What do you do if your child goes bad?
John and Diane Shenfeld had a problem. Their 26-year-old drug-abusing, hard-drinking, hemophiliac son, Jason Shenfeld, was starting to act weird - well…weirder than normal.
He was locking the door to his room every time he left and staying out late. Things didn’t feel right.
When Jason Shenfeld refused to give his mother the complete set of his bedsheets to wash, suspicions were raised.
On the 20th of July, 2007, Jason Shenfeld’s father went into his room, looking for the missing bedsheets so that they could finally be washed..
Looking in the closet for the sheets, he found them.
They were wrapped around the body of 18-year-old Amanda Buckley, a young lady who had some troubles with the law, but was a standout softball player at Palm Beach Gardens High School, where she had just graduated from. Her MySpace page name is, ironically, “onlythegooddieyoung18.” She was on probation for cocaine possession, having been arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia in October of 2006.
When his dad asked him why, exactly, there was a dead girl in his closet, Jason Shenfeld said she had died from a drug overdose, that he had panicked and thrown her body there until he could think of what to do about it.
After telling his dad all this, Jason Shenfeld ran out the door.
You might think that John Shenfeld’s first thought would be to call the police, but it wasn’t.
His first thought was to grab his brother, Jason Shenfeld’s uncle, and drive to the house of an attorney that had represented Jason before. They brought him back to the body of the girl to evaluate the scene.
Then they called 911.
Why did they wait until they called 911?
Well, Jason Shenfeld had been in trouble before, you see. He had been charged with sexually assaulting two women, one 18-year-old and one 19-year-old.
According to police reports, they had been drinking rum together at a house Jason was living at for a while. They drank a lot of run. They drank until the girls passed out.
The girls woke up while a naked Jason Shenfeld was dragging them into his bedroom. Once he got them there, he tied them with duct tape, wrapped a belt around the neck of one of the girls, and told them his pit bull would tear them apart if they didn’t do exactly what he told them. The girls told authorities that they knew Jason had a foot-long knife and that he had told them that he had absolutely no problem using it.
Jason forced them perform a variety of sexual acts, both on him and on each other.
Jason Shenfeld was arrested but never charged with sexual assault, even though investigators saw scrapes and scratches on the two women and even though they did find Jason Shenfeld’s DNA at the scene. Evidently the prosecutor thought the two girls were just sluts.
If the prosecutor had done his job, Jason Shenfeld might have been sitting in prison, instead of raping and killing Amanda Buckley.
What’s even worse is that when he was arrested for the attack on those two girls, he was on probation for a robbery conviction.
On the 11th of February in 2002, Jason Shenfeld pulled in behind Janet Welker as she pulled into her driveway at 11:30 at night. As she got out of her vehicle, Jason ran up to her and hit her on the head with his cell phone, while telling her to give him her money or he’d shoot her. He was arrested, pled guilty and given drug offender probation for 5 years.
So it’s safe to conclude that Jason Shenfeld obviously has a problem with being a good citizen.
Not surprisingly, Amanda Buckley’s autopsy revealed that she hadn’t died from a drug overdose.
The truth of the matter was that she had been strangled, her head had been badly beaten, and she had been raped a number of times. There were bruises on her legs, and her neck had hemorrhaged. Duct tape was found in her hair. At the Shenfeld house, investigators found a garbage bag full of more duct tape and some rope.
Police caught up with Jason Shenfeld at a local North Palm Beach hotel. Jason’s location was given to the police by 25-year-old Mia Dipadua, who had been dating Jason for about two weeks, and who had been invited by Jason to stay with him and his pit bull at the hotel he was hiding out in.
Mia Dipadua may have been upset with Jason for having sex with her in a room with a dead girl in the closet.
Interestingly, Jason Shenfeld also invited another woman that he had dated, Kellie Lynn Yeats, to visit with him. Kelly Yeats also refused to visit Mr. Shenfeld, which wasn’t really surprising because they weren’t really on speaking terms.
Perhaps it was because after Jason Shenfeld helped Kelly Yeats move once, he claimed that he had gotten carjacked and all her tattooing equipment had been stolen out of his car. After Jason refused to talk about the details of the carjacking, or reimburse Kelly for the equipment, she decided to just not talk to him anymore.
Once arrested, Jason Shenfeld was charged with first-degree murder, sexual battery and kidnapping.
Prosecutors have stated that Jason Shenfeld, if convicted of first-degree murder, will face the death penalty.
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Well it would seem that his father’s heart was in the right place. Smart move driving to the lawyer’s before calling 911. Little wonder his son turned out to be a murdering psychopath - seems like his parents instilled terrific values.
