Why Kill Betty Jane?

Unsolved Mysteries

Cosgrove Meurer Productions, Inc. + Audacy

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In March of 2009, Betty Jane McClellan is shot and killed in her Greene County, Pennsylvania trailer during a home-invasion robbery. Her husband, Jake, survives the attack but questions swirl around his possible involvement. With little evidence for the police to build on, the case goes cold, leaving Betty’s children with only grief and questions. Who would want to kill their mother? To find out more about this case visit: https://unsolved.com/podcasts/why-kill-betty-jane/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.1	A young guy had come to the door and said that his car had broken down.
1:10.5	The guy pushed his way in, then he grabbed my mother and was pulling her to the back bedroom,
1:19.5	screaming at her saying, where's the guns, where's the money. I think one of the first things out of my
1:26.3	mouth was, I knew something like this was going to happen. When 62-year-old Betty Jane Amos says yes
1:38.0	to marrying local junk dealer Jake McClellan, her children are less than thrilled. They know she's
1:43.9	been lonely for many years since the divorce from their father, but the eccentric Jake is an
1:48.8	unusual choice for the generous, well-loved Betty, and they don't have a good feeling about the match.
1:55.2	Unfortunately, a few years after the wedding, their instincts prove valid when a violent and deadly
2:01.6	attack occurs at the McClellan home. I'm Steve French and this is Unsolved Mysteries. Why kill Betty Jane?
2:17.5	It's late one night in March of 2009, when a slew of 9-1-1 calls come into dispatch from a
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