Jason Corbett’s first wife did not die of asthma attack, prosecution’s own witness tells court

Molly Martens swears on the Bible as she pleads no contest to voluntary manslaughter earlier in the hearing. Photograph: Walt Unks/Winston-Salem Journal/PoolThe first wife of Jason Corbett did not die from an asthma attack, a medical expert commissioned by prosecutors in North Carolina has said.

Jason Corbett’s children told social workers he physically and verbally hurt Molly Martens, court toldMolly Martens and father Thomas reach plea deal over death of Jason Corbett He said she had died in the family car on the way to hospital. He said she was functionally dead when paramedics arrived on the scene.

However, the court was told that in 2016 and again in 2021 the two children had recanted the comments they had made in 2015 to the investigative social worker and at a child advocacy centre known as Dragonfly. Douglas Kingsberry, counsel for Molly Martens, contended that the statements made by the two children in 2015 were the accurate versions. He said medical records showed that Jason Corbett had told his doctor that he was getting stressed and angry. He suggested this was in keeping with the comments made by the children about their father.

The recording indicated that Mr Corbett was angry on arriving home from work to find the rest of the family had already eaten when he said he had told his wife earlier he wanted to have dinner with his children.

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