Boy, 17, to be tried for murder as an adult after 16-year-old girl he met at church is found dead

A teenager is being charged with the murder of a 16-year-old girl after he allegedly gave her ecstasy laced with fentanyl that caused her to overdose and die.

Jacob Sayre, 17, is on trial as an adult for the alleged sale of drugs and was booked on second-degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child and delivery of a controlled substance on Thursday. in Ozark, Missouri.

Police said the alleged drug deal occurred in September, after the youths 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 reprimand the alleged killer, while revealing that her daughter had been struggling with ‘feelings’. of not being ‘good enough’ and depression. before fatally overdosing on her early on September 4.

At 11 p.m. the night before, the mother recalled, she and her husband wished their daughter goodnight for what would be the last time, only to find her dead the next morning. That said, despite the severity of the charges against her, Sayre is out on $50,000 bail.

Police said the alleged drug deal ended the life of sophomore Victoria Jones prematurely, after the young men met at her local church.

Speaking for the first time on Saturday, the mother revealed that her daughter was not friends with Sayre and claimed that her daughter, with her dying breath, tried to call Sayre when she began to feel the effects of the powerful painkiller, but was ignored. her as she succumbed, alone, to the effects of her.

He now demands that the teenager face justice for his actions, writing on Saturday after news of his temporary release broke: “There is a special place in hell for people who are this evil.”

Meanwhile, police have released scant details about what led to the teen’s sudden overdose death, saying only that Victoria had met Sayre the night before she died and that the pair had met the previous year at the church.

Authorities called to the scene by the girl’s distraught parents reported that they had found a rolled up $20 bill and a blue pill that they had cut off on her nightstand 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. Chillingly, the cops said the letter ended abruptly with the phrase “I’m planning.”

Before leaving the scene, officers added that family members at the home told them that the girl, while not addicted, had experimented with other drugs, including weed, molly and cocaine.

“Today marks the 104th day without our daughter Victoria,” Wendie wrote in the post shared to Facebook Saturday by a family friend.

An autopsy report further revealed that the victim had foam in the throat and MDMA, the scientific abbreviation for the main ingredient found in ecstasy, and fentanyl in her system. The coroner, without elaborating, said the amount of fentanyl in his 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 drugs to her.

In the messages, cops said Sayre instructed the girl on how to crush and inhale the pill for a faster, more pronounced high, advising her: “Just keep a bucket near you and inhale half of it.”

“Just do one quarter and then the other quarter if you don’t feel it.”

Mom Wendie Glass Jones (right), who has another adult son and two other children with her husband David (second from right), a respected software engineer, said of the 17-year-old suspect: “There is a special place in hell for people who are this bad’

After inhaling the drug, cops confirmed the victim texted Sayre again, saying he did it wrong and he could feel it working. She died sometime soon after.

Sayre later told investigators that he met the girl at church and handed her the pill, but claimed he did not know what it was.

After being tracked down earlier this week, a shaken Sayre told police a friend told him the drug dealer left Sayre a ‘per,’ possibly slang for the prescription pain reliever Percocet, in a mailbox in the nearby town. of Springfield.

When questioned, Sayre claimed not to know the exact address of the mailbox, but that it was in a specific neighborhood. Sayre also told police that the pill was wrapped in a Tylenol coating and that he drove to the victim’s home on September 3 to deliver it.

During his questioning, which was eventually interrupted 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 terminated a few minutes later at the parents’ request, as they wanted to be present for further questioning.

Court documents also showed that investigators searched her phone and found Snapchat correspondence between her and Sayre, in which the two discussed Sayre bringing drugs to her. In the messages, cops said Sayre gave the girl instructions on how to crush and inhale the pill, and she advised him: “Just keep a bucket close to you and inhale half of it.”

In a post shared on Facebook Saturday afternoon by a family friend, Wendie claimed that anyone who knew her daughter “knew she wasn’t a drug addict.” “Today is day 104 without our daughter Victoria.”

She proceeded to react to recently aired news about Sayre and her recent release, which she said made her ‘physically ill’.

“As I sit here this morning thinking about what I saw on television last night and now rereading the article, it makes me physically sick,” he recalled.

‘The only thing I know for sure is that on the night of September 3 at 11:00 p.m. I went into Victoria’s room to say goodnight, give her a hug and a kiss, and tell her that I love you and I’ll see you in the morning. morning. .

‘The next morning was the beginning of this nightmare. To find her son… To find his 16-year-old son dead the next morning.

She proceeded to make explosive claims about Sayre, who claimed he “had a drug problem since he was 14 years old,” including accusations that he ignored Victoria’s desperate phone call for help on September 4 and chose not to notify the police. policeman.

‘My daughter was dead because of what he gave her. Ecstasy mixed with a lethal amount of fentanyl,” Wendie wrote.

“He didn’t try to help her when she called him…He didn’t alert us, he didn’t call 911, he didn’t do anything.”

The family is now demanding that the accused murderer face justice for the young man’s death.

He added that even though Sayre’s propensity for drugs is well known, “his parents didn’t really do anything until he was 16,” in early 2022, and already “out of control.”

Wendie, who has another grown son and two other children with her husband David, a respected software engineer in the normally quiet mountain town community, went on to say: “There’s a special place in hell for people who are like that. of evil”.

The family recently reunited during a football game at their daughter’s school, Ozark High School, where she was a straight-A student and member of the National Honor Society.

A standout softball player, known to her friends as ‘Vic’, the teenager hoped to attend an Ivy League university to study chemical engineering.

A post remembering the youngster on the school’s website read: ‘Victoria always gave her all, did her best and wouldn’t settle for less.

“She was a hard-working and dedicated employee at Braum’s in the Ozark for 2 years, mowing gardens during the summer on the weekends, donating her time and strength on a farm, all while carrying a heavy course load at school.”

Victoria’s death comes as the latest casualty in a national crisis sparked by a recent spike in deaths from fentanyl, a morphine-like synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin.

Victoria’s death comes as the latest casualty in a national crisis sparked by a recent spike in deaths from fentanyl, a morphine-like synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin.

The drug, which is cheap and easy to manufacture despite its potency, is often used in conjunction with other illicit drugs to make its effects appear more potent.

Synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, were involved 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 via GPS tracking, and is only allowed to leave the home for drug and medical treatment.