JENELLE POTTER || The Facebook Murder | Killer “Catfisher” | Convinced her father, mother and friend to kill a cyber-bullying young couple over Facebook comments | ALS

Jenelle Potter. Autographed Letter, Signed. Handwritten, Commercial #10 (4.125 × 9.5 envelope). Nashville, TN. Pmk: November 28, 2023. Content unknown. SEALED.

After moving to Mountain City, Tennessee, in 2005, Jenelle had always lived a sheltered life with her parents because of her health issues. Marvin and Barbara Potter, Jenelle's overbearing parents, forbade her from dating, driving, or even going out late. Thus, Jenelle, then 34, kept her relationship with Jamie Curd, her new friend's cousin, a secret from her parents after she became friends with Tracy Greenwell, a pharmacy clerk.

Despite her relationship with Jamie, Jenelle had a crush on Tracy's brother Billy Payne. But there was a problem: Billy already had a girlfriend named Billie Jean. Jenelle was bullied online on Facebook, and when someone anonymously left hateful comments on her profile, she immediately blamed the latter, claiming she hated her because she was pretty. The cyber-bullying became so severe that it erupted into a full-fledged feud, with Jamie and Billy also getting involved. Jenelle began receiving rape and physical violence threats as well.

Jamie asked a strange question about the presence of the CIA when he spoke with the police while they were looking into the murders. At that time, it came to light that he and Jenelle's mother, Barbara, had been communicating via text and email with a man named Chris, who claimed to be a CIA agent tasked with keeping Jenelle safe at all costs. Chris reportedly kept an eye on Jenelle and was aware of the alleged cyber-bullying and harassment she was receiving from Billy and Billie Jean, as Jamie and Barbara reported to the police. It was then that they discovered Chris had persuaded Barbara to provoke her gun-loving ex-marine husband Marvin into killing the young couple. By now Marvin had admitted to killing them, claiming he had only taken the necessary steps to protect his daughter.

Nonetheless, the identity of Chris continued to puzzle the authorities. The IP address of Potter's home computer was found to be the same when they traced the IP address of his emails. As a result, they also detained Jenelle and Barbara in 2013. It was discovered that Jenelle was pretending to be the nonexistent Chris; in the year preceding the killings, she had deceived her parents and boyfriend with false information, and she had planned the deaths of Billy and Billy Jean without ever using a weapon herself. Jamie agreed to a 25-year plea deal in exchange for testifying against the Potter family.

In spite of their attorneys' claims that they never wanted anyone to suffer harm, Jenelle and Barbara were found guilty after seven days of testimony during their trial for first-degree murder in 2015. They were thus given two life sentences without the possibility of parole in a state prison; however, this initial decision was upheld as a consequence of the former's later appeal. Consequently, she is still serving her sentence at the Debra Johnson Rehabilitation Center in Nashville, Tennessee, where she is currently incarcerated at the age of 42. According to state records, her sentence will not expire until March 8, 2069.ⁱ

VIDEO: Jenelle Potter: The Facebook Murder | https://youtu.be/SiZM-pUUrEw

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