What irritates me about her is that she wasted 4+ years fake studying when she could've gotten her GED.

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As a daughter of Vietnamese immigrant, my parents were very similar to Jennifer’s parents. They were also very emotionally abusive saying things like no one would ever love me, and that’s why I don’t have any friends (not bc they were so strict that I couldn’t even form friendships lol) during my adolescence. The worst emotional abuse I had received was when they removed all the locks in the bathroom, and when I was at my most vulnerable which was showering. My mom would come in while I was in the middle of showering and berated me. She wouldn’t stop even if I started crying, and it was always over small things. I felted embarrass and ashamed of my body because of that I still have issues revolving around my own body. It was dehumanizing. Once I became a legal adult I broke off my relationship with them, and they will never be a part of my life. I know it’s hard to break ties with your parents, but I just wish Jennifer didn’t resort to killing her parents.

her dad screaming for help is haunting, I honestly wanted to cry

the thing about this story that baffles me the most is that jennifer would’ve rather killed her parents for insurance money instead of being poor with her boyfriend. she wanted to be independent but wouldn’t work for it. also i still wonder if she feels any guilt for what she did cause she doesn’t act like it

What Jennifer did was, without question, absolutely wrong, but I can't help but find myself empathizing with her. I get how hard it is to grow up feeling like you need to meet unrealistic expectations in order be "worthy" of your parents' love and approval, and I get what it's like to feel like you have to lie because their rules are so strict. Toxic, dysfunctional, or abusive households really do screw people up, and while Jennifer is responsible for her own actions and her mom didn't deserve to die like that, I think it should be noted that had her parents raised her in a healthy way where she was allowed to fail and make mistakes, none of this would have happened. Parents, please allow your kids to fail. You can spare them a lifetime of psychological issues.

as a daughter of immigrant parents i was screaming internally because i dealt with parents just like these. I became incredibly sneaky and i skipped almost 2 yrs of hs without them knowing. Once i was able to have a job they still didn’t let me have a social life so i’d lie about going to work and would spend time with my friends. but i would neverrrr consider murdering my family like wtf 😟

Hailey is genuinely the highlight of my entire week

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i have already heard this story on two podcasts and a documentary- but i just know it will hit different when you tell it

Imagine if she had not messed up her knee and was still able to skate. She was probably the little golden child back in the day, winning the skating medals Parents mean well but they should compromise with a double major. Let their kid pursue something practical but also let them go towards their talents Also she did not need a GED. Just one credit in math. She could have done that in summer school

this story never gets any less f*cked up regardless of how i often i hear it

The person I feel the most for in this situation is the brother, honestly. Yes, Jennifer trying to kill her parents when she had so many chances to finally do the right thing for once, and constantly lying even after the deed, is horrendous. But one could argue she'd been in an emotionally and psychologically abusive situation. Likewise, almost no one deserves to be ambushed and murdered in their OWN home, but you could argue her parents' style of parenting was emotionally and psychologically abusive. But the brother... Can you imagine being under pressure from your parents and in the shadow of your supposedly perfect sister, who turned out to just be lying her way through life while you were ACTUALLY working hard and going to school and trying to satisfy your parents' demands on your life. THEN come to find out your sister just decided to try to kill both of them, disrupting your whole family and never even thinking about how YOU must have felt?? Like she thought she was the only person who would be affected by this? Maybe he felt some resentment, too, but he didn't want them DEAD? If one of my siblings tried to pull that mess I would probably never forgive them.

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I actually went to the same school as her, but many years later and learned about this case freshman year while my friend's and I were digging up info on the school, one of the teachers that taught her still works there and still visits her in prison, what a small world. To note, the school is very difficult, a lot of students are depressed and stressed, you basically teach all the material to yourself

Ok serious note, the dad must be afraid of his daughter. How traumatizing to see your attackers and your child just talking to them all chill like 🤔 excuse me daughter, a little help? DAMN

Wow, this story is crazy. My friend from high school got kicked out of uni, so he pretended to attend online classes. He did this for almost 2 years and the pressure had to be crazy. It ended up with him commiting sui****. He never told anyone, we found out after it was too late. Please, school is not everything and life is such a precious thing, its never too late to talk to someone

Before Jennifer like actually kills her parents or even thinks of it and stuff this story always makes me feel so anxious. My moms Japanese and I know what it’s like to grow up with expectations that u can’t meet, and at one point when I was super young (like 6 lol) I did lie, all the time. The guilt during that period in my life was so stressful, and it lasted for longer than a decade. I really feel for og Jennifer, I would never be able to stomach faking a degree so I just lost weight, my hair and sleep from studying instead but I know what it’s like to sit in a room for 6 hours bc you’re trying to keep up with a lie you don’t know how to get out of.

