uit d werk uit kom tot ek weer moet inklok vi werk. Lol
YES!! The best way to wake up…coffee and true crime! Thanks so much @48hrs ❤
@stephanieshaffer4131
Ай бұрын
Yes I got Folgers in my cup ☕😊❤
@zachreed1495
Ай бұрын
Ha, that's what I'm doing!
@HondaHarleyGurl
Ай бұрын
Same lol, both are becoming addictive. 🙈🙊
@Sandybags
Ай бұрын
Wow really.
@doreenchen1024
Ай бұрын
Not for the involved family members :(
Thanks 48 hours for putting out another episode! Keep them coming please. ❤❤❤
Watching from South Africa 🇿🇦
@AlexandraDelRio1
Ай бұрын
Makhatini! ❤ Saffer in Portugal
@angelarios2931
Ай бұрын
Good morning from Somerset Tx 🫶🏻
@tracyH1250
Ай бұрын
🎉🇿🇦 Hi there from KZN 🌟😊
@eveivyprunette655
Ай бұрын
Hello from France. It is now 6 PM.
@yugoslava6409
Ай бұрын
Mee too, 😘
Love Peter van Sants reporting.
Jury made the right decision.
@PianoGesang
Ай бұрын
Wasn't so difficult
Leon Jacob is probably the most arrogant narcissistic individual I've ever seen on any who dunnit show!!!
I'll never understand how someone can make it through classes like premed, then finish medical school..... and pass your boards while being so depraved. Thank goodness he didn't make it through residency because many would have been hurt if this guy was a working physician.
@concettaworkman5895
Ай бұрын
He would have become one of those serial-killer doctors, for sure!
@gtron7692
Ай бұрын
@@concettaworkman5895 Yup!
@rexiioper6920
Ай бұрын
@@concettaworkman5895 residency programs like don't kick people out, he must have been incredibly bad
The way Megan ended her victim impact statement was PRICELESS!! I literally said out loud, "You go girl!" 💖🗣️⭐💯
watching from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
@Yusuave
Ай бұрын
Y'all got electricity & internet over there??? Just kidding 😅
@patienceacheampong9542
Ай бұрын
@@YusuaveNot funny
@MonLeyva-fn7fl
Ай бұрын
Do you guys have crazy people like this over there, too?
@Nihon1892
Ай бұрын
@@MonLeyva-fn7flthere's no shortage of crazy people these days , all over the world 🌍😢
What is with these rich privileged people so full of drama 😒
@Therezumee92
Ай бұрын
When you have money, you get bored. Poor have no time to get bored.
@Odes1Angel
Ай бұрын
@@Therezumee92 correction. Most lower to mid middle class have no time. Poors have drama, they just don't get documentaries
@selecttravelvacations7472
Ай бұрын
All classes have drama. The rich are human too.
@kylegross1081
Ай бұрын
@Odes1Angel it applies to all classes. There’s plenty of poor people that have time. There’s plenty of rich that have time. Just like there’s good and bad people in every class.
@kylegross1081
Ай бұрын
@Therezumee92 plenty of rich people have no time (work all the time to get rich) and plenty of poor people who have time (work 40 hrs and that’s it, likely why they are poor). Every class has all sorts of people
eligible for parole at the age of 69 years old he is stil consider a threat to society
@maryanne7161
Ай бұрын
*Threat. 'Treat' is what he might be thinking of himself to be..
@PianoGesang
Ай бұрын
He won't get paroled unless Israel rules the world.
@marchjuly8539
Ай бұрын
@maryanne7161 sorry for the typo
@maryanne7161
Ай бұрын
@@marchjuly8539 No sorries needed. ❤️
The fact that Leon used his time on the stand to brag about sleeping with Valerie shows who he is. He wanted to brag about sleeping w Valerie, and let Meagan know how little she meant that he moved on so quickly.
Thank goodness the innocent people survived. The husband and girlfriend and ex wife. Thank goodness
@jimwerther
Ай бұрын
The ex-husband isn't all that innocent
Watching from Finland 🇫🇮 Greetings to everyone!❤ Love 48Hours! interesting cases Thanx for uploading!
Leon Jacob should NEVER be eligible for parole, especially in 2047. Even at the age if 69 he is still capable of seeking revenge for what he seems is an injustice for his sentence for the crimes he committed.
“I said that as something he could do. But I didn’t tell him to do that” lmao OOoookkk.
Peter Van Sant the GOAT
Watching from Turkey. 🕊☮️🙋🏻♀️Thank you for the ‘full episode’ uploads.🙏🏼 48Hours is by far the best of the real-crime genre on KZread👍🏻💎
I wish I could see the look on Valerie’s face when Mac came to pick up his daughter after his ex- wife was arrested.
@surlygirly1926
Ай бұрын
She probably couldn't look him in the face.
@JH-it2yr
3 күн бұрын
Perhaps then she wished she could have killed him herself.
Amazing how you're now going to try and pin on a dead woman that isn't there to defend herself. He was the one that made the initial contact. She didn't even show up until the last meeting.
@smurfiennes
Ай бұрын
2 consenting adults, both were equally guilty
@maryanne7161
Ай бұрын
@@smurfiennesImo, if a younger guy takes interest in an older woman, there HAVE to be ulterior motives or some personality defects and negstives.
@lonerebeI
Ай бұрын
She wasn't there to defend herself because she took the cowards way out after she got exposed
@Lemana28021989
Ай бұрын
@@lonerebeIshe was rock bottom after he brought her down there. She didn't see another way out.
@lonerebeI
Ай бұрын
@@Lemana28021989 He brought her down there? She wasn't forced to have her ex killed. SHE willingly participated and then was too much of a coward to face her consequences. Miss me with the double standards
What an episode! This is easily one of my favourites so far!!!
