I don't know if Keith Maginn or his book can be brought up in this trial. But that book exists and will continue to exist...and the portrait it paints of the deceptive, manipulative, chaotic personality of MM...will deliver justice for Jason well beyond this trial.
The book is extraordinary because it is rare that we get a glimpse of a murderer-in-the-making. This book cannot be dismissed by those MM has deceived as being written for profit, or notoriety, or to insert oneself into a tragedy. As the book explains, the only reason it was written, long before Jason lay dead in his bedroom...was to help KM move past his own emotional scars from living with and trying to love MM. The book has long been on Amazon...just a forgotten testimonial of the havoc she brought into his life. It is stunning to read...as an insight into what Jason would face in his marriage to MM.
MM is, in my opinion. an excellent exploiter of vulnerabilities. The early pictures of her days as a Nanny are interesting as she sprawls on a bed in one photo...smiling with young SC as a prop. Her clothes are also interesting. In one, her blouse is revealingly open. Look at her FB as a tutorial in exploitation...she has discovered the vulnerabilities of the young Widower: his loneliness, his normal sexuality, and above all, his devotion to his children. JC had one other vulnerability...his goodness and his honor. Once she ensnared him sexually, he felt a duty to her. This was compounded by his fear of removing a Mother figure from his motherless children's lives.
The FB pictures show a woman indulged...indulged with trips, expensive clothes, etc. I wonder if the Martens weren't Jason's allies in trying to manage MM....maybe that's why they were carted along on vacations and a guest suite created for them. And just for discussion purposes, because this is only my humble opinion, how do we know it was MM who called her parents on that fateful weekend? Maybe JC called that he needed their help, and knowing their daughter...they immediately cancelled their plans, jumped in the car, and drove to the house to try to "manage" the situation. . Once there, they dispatched the children to a neighbors house...and tried to control their daughter...while JC removed himself and sat outside, occasionally chatting with neighbors.
In this scenario, the Martens finally think they have placated MM and as part of that process, bring the children back to the house. Jason goes to bed. The Martens believe they have handled the latest rage of their daughter and go to bed as well.
TM awakens to the sound of a "donnybrook." He rushes upstairs and finds JC on the floor being pummeled with a baseball bat by MM. He grabs the bat from her...and tries to attend to Jason. MM, runs outside and returns with the paving brick and continues her assault.
TM realizes Jason is dead...and now the coverup is constructed, all before the 911 call. TM decides to take the blame. He has no idea how long and with what maniacal rage, MM had beaten JC before he got in the scene.
It's interesting as well that MM's mother tells Jason's family the foolish lie that he died from a fall. Remember...this is a man who supposedly abused her daughter...who, according to her husband, was trying to kill her daughter. Why would she be protecting Jason by denying the donnybrook...if any of this were true?
I think the recent desperation of the "wedding warning" lie is an indication that TM is now trying to save himself. I wonder if he's realized that even if somehow they both walk free...he and his wife will never be free of MM and her chaos. Their prison will be wondering what she might do next...how long till the next murderous rage?
Just some ramblings on my part. Obviously, we don't know all the facts yet. These thoughts and scenarios are just my opinion..