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Another fruit loop who will probably be out of jail in the next 10 years ready to kill someone else!!
Lock him up and throw away the key!!
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i know jason and his father is a great man he loves his kids and only wanted the best he felt he had the money so why not spend it on a good lawyer but like i seid 6 years ago he was getting away with muder but at the same time i just dint know how bad he trully was after spending Manny many drunken nights alone with him im still confused about how the same guy did this .the guy i knew was a player but he never let on that he was a rapist matter of fact i would have never guessed with all his girlfriends that he would need to rape but i guess life is deceiving and you never truly know who your friends are
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Well. I know the Janet who he attacked in 2002. If I was around I would have put a nice hallow point in his brain!
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I know what has been done by Jason was horrible. Yes he deseres the worst.But hold in mind there has been no word from his lawyer or family. I am sure there are skeletons in all our closets.
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I don’t know about you, but I clean my closets out regularly. The worst thing I have in there is a tie from 1994.
No dead bodies.
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people should think about the shenfeld family. they are hurting just as bad im sure
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No, I’m pretty sure that they haven’t had their daughter killed by a hemophiliac druggie loser.
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no they havent but im sure they are hurtung also. The whole family would be hurt. Dont get me wrong i want jason to get what he deserves
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Fuck the Shenfeld family; what about the Buckleys.?? And that dumb ex Mia should have reported him a long time ago. Maybe if she would have reported him abusing her, he wouldn’t have been out on the streets raping underage girls. I can’t believe his parents didn’t try to help the son with his problems. Calling for a lawyer was the wrong thing to do. And now all of PBC knows what type of ppl the Shenfelds really are.HEARTLESS! what a loser to be living at home with his parents at the age of 26. I dont consider that a player at all. Just a wanna-be drug dealer who must not have been making that much money if he’s still living with his folks. Anyone supporting the Shenfeld’s ought to watch their back. As far as Im concerned, they all should rot in hell. And everyone knows where they live to, so hopefully they feel just as unsafe as Amanda did that night in Jason’s room fighting for her dear life!
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I am being read wrong here i am just as disgusted with what Jason did. I do want him to get what he deserves”HELL” But the whole family didnt do this, just him. There are other members of the family out there besides his parents. That didnt do this .
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But his parents could have faced the consequences and just told her parents. they had plenty of opportunities, like when Amanda’s mom came to get the car, or when she called wondering if they had seen her. And they had. Unfortunately it was in their son’s closet, murdered. If I was Jason’s parent, I hang my head in shame. And I only hope that if he does have siblings out there, they aren’t as fucked up as the rest of the Shenfelds.
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What kind of parents have no idea what’s going on in their own house? I’m sorry, I have three grown kids, one of which lived with me after adulthood for about a year. Our home is not small, but I always knew who was in it. I think I’d especially know if someone was being raped and mudered. But some parents feel it’s better to just turn their heads. And visit a lawyer with a dead body left in the closet. Wow.
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Wow, I am glad my parents checked all the closets when I was at home. If they didn’t then they would be sure to find many dead bodies in my closet after I moved out! Haha, yeah right!
Maybe he too likes raping dead corpse!??!
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By the way this girl was very very pretty.
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Come on……Are we saying that Amanda was an angel? We all know they both were’nt in the right state of mind the whole time they ever hung out! I’m not saying J is innocent, but i am saying that he is a good friend and i don’t think he should be getting treated the way he is. Did you ever think about rough sex? I know J was a freak and i’m sure Amanda was so how come they couldn’t of just got lost in the moment and something bad went wrong? As far as the so called “rapes” that J was accused of commiting, we all know that those girls were whores and J knew there boyfriends so they did’nt want them to find out so they accused rape. And as far as the family goes, J’s father was protecting HIS family by doing that. Who knows what happened in that house? Anyone who’s smart is calling a lawyer as soon as they found someone dead in thier house. God forbid they do but seriously! Give him a fair trial! Innocent until proven guilty, right?
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madelyn reply on May 17, 2008:
I think that Shenfeld should die… just like how he killed that poor girl….it does not matter what habits a person practices…no one deserves to be raped or strangled to death…and for people to defend a murderer? absolutely sickening…if that was your daughter, your mother, or your sister, i’m sure as hell that you would not be defending him!!! murder is murder….rape is rape…you cannot defend his actions, and for you to say that maybe amanda was a freak? have some f-ing respect for her!! she cannot defend herself, so you have no business saying that about her…i don’t even know amanda, so i have a completely unbiased opinion, and i think he deserves the death penalty for what he did..