@ABC-ed8cg
25 күн бұрын
Yes full of twists and turns!
Valerie is a victim?! Leon brainwashed her?! Rationalizing knows no bounds! I see Leon bashing in the thread, which is deserved, but what can you say about a mother subjecting her daughter to this craziness?!
-And that’s why I called the chief. -The chief of? -THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN HOUSTON TEXAS!! 😂😂😂😂
@peezypeeze9140
Ай бұрын
This killed me 😂😂
@brittany4206
Ай бұрын
@@peezypeeze9140 🤪 that dude meant business!
@PianoGesang
Ай бұрын
I noticed that it was supposed to be funny but I didn't get it. I'm German can pls. someone explain.
@youngjordan8283
Ай бұрын
I wouldn't want to make bond with him.
@peezypeeze9140
Ай бұрын
@@PianoGesang to me it’s just funny cause the bondsman is dramatic as hell. It also is weird that he didn’t name the law enforcement the chief was part of. In America you have chief of police and fire chiefs, so which one was he trying to call? 😂
Before committing suicide to avoid the inevitable, left an audio dedicated to romanticising a serial abuser and sociopath. I wonder if she dedicated any commentary for her child?
For an educated doctor, it seems funny that he didn't think that it would have been suspicious enough that both their exes died at the same time
@marsharowaihy6725
Ай бұрын
Right! Good point
Leon Jacobs should NEVER be eligible for parole! What an ARROGANT, CRAZY dude!
@fluteloop6737
11 күн бұрын
That's just how the ladies like them...as long as they have money too
Watching from Germany! Huge 48hours fan! Peter Van Sant is my favorite!
@Theaddora
Ай бұрын
Him and Erin Moriarty are mine!!
@PianoGesang
Ай бұрын
@@Theaddora Schlesinger ain't bad either
@PianoGesang
Ай бұрын
That makes two of us
You really think you know a person until you’re shown who they truly are
@dianahiggins1397
Ай бұрын
By then it could be too late
@staciacrick3373
Ай бұрын
The red flags are always there it’s just whether or no a person wants to know the truth and live in reality versus fantasy
It is true to this day, Leon is still waiting for his parole board to be born 😂
@Greenwalk64
Ай бұрын
😂
@user-lh4hi8jt6c
15 күн бұрын
Ha! Good one…😂
The level of disgusting it is to see guilty people pretend to be the victim!. THEY HAVE YOU ON VIDEO!!!!!
Dying at her calling him beautiful etc lol with his beady little eyes And he gets on the stand and immediately arrogantly lectures the jury
No one in chat mentions how evil Valerie is too?
@Rebecca-hc5ju
Ай бұрын
Probably because she's dead.
@Chicagocubbiegirl
27 күн бұрын
No point in beating her up. I don't get how folks are hating on her ex just because of Valerie's incredibly self serving suicide note.
So Valerie is most definitely not innocent but I do not agree with the man that said Valerie was entirely responsible. Leon had already tried this hit man thing before.
@PianoGesang
Ай бұрын
Don't be naïve, no one thought that she was entirely responsible. There's no need to even consider that.
@JugglingG
Ай бұрын
I think looking at their lives as a whole and overall history and patterns of behaviour is more telling than anything else as to who was the mastermind behind this thing
You know it's going to be a great day when 48 Hours posts 💯
@heatherbeach4696
Ай бұрын
Yeah or a good night sleep! Lol❤ Usually I watch and it knocks me out
@MandiMomOf8Channel
Ай бұрын
@@heatherbeach4696 I have 8 kids including a baby who almost never sleeps. I get maybe 3 hours of sleep a night lately and I feel like it's ending me.
You REALLY have to be empty within to be willing to plan something like this. I'm glad the exes were not harmed. Episodes like this always make me wonder what situations I'm sitting near, walking by or shopping around. Just sick.
@PianoGesang
Ай бұрын
The Sword of Damocles is related to these thoughts.
@TheRetroWoman80
Ай бұрын
@@PianoGesang I just researched this. Quite interesting.
Looking forward to catching this after work today!
Hey.. lots of 48hr fans flooding in! 😊😊😊 Good to see ya.. ENJOY TODAY. I'm not familiar with this case.. The kids are the ones who have suffered because the parents were all so narcissistic and dangerous. Leon is an absolute sociopath!! I agree that Valerie was vulnerable when she met Leon, but, she could've put a stop to all that madness. She paid with her life instead of walking away. Sad case all around.
@kamhyde40
Ай бұрын
By the time she went to Olive Garden--she was an entirely different person. Moral compass no longer working.
This case - seriously?!.. Those two found each other. Everybody says he is an evil narcissist, but she is the same!
It's almost like the more money someone has and they more successful they become, the more the crazy comes out in them.
@kimberlychelen9890
Ай бұрын
Truly-true!
@2msvalkyrie529
Ай бұрын
Doctors / Surgeons are well known to suffer from the " God Complex " . ie. They are superior to " ordinary " people...!
@rockstarofredondo
Ай бұрын
Nah I am definitely much calmer and more rational now that I’m not poor anymore. These shows are cherry-picked for entertainment purposes. Much more “crazy” happens amongst the poors.
@kamhyde40
Ай бұрын
@@rockstarofredondo Maybe both extremes--poverty and privilege bring out the worst in people?
JUST realized....I love to see these cases because JUSTICE is served!! This monster will never be free again to harm anyone. Thank GOD!
Imagine going through medical school, becoming a doctor, and then wasting everything on hiring a hit man! If you don't want a relationship, move on! Absolutely disgraceful. Glad both targets were not harmed. Could have been a lot worse.