When Janeen Snyder left home at the age of 15 to live with the family of a close friend, she had no idea she was making a decision that would ultimately change her life forever – and would eventually lead to her arrest, conviction, and death sentence.
The Thornton family welcomed Snyder into their home, giving her a place to stay after Snyder’s mother had kicked her out of the house. His daughter’s troubled friend seemed to be the perfect potential partner for Michael Thornton – a sexual sadist who was looking for the right accomplice to help him lure young girls to fulfill his disturbed fantasies.