The upcoming episode of Snapped on Oxygen will detail the bewildering crimes of Jennifer Blake. According to the preview of the upcoming episode of Snapped on Oxygen, Kathy Kraynik was a loving grandmother who was brutally murdered by an unknown assailant.
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The hunt for her killer then gave rise to an inter-state investigation, with the culprit eventually being discovered as Kraynik's daughter Jennifer Blake who conspired with her boyfriend Corey Jackson.
Snapped is a long-running docu-series show that is currently airing its thirty-fourth season. The upcoming twenty-fourth episode of the true-crime show will air on Sunday, December 29, 2024, at 6:00 PM ET on Oxygen.
The episode will take an incisive look at the mysterious disappearance of Kathy Kraynik who was a grandmother and a pillar of her community in Virginia.
For weeks, the case of her disappearance remained cold as investigators failed to stumble upon a breakthrough despite their best efforts. Eventually, Kraynik's burnt remains were discovered in a remote part of another state, far away from where she was last seen.
The true-crime show on Oxygen heralded the now popular genre of true-crime-based television shows. Over the past thirty-three seasons, each episode of the show has narrated the tale of a woman who was charged with murder. Here's everything we know.
Snapped: Who is Jennifer Blake?
Jennifer Blake was born in 1975 and her family moved to Virginia when Jennifer was 11. According to the 2008 TV series Women Behind Bars, Blake claimed that her mother was physically and emotionally abusive. She said that her mother tried to choke her until she passed out. She also alleged that Kathy Kraynik would loan her daughter out to men.
In 1990, Jennifer Blake attempted suicide and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital. In 1991, she was charged with assault and battery against Kathy Kraynik. As early as 1993, she married and had her first child. A couple of years later, Jennifer allegedly got divorced and moved in with her mother along with her child.
Jennifer Blake began dating Corey Jackson in 2000. Jackson began sneaking into Kraynik's house regularly before Kraynik found out and demanded that Jennifer vacate the house in a month.
Kathy Kraynik's murder
On December 11, 2000, Jennifer, with the help of Corey Jackson, choked and suffocated Kathy Kraynik before burning the body in a trash can and leaving it at the side of a random road.
Soon after, Jennifer reported Kraynik missing. Her burnt body was found on December 26, 2000. Authorities found strangulation and suffocation as the cause of death. Jennifer and Corey Jackson were charged with first-degree murder. In 2001, Corey Jackson pled guilty to second-degree murder and testified against Jennifer in exchange for a lighter sentence.
Although Jennifer Blake maintained that she was innocent, she was convicted of first-degree murder and is serving a life sentence without a chance for parole.