Murder trial opens for Solana Beach woman accused of killing former stepfather

Murder trial opens for Solana Beach woman accused of killing former stepfather [Breaking]

Trial started Wednesday for a Solana Beach interior designer who prosecutors say drugged and strangled her former stepfather after she stumbled across nude images of herself on his computer — including one he kept as the screensaver.

Janks, 39, has pleaded not guilty to murder in the death of Merriman, co-founder of the education and research nonprofit Butterfly Farms, which had a half-acre vivarium in Encinitas. Del Portillo said Merriman died New Year’s Eve 2020, hours after Janks picked him up from a care facility where he had been rehabbing following a fall. Merriman was long divorced from Janks’ mother, but Janks still helped him out.

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