Jack Ronald Jones & Jerry Lee Beatty : The Murder of Stephanie Roper

This Is Monsters

Jiles

True Crime

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Jack Ronald Jones and Jerry Lee Beatty stopped to help a stranded motorist, but their intentions were far from selfless. Instead of giving Stephanie Roper a ride, they took her to an abandon house where they tortured and killed her.

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0:00.0	On April 3, 1982, 22-year-old Stephanie Roper's car broke down on her early morning drive
0:08.4	home.
0:09.4	It was the days before cell phone so she did what any stranded driver would do.
0:14.4	She waited for help.
0:16.0	She had no doubt that a good Samaritan would spot her and offer to give her a right back
0:20.6	home.
0:21.6	No one could have imagined that a broken-down car would be the catalyst for death.
0:27.2	This is Monsters.
0:54.4	Stephanie Roper was born on January 18, 1960 in Montgomery County, Maryland.
1:00.7	She was the much-loved first born of what would become five children.
1:05.0	Her father, Vincent, was a United States naval officer who was often deployed for work.
1:11.0	After a long stint living in London, the family returned to the US and settled into a relatively
1:16.8	affluent area in Prince George's County.
1:20.2	Her mother, Roberta, had left college to follow Vincent on his deployments and she stayed
1:25.3	home to raise the kids wherever they were located.
1:28.7	When the family returned to the States, Roberta completed her degree and taught part-time
1:33.6	at the local school.
1:35.4	All in all, Stephanie's childhood and her family were perfectly average.
1:41.0	Stephanie was known as a warm and chatty girl.
1:43.7	She had no trouble making friends and she loved going to church.
1:47.8	She was the leader of her youth group and despite her outgoing nature, she also loved
1:52.1	to spend time alone.
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