I feel kinda awful for saying this, but I have strict parents too and it made me manipulative and good ag lying too: Strict parents only breed good liars, sneaky kids, manipulators and bad mental health. I hate to blame them because they the victims that were murdered here. But I genuinely believed if her upbringing wasn't so strict and sheltered and her accomplishments were cared for, things might've turned out different. It's a really sad situation for everyone involved here, really.

as a torontonian, just to provide some extra context: sickkids isn't a clinic, it's a pediatric hospital. it's considered the best in north america and even this year was ranked best in the world. jennifer picked probably one of the hardest hospitals to get a job in straight out of university for her cover story lol

why would she pretend going to college for two years when she could’ve used that time to finish high school by retaking that one calculus class she failed and then easily applied to college and gotten accepted 😭

The fact her dad was still alive and was running outside was so sickening

So, yes this situation escalated into something real wrong and truly disturbing and I just wanna add that I myself have been in a similar spot as Jennifer which luckily got taken care of in the right way. I had basically lied to my parents about my entire time in school from when I started at 6 to about 2 years ago, so around 14 years of my life. Mostly it was the fact that I was bullied and didn't go to school all the time, but I didn't want to disappoint my parents. It got to the point where I seriously considered ending it all, but I am so very lucky to have a wonderful mother and sister who intervened and got me the help I needed. Turned out I've had untreated Autism and ADD for 20 years which led to feeling wrong and out of place and wanting so bad to please everyone around me that I neglected my own well-being. What I'm trying to say is that I can recognize so much of Jennifer's behaviour and it breaks my heart to know that if just one person had really listened to her and wanted to help her for the right reasons, all of this could have been prevented.

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Moral of the story, don't be strict parents, or at least not too strict that causes mental trauma and emotional pain. Overly strict parents cause a toxic environment that crates sneaky kids that learn to lie, cheat, and do bad things behind their backs, or depressed, unhealthy, anxious, mentally stressed, and socially awkward adults. But the good thing is that when you're an adult, you can leave your parents and be on your own and you don't have to see them ever again if you don't want to (especially if they were toxic and hurt you). Just cuz they're family doesn't mean you have to stick around with them.

I haven’t watched the whole video yet but everyone i’ve seen who has covered it has missed it so far so i’m just gonna say it. Jennifer’s Mom even told her like it was okay if she didn’t succeed all the time as long as she keeps trying she won’t disappoint her. And it just makes it so much more heartbreaking because her mother understood all the pressure they put on her and wanted Jennifer to know she was loved regardless. Edit: (I understand that some household may say things like that and not mean it or show it [my family is the same way] but the fact of the matter is she said it and we will never know if she meant it or not, so take it for what you will, i didn’t mean to upset anyone)

Her father crying out for help is so heartbreaking 💔

I find it really hard fo sympathise with the parents here to be very honest, as someone who has a narcissistic mother and emotionally absent father whose expectations for me grew and grew before I even had the chance to meet the prior expectations resulting in being now an apathetic compulsive liar myself. No child should think that they need to win their parents’ love, affection and attention (though Jennifer shouldn’t be absolved of her responsibility and hand in this case) I’m happy that the dad survived, I do hope the brother is in good recovery of the trauma he received. Edit: I’m happy that the dad survived bc now he has a chance to introspect on his actions too

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hearing hailey say mcaster instead of mcmaster made my hamilton self cry a little bit

Hey girl, as a Canadian who remembers the case well, I'd like to make a couple of corrections - Scarborough is one of the boroughs that make up the City of Toronto, not a separate town. Also, Sick Kids is not a clinic - it's the nickname of The Hospital for Sick Children, a world-class pediatric hospital in Toronto. Great video as usual, though.

I don’t get it… There are so many things wrong with this Jennifer’s logic!!! 1. She didn’t even have to get a GED… she could have just taken the class she needed in summer school or at a community college and she would have graduated… 2. As you said she could have gotten her GED during the two years…and then started college late… heck she could have taken a summer semester to catch up and graduate in the time frame her parents expected her to graduate. 3. (And this is the biggest one) She was an ADULT!!! Meaning she doesn’t have to listen to her parents or follow their rules… They literally can’t do anything about her living with her boyfriend after she turned 18! She could run away and they couldn’t do anything about it! And that’s just the problems with her reasons why… there are way more problems with this whole case… But I guess she kind of got what she wanted in a sick way… she’s not living under their rule anymore! Now instead of “house arrest” she’s under real arrest!

