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Jeremy
MOLITOR
Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: Abuser - Canadian boxer and Commonwealth Games gold medalist
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder: May 4, 2002
Date of arrest: Same day
Date of birth: ???
Victim profile: His ex-girlfriend, Jessica Nethery, 21
Method of murder: Stabbing with knife (58 times)
Location: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Status: Sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole
for 14 years in May 2005
Jeremy Molitor
is a former Canadian boxer and Commonwealth Games gold
medalist, currently serving a life sentence for second-degree
murder.
He and his younger brother Steve were
known affectionately as the "Bruise Brothers", as they
rose from Sarnia's gyms to the top of Canada's amateur
boxing ranks in