Molly Martens, a killer, is six months pregnant and expecting her first child in late November, according to reports from the Irish Independent and the Daily Mail.
Pregnancy Revealed Online Amid Return to Work
Martens, 42, announced her pregnancy in a social media post where she sought advice from other expectant mothers regarding her 20-week scan, placing her due date in late November, the Daily Mail reported. Recent photographs published by the Daily Mail show Martens cradling her baby bump in her hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, while leaving an interior design firm where she has returned to employment.
According to the Daily Mail, Martens has upgraded her vehicle to a Hyundai Tucson and moved out of her parents’ home to live with engineer Josh Parrott in Kingston, located approximately 30 minutes from Knoxville.
Background of the 2015 Killing and Legal Proceedings
Molly Martens and her father, Thomas Martens, a former FBI agent now 75, made international headlines following the death of 39-year-old Jason Corbett on August 2, 2015, at the couple’s home in Meadowlands, North Carolina, according to the Daily Mail. Corbett, a father of two, was beaten to death with a baseball bat and a concrete brick.
Prosecutors stated during the original legal proceedings that the killing occurred because Corbett planned to return to Ireland and take his children with him, whom Martens had sought to adopt, according to the Daily Mail. In 2017, a North Carolina jury convicted Molly and Thomas Martens of second-degree murder. That conviction was subsequently overturned on appeal, and both defendants entered plea deals reducing the charge to voluntary manslaughter. They served four years and three months in prison before their release in June 2024.
Family Reaction and Public Response
According to the Irish Mirror, Corbett’s children have spoken out publicly regarding the development, expressing their continued heartbreak a decade after their father’s death. The case recently returned to widespread public attention following its feature in the Netflix true-crime documentary A Deadly American Marriage.