is no one else bewildered by how no one involved figured out she was lying ? like how would you even believe that

When you started to explain fabricating emotion whilst critically thinking about a question...you were so eloquent and on point. Don't put yourself down 👏 such a good point and very well explained 👑. xox

As a South Asian with immigrant parents, I can empathize with what Jennifer was feeling and going through. It's really hard to deal with this kind of pressure, to not be able to make mistakes, to not be comfortable with being yourself and telling your parents about certain important people in your life (a partner), to not be able to study what you want... I get it. I really do. I also had to deal with this kind of emotional abuse. My phone and computer use was monitored. I wasn't allowed to date or go out with friends after school. My mom timed how long it took me to get home from school too. I ended up skipping school a lot just so I could have a social life. I have a loving partner now, and I am still too afraid to tell my parents about him. When you're on such a tight leash that you can't breathe without being noticed, it may seem there's no way out. But what she did is wrong and cold-hearted. She could've just cut ties with them if she was so afraid to face them. I haven't cut ties with mine, but I used an excuse of a job to move away and I am so much happier now that I am free to move around without being monitored. I hope I will one day get the courage to show my parents who I really am, and what/who makes me happy.

I had a childhood like this exact one. But you know what i got through it. The abuse is not justification to kill your parents. You get through it, you move the h away from your family. This childhood exactly is normalized in asian households, there’s a golden child and a scapegoat and you get pitted with each other. But you move on, you get your life together away from them and get therapy. GET THERAPY. Not murder. Geez.

At first i was thinking like why kill them just cut ties completely ,just pretend they're dead yk ,then she mentioned the inheritance money . Honestly I find it hard to sympathize cause she could've gone with many other options

watching jennifer’s logic fall apart while being questioned is one of the hardest things to do Oof

I understand how incredibly hard it is dealing with over controlling strict insane parents. And I truly believe these abusive people caused their daughter to break from reality. BUT if she was already living on her own with the bf and she’s what 22? When they die… just leave? You’re a legal adult, tell them where they can shove it and leave. You didn’t need to kill them.

two videos a week bestie? we are blessed also i just found your music playlist and it’s such a good one!!

hailey’s channel has quickly become my favourite, i’m always waiting till friday for her to upload!!!

Hailey: stayed tuned to the end to see my bangs! Also Hailey: *does hello fresh add exposing her bangs*

Hearing her dad yell for help when Jennifer was on phone with the police was heartbreaking

I've heard of her story many times and it's honestly scary because I'm also Vietnamese and my parents have nearly strict expectations but they are more lenient compared to Hann and Bich. Hearing her story really makes me reflect and more grateful. Sometimes I butt heads with my parents and resent them since I don't meet every single expectation and every time I read about Jennifer, it scares me and gets me not to lose myself because I could've ended up like her. Her case can definitely be seen as a cautionary tale. I may feel sorry for her but that doesn't mean I support her because I do not. What she did was unwarranted and inhumane. Just to clarify, to those who are not Vietnamese. Her mom's name is NOT pronounced as "Bitch" or "Bick", it's pronounced almost like "Bit". Just because a foreign name sounds like an offensive word in English doesn't mean they carry the same meaning and context. Hell, "douche" in French means "shower" unlike in English slang where it is a pejorative term.

19 minutes in and your story telling is more in detail of story of jennifer than other youtubers who have already covered on this. good job.

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Ah yes, heard of her through JCS. Breaks my heart and frustrates me, this case. I totally see how she got where she did--her parents were emotionally abusive, and her upbringing was awfully rough. I just wish she thought of a different way to handle it. I know not every option is available to everyone, and some can't hold out as long as they'd need to, but my goodness. She was smart enough to be able to fake all of this graduating. She could have done something for real. She could have made something for herself. Murder is just so not the solution...

The phone call with the father screaming is chilling 🥶

I have my GED myself all she had to do was just pay a certain amount of money ( im not sure how much it is there) and go take the GED test she would have passed it as smart as she is and I'm sure she would have got a scholarship because of the high score that she would have got on it I guarantee it most of the people that take classes for or the ones that have been out of school for a long time and just don't remember much of the curriculum that is on the test or if they know they're going to have trouble with certain parts like I'm really bad at math for instance. This story makes no sense to me

Wow to think she really could have just got her last credits and graduated or got her GED

Hey Hailey! Thanks for talking about this case. It’s actually really big among the younger Asian community and is something we hope is a cautionary tale for Asian parents that still enforce this strict parenting. I’m Asian and I luckily have very understanding parents who just want me to be happy and do my best but there are sadly still lots of Asian kids that are treated like this and have resentment towards their parents.