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friend of the Buckley's reply on May 22, 2008:
Exactly how should your friend Jason be treated?Come on… Does rough sex include murder? Getting lost in the moment usually does not involve rape, a brutal beating and MURDER. As far as the your description of the “so called rapes”, you are an ignorant asshole. And as far as Jason’s family goes, his father ought to be brought up on charges as an accomplace. Anyone who is innocent does not call a lawyer as soon as they found someone dead in thier house, they call the cops. Sounds like you are the same type of character as your good friend Jason. I hope he rots in jail and you both rot in hell!
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Kim reply on June 3, 2008:
“Rough sex”?!? I can NOT believe you are actually defending this guy for MURDER!! Idiot!!! So fucking what if that poor girl wasn’t an angel. She did NOT deserve to be killed and stuffed in a closet for crying out loud. And as far as the “freak” J is concerned, I hope the bastard is locked up for the rest of his life and that he has to endure “rough sex” from his cell mates. Give me a fucking break!!!
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The prosecutor on the original case should burn in hell right along side him!!!!! POS justice system!!!
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“Come on……Are we saying that Amanda was an angel?
What the fuck does Amanda being an angel have to do with anything? I suppose since you don’t seem to think she was an angel, being the murderer’s friend, then well that makes what happened to her a little more excusable and dare I say a little more deserved in your eyes? Perfect or not, I highly doubt that she deserved to be beaten, strangled and raped. Your friend the murderer is no angel himself- therefore can I try to use this fact to excuse anything bad that happens to him? Can I use this as a basis to wish the same fate on him that he dealt his victim? Or will just hoping that he and Bubba become good shower “buddies” suffice?
“We all know they both were’nt in the right state of mind the whole time they ever hung out!”
I don’t know much about the whole history of thier hanging out but I don’t think anybody’s really in the right state of mind when they’re dead or when they’re raping and murdering somebody for that matter. Perhaps the defense attorney can use the “wrong state of mind” defense and get your friend off so he can be back on the streets doing what he does best-I guess-attacking and killing women while his parents cover up for him.
“I’m not saying J is innocent, but i am saying that he is a good friend and i don’t think he should be getting treated the way he is”
I actually agree with this-he shouldn’t be getting treated the way he is. Instead I think that he should be strangled until he passes out, and beaten and raped on a daily basis while in prison or subjected to some similar well-deserved cruel and unusual punishment (I usually lack the necessary creativity regarding those things). I might add that complaining about your friend’s treatment is rather petty. given that he is still alive, having never been raped (or almost raped like some of his other victims), beaten, or strangled.
“know J was a freak and i’m sure Amanda was so how come they couldn’t of just got lost in the moment and something bad went wrong?”
Cause I think that girl that you’re sure was a freak wasn’t so kinky as to want to end up dead from sex, but hey I guess I never know. I suppose you’re just the resident expert on all your friend’s victims, especially given that at least one of those victims can’t speak for herself. I don’t know what happens when something “bad goes wrong”. That seems somewhat redundant. Who knows, maybe the “something bad went wrong” defense will be successful in court.
“As far as the so called “rapes” that J was accused of commiting, we all know that those girls were whores and J knew there boyfriends so they did’nt want them to find out so they accused rape.”
I dont know who “we” is, but I’d venture to guess that you’re just intent on blaming anybody other than your friend for his own disgusting behavior and then categorizing these victims as “whores” and trying to create the impression that Jason was the chivalrous guy who would sleep with his friend’s girlfriends (wow what a great guy) and then cover for them. To say that these are women crying rape doesn’t see to correlate with the arrests and the documented evidence and just seems like a smug little assertion on your part to blame the victims and then charecterize them in the worst way possible. I think the last thing they need is some asshole friend of thier attacker calling them “whores”.
“Anyone who’s smart is calling a lawyer as soon as they found someone dead in thier house. God forbid they do but seriously! Give him a fair trial! Innocent until proven guilty, right?”
It’s not so much a matter of being smart, so much as it being a matter of doing the right and decent thing, which would have been to have reported finding the body to the police right away.
I’m wondering if this dead female in the closet was a regular thing with Shenfeld and his friends…I guess it gives new meaning to their whole philosophy of girls being disposable. It says something when somebody goes out of thier way to have sex with a partner who is either drugged and/or nonconsenting or in Amanda’s case dead. Was there something about this particular sleazebag that conscious consenting living women didn’t want him?
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Damn. I grew up with Jason. If a guy threatend to fight him he say “I will rape you”. It was a big joke with alot of our friends. I guess it wasnt a joke to him.
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I think the whole “innocent until proven guilty” theory goes out the window when you’re caught with the corpse. We can only hope he’s locked up with people just like him. Maybe some big guys who are also “freaks” and like rough sex.
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