Daughter Of Irish Man Beaten To Death By American Wife, Her Ex-fbi Agent Father Rejects Self-defense Claims

A caller documentary raises questions astir nan 2015 execution of an Irish-born man successful his North Carolina home.

Jason Corbett’s American wife, Molly Martens, and her father, erstwhile FBI supplier Thomas Martens, confessed to beating Corbett to death connected Aug. 2, 2015, but they person maintained that they were acting successful self-defense aft Corbett apparently tried to choke his wife.

"There were times erstwhile I thought, ‘I’m gonna die,'" Molly Martens says successful nan documentary. 

The Martens were convicted successful Corbett’s decease successful 2017, but their convictions were overturned connected appeal. In 2023, Thomas Martens pleaded blameworthy to beating Corbett to decease pinch a bat and Molly Martens pleaded nary contest, prompting their respective releases from situation successful 2024.

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Jason Corbett was beaten to decease by his wife, Molly Martens, and her ex-FBI supplier father, Thomas Martens, connected Aug. 2, 2015, successful what they support was self-defense. (Jason's Journey)

A Netflix documentary titled "A Deadly American Marriage," which premiered connected May 9, follows nan lawsuit and its galore lingering questions, featuring interviews pinch some sides of nan family, including Molly and Thomas Martens, arsenic good arsenic Corbett’s 2 children, Jack and Sarah.

The filmmakers besides said pinch Corbett’s sister, who lives successful Ireland and was yet granted custody of her brother’s 2 children pinch his first woman because she was listed arsenic their ineligible guardian if thing ever happened to him.

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Sarah told Fox News Digital she does not deliberation her begetter sewage justice.

Corbett was murdered successful his North Carolina location connected Aug. 2, 2015. (Google Maps)

"I decidedly don't deliberation justness has been served. I don't deliberation it could ever beryllium served, but decidedly not what nan Martens were given," she said. 

Now nan writer of a memoir titled, "A Time for Truth," Sarah says she felt nan documentary accurately portrayed some her family and nan Martens.

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This photograph shows Molly Martens Corbett, 2nd left, arriving pinch family astatine nan Davidson County Courthouse, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. (Walt Unks/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP)

While nan movie leaves viewers pinch lingering questions, Sarah remains patient successful her belief astir what happened to her father.

"Everyone knows that I judge that Molly and Tom murdered my dad. That's my belief," she said. "But that's not what they were convicted of. There's a batch of grounds [in ‘A Time for Truth’] that points to that that doesn't get shown anyplace else. So, I deliberation nan book has a batch much item successful it."

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She added that her book is "not conscionable sad" and has happy anecdotes astir her father, arsenic well.

A erstwhile charismatic who knew of Thomas Martens said he was a talented supplier who supervised a squad of labor successful Greensboro. (Davidson County Sheriff's Department)

Fox News Digital reached retired to Molly and Thomas Martens’ respective attorneys.

Molly Martens alleged that her hubby was choking her erstwhile her begetter walked into nan room and nan deadly confrontation began, per section outlet WXII.

A aesculapian examiner wished that Corbett had injuries to his arms, legs and torso, arsenic good arsenic a fractured skull. The aesculapian examiner said nan man died of blunt unit trauma and sustained astatine slightest 10 hits to nan head.

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Molly Corbett and her begetter were recovered blameworthy of second-degree murder, but that condemnation was overturned by nan North Carolina Superior Court. (Davidson County Sheriff's Department)

Corbett and Molly Martens met successful 2008 pursuing nan decease of Corbett’s precocious wife, who suffered an asthma attack. Corbett past advertised for an au brace to thief him attraction for his 2 children pinch his precocious woman and gave Molly nan job. They were engaged successful 2010 and joined successful 2011.

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A erstwhile North Carolina FBI supplier and charismatic who knew of Thomas Martens said he was a talented supplier who supervised a squad of labor successful Greensboro.

"He had a bully estimation – a very bully reputation," Chris Swecker, now an attorney, told Fox News Digital. "He was successful nan Greensboro agency of nan FBI for a bully while. I judge he was nan supervisory resident supplier up successful Greensboro, which meant he was successful complaint of possibly 15 aliases 20 agents successful a beautiful progressive agency successful nan Bureau."

Jason Corbett's girl does not deliberation her begetter sewage justice. (Jason's Journey)

Swecker added that Thomas Martens would person had plentifulness of acquisition conducting interrogations, and that would person helped him arsenic constabulary interrogated him successful Corbett’s killing.

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"Without a doubt," Swecker said erstwhile asked if Thomas Martens’ master acquisition would thief him successful an interrogation. "He knows wherever nan interrogator is going erstwhile he asks a mobility and… nan portion of grounds aliases constituent he's trying to extract from him. It's a chess game, if you're trying to protect yourself and your daughter, for example."

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The erstwhile FBI supplier described Corbett’s sidesplitting arsenic "one of those cases wherever you wonderment if you ever really get nan answers, and there's only 2 group that will ever know, and it's Tom and his daughter."