Not the bangs being shown immediately after saying stay tuned till the end 💀💀💀

cant even imagine the emotional instability of the father and how his life changed so drastically.

Americans almost never say the province names when they explain where someone lived in these stories. “Scarborough, Canada” sounds so funny to me. It’s like if I said “Boston, United States” (not a hate comment just an observation) Edit: Province = state. Scarborough is a city. So the point I am making is that saying “Boston, USA” instead of “Boston, MA” sounds just as weird to put it into perspective. There’s nothing different about the way Canada labels the land, we just call states “provinces.”

this story makes me so sad because it really highlights the really severe cons of emotional abuse from parents to their children. like if her parents would’ve allowed her to be the successful musician like she wanted to maybe none of this would’ve even happened in the first place :/. rip to her parents though no one deserves to did in that manner.

i’m from Ontario and i’ve never heard of this story so thank you for telling it !!! also Scarborough is pronounced “scar-bro“ basically lol

“You’re giving someone a MacBook?” Lmaooo this whole story is truly insane

This is crazy, but I relate so much to her relation with her parents. My parents are immigrants too and we moved to Canada. They would always call me useless if I didnt have perfect grade and couldnt chose what I wanted to do in the future. I couldnt have a boyfriend before 18 and my parents would not let me go to friends house they would only come to mine. I also have a brother who was perfect and always compared to. Later, I completed 2 years of nursing and quit because I did too much anxiety and decided to go in the banking field and be a financial analyst. I never told them to this day my real job. My friends keep telling me why wouldnt I tell the truth, but when you grew up being beating up, not that simple. But all that aside, I never thought of doing something like that to my parents…

I’m so glad your covering this case!!! When I first heard about it it was so interesting to me, I’m happy to hear your thoughts on it!

It bring me soooo much joy to see these videos every week, always have them on in the background the make school work easier

I’ve seen this story covered several times and you added in a lot of new details and clips! I love it!

Son of a Chinese/Vietnamese immigrant here. I can relate to Jen , as emotional abuse really does take its toll, especially coming from parents who only want the best for their children. They work so hard and the last thing they want is for their children to go through the same trauma as them. As parents, they see us grow up our whole lives, but as their child, we only see part of our parents lives. Parents also have their own demons, traumas and insecurities as well. Fleeing a wartorn country to Australia with high expectations of a better life and then forcing these new found opportunities onto their offspring can be a blessing and a curse. As an adult now, i understand why, but as a child, it can fuck with your mind in many ways, eventually there will be a breaking point as all humans naturally yearn to be accepted, loved and ultimately find their own independance. Without an outlet, anything can happen. For me, it was acceptance in the form of friends and socialising and status. In my case, it was drugs and partying. Whether it was taking drugs, selling drugs, i was all for it, i felt untouchable. But eventually it all comes crashing down because the problem isnt 100% with the parents, but is within us to understand the situation and navigate the issue with a plan, implement a strategy and execute. No two households are the same, but can be quite similar. Eventually i got clean, rebuilt relationships from scratch, swim at 6am daily and proved that i can be successful in my passion without a university degree. I'm still navigating this issue at age 27, when all my peers are married with multiple businesses and properties. It's not easy, and if im gonna be honest, i dont blame her for for going down such a horrible path. She was at her breaking point and she felt like she had no way out, when in fact she did - she was jsut too suffocated emotionally broken see it, because she was so trapped in that environment. She felt like she couldnt leave/survive on her own/or be independant. She seemed like a really clever girl; forging papers, buying textbooks and writing notes - that takes planning and finesse. It honestly sounds exactly what i used to do from ages 14 to 24. But at the end of the day, positive planning, strategy and execution (exiting the environment) wouldve been the answer, not literally an EXCUTION. Poor girl, all she wanted was to be loved and to be free. I am still on that same path now, but thank the heavens only Dad and Mum have animosity with each other, but not toward me, only because i made the right choices. It could easily have been me on the news if something snapped in my brain. I hope her and her surviving family finds peace.

I've seen many comments saying why wouldn't she just run away. I don't wanna defend her because what she did was absolutely horrific but I think she had a huge resentment for her parents and that could've been another motive for the murders not just having freedom and money.

girl two videos in one week is a great excuse for no videos in the past two weeks genuinely made my day better

This is the best version of this story I’ve seen/heard. Thank you!

