I knew and went to HS with a serial killer:
On Feb. 7, 1993, Jeremy, 4, died. Aug. 7, 1994, Ashley, 4, died. Followed by Barron's mother, Roberta Butler, 52, in February 1995 whose body was found in her condominium.
They had a stormy relationship, until Roberta announced she wanted to evict him. Before she could she was found dead. Barron's former girlfriend, Starla Hayes, told a judge soon after his wife's death, Barron made a disquieting remark to Jeremy, 3, for crying about his "Mommy," Jack shouted, "If you don't shut up, I'll send you to where Mommy is!" She met the defendant in 1990, at a Lucky's supermarket where they worked.
After his wife died, Barron found himself with no one to baby-sit his kids. Hayes, a mother of two, 6 and 8, faced the same problem, she and her husband had separated. She and her two children moved into Barron's 3-bedroom home several months after Irene's death. The two agreed to share childcare duties. Hayes said she and Barron began having sex. The housing arrangement wasn't working. A couple of months after moving in, Hayes moved out.
Barron was arrested 5 months after the death of his mother. Barron blames the loss of his family on hereditary heart disease. The motive for the slayings was Barron's hatred of his father, who divorced Barron's mother and abandoned him when he was a teenager. He also wanted out of his marriage and to collect $170,000 in insurance.
In Irene's personal effects, was an undated letter she had written to Barron. "I'm really sorry you're unhappy right now. We have so much to be happy and thankful for ... It really upsets me when I hear you talk about divorce."
April 2000, a defiant Jack Barron was sentenced to 3 consecutive life terms in prison with no parole.
Barron is the first man known to suffer from Munchausen-by-Proxy, where a person causes illness or death to a loved one in order to attain sympathy.