UPDATE: Jason Shenfeld
JASON SHENFELD SENTENCED TO LIFE
by Katie Brace|WPTV Channel 5, Tampa Bay
WEST PALM BEACH, FL — A plea deal in the high-profile murder of a Palm Beach Gardens softball star. Jason Shenfeld (Original PYSIH Story) will spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of Amanda Buckley.
Eighteen-year-old Amanda Buckley was killed in July of 2007. Her friend, Jason Shenfeld, was twenty-six at the time. Buckley’s body was found in his closet.
According to court records, duct tape was found in Buckley’s hair. She had extensive bruising. Investigators concluded the trauma was so severe Shenfeld intentionally killed Buckley.
Under a plea deal, Shenfeld pleaded guilty to murder, kidnapping and two counts of sexual battery. He will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. By taking the deal, Shenfeld avoids the possibility of the death penalty if he was convicted at trial.
Bill Johnson, the Buckley’s attorney, says the family is happy with the plea. They didn’t want to take another human life for one already taken. He says the family wanted to put the chapter behind them instead of going to trial and then years of appeals. He says Shenfeld never apologized or expressed remorse to the Buckley family.
Jason Shenfeld’s attorneys say he took the deal because at some point you have to do what’s in the best interest of everyone involved. Attorneys Brian Gabriel and Bryan Raymond say there are hundreds of factors for agreeing to the deal and one of the biggest factors is the possibility of the death penalty if Jason Shenfeld was convicted.
The Buckley family has set up a foundation “Give A Smile To A Child” to help families and children dealing with tragedies beyond their control.
According to police reports, Shenfeld’s father found Buckley’s body stuffed in his son’s closet, wedged between blankets and other objects. The 26-year-old’s father said he noticed his son was acting nervous that day and had been locking his bedroom door every time he left it.
Shenfeld’s father drove to his attorney’s home, leaving his wife to stand guard over the body. Afterwards, Shenfeld’s Dad returned home and called 911 ((Hear 911 Call))
Investigators said they found duct tape in Buckley’s hair, bruises on her body and evidence of rape.
An autopsy revealed the Amanda Buckley was strangled, beaten and sexually abused.
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I wonder if the same set of freaks who came out of the woodwork to defend this disgusting animal in the original post are going to show up here.
If there’s any justice in life, thatsmystapler will start a five day argument with the losers. Make yourself useful, thatsmystapler!
LOL!!! A five day argument :-) It’s very possible!!
TBS, I think we successfully eradicated TMS for a short while (I say short, because I don’t think he has the ability to stay away for too long.) He turned out to be an instigating pompous troll.
The Shenfields sound like losers….. a dead body in the closte and the father feels the need to talk to the son first… then call a lawyer???? The father needs to be locked up as well…. I wonder how much evidence was tampered with before the police were called???
Daddy’s sounds like an enabler…….
It’s too bad that Jason os allowed to live….. moer money will be spent on this bastard than on someone who really deserves it…. and the way the country is going, he may be set free at some point if he lives that long…..
I know I would have reacted totally different if that were my daughter, bit I respect Amanda’s family for sticking to their values.
I 100% agree, Fred. Anyone wife who “stands guard” over a dead girl’s body while her loser husband and filthy murdering son ponce off to a lawyer is an asshole too. They are all enablers.
im pleased he didnt get a classic plea deal of “10yrs locked away”, as far as plea deals go, he gt th perfect plea, DIE IN PRISON YOU BASTARD!
Too bad good people have to pay for this worthless murderer to leech off the system in prison, get his three hots and a cot, etc.
Thank goodness this filthy POS is off the streets, but sadly it took the loss of a beautiful young lady to put this psychopath away! My condolences go out to the family of Amanda Buckley. Also, my thoughts are with Jason Shenfield’s two previous victims…..I hope you can move forward in your lives and put the awful crimes that were committed against you by Jason Shenfield in the past…..I wish you both much success and happiness in your lives. RIP Amanda!
Too little punishment for this a-hole. Hopefully someone in prison make him their bitch as soon as he gets in…he’ll get all the rough sex he wants then, won’t he? Rot in hell you bastard…
I think daddy was a decent man who was traumatized byt this also, he didnt want to believe his child was a murderer, how can you, i give him props up for doing the right thing, he called he acted on his best knowledge at the time, he knew she didnt die from an overdose in his heart but tried so hard to think, his child didnt do this, he is a good man…