Honestly, your videos are the only thing I hope for every week. I've watched them maybe 3 times by now

I have to say, I’ve watched like 3 different deep dives into this story over the past few years but Hailey still manages to add more to it. Research skills unmatched!! 💕

Honestly I’ve seen so manny cases where kids are restricted by their parents so much it lasts into their adult lives, where the parents still have control that they shouldn’t have. Resulting in things like this happening. I don’t think what she did was right but I can understand to an extent why she did it.

the queen is back!! two times this week. i love the time and effort you put into your videos💕

The dads screams made me tear up

I love your channel sm sometimes I can’t handle some of the videos but you’re so relaxing and enjoyable to watch

I've heard this case a million times but I clicked on this video because Haley is awesome at telling stories.

i’ve heard this story sooo many times but of course i’ll hear again just cause i love your storytelling

She has such a great way of explaining things, I could listen for hours! (Actually kinda did already by binge watching her vids another day.. lol...) I'm glad, I subscribed right away. Appreciate the amount of work and the effort of researching everything ❤

Hailey explains stuff so well I love her so much

I just wanna say that this is one of my favorite channels, like EVER. I really like listening to this type of stuff while I work, and I just love love love your personality. I always look forward to your videos cus I know it’s always gonna be interesting😁.

dude I`m gonna cry this is excactly what I needed today

OML I found this story so fascinating glad you made a video on it x

You are the meaning of TGIF!!! Love your videos and always look forward to them!

She could've literally gotten a job, saved up and moved out and made her own rules.

Wow 500k subs I’m so proud of you hailey

Excited to hear you explain this case. Proud of you Hailey! Get that biznag 😎

Watching her videos is like talking to a friend that is obsessed with true crime and conspiracy theories. And idk why but I love when she do her eyebrows.

her story makes me so sad. when i was in grade 12, my mental health got really bad and i stopped going to school pretty much. i’d gotten an early acceptance to the university of toronto, but i ended up failing about 3 classes because i was missing so much school. so i wasn’t able to graduate & my acceptance was rescinded, of course . luckily for me though i had understanding parents who didn’t mind me taking time off for my mental health . they were super supportive & i went back the next year to finish off my credits and i was able to graduate. i ended up going to a different school in toronto after high school but i got into every single program i applied to i couldn’t imagine how i would have felt if my parents hadn’t been as understanding as they were. it was hard enough to feel so behind among my peers when i wasn’t able to graduate on time. it was humiliating. honestly felt like my life was over, it was genuinely one of the hardest times in my life i couldn’t imagine feeling like a disappointment to my parents on top of that and feeling like i couldn’t tell them about my failures. she’d only failed one class, it would have been nothing for her to go to summer school, graduate and reapply, but she never felt like she had that option :(

BLESSED DAY TO WITNESS TWO UPLOADS THIS WEEK YOOOOO and a sponsored one too !! hailey kept her kids well fed

this is one of my favorite cases to hear about i’m so glad you covered it

everytime i see she has uploaded a new video i get so hyped 🥺🥺🥺 love ur content

OH HAILY THIS IS AMAZEING I ALWAYS LOVE HEARING YOUR VOICE MAKES MY MORNINGS SO MUCH BETTER THANK UUUU💖💖💖💖💖

seeing this made me so happy i completely forgot you were still going to upload this friday🥺

I've seen so SO many videos on this case and this is the first one that talks about the "teenage lovers" side of the story. Super interesting!

honestly the aesthetics hailey gives off make me sooooo happy

Man, I get having strict parents is tough and I've been there. I also understand how she lies since she thinks there's no other choice. However... Holy shit, how do you like about something so big like graduations?? Honestly, I think at some point you've got to be truthful and take the hit. Lying would just delay the inevitable and make the consequences grow worse as time goes by

i had to double check the date because i didn't think you would post so soon BUT I'M SO HAPPY YOU DID

I’m loving the fact that we got 2 videos this week!!!😫 pls do it againnnn

It hates different when you're watching all these videos of her in the questioning and the phone call and all you really feel like you're there with them and can see the actual fear in Jennifer's eyes from being caught

The entire time i watched this video i wondered where I had heard of this girl before. Then I realized I watched a JCS video about her and showed her interrogation. I loved watching this video especially after having seen her interrogation. Thanks for another great video Hailey :))

Whenever you upload a video, my day instantly gets better.

She spend so much just to keep up a lie, she was an adult she could've just left or go to therapy 🤦‍♀️ Its frustrating how it didn't had to end up like that.

I live in London Ontario, 2 hours away from Toronto! So funny to hear you talk about and say the names of places and schools so close to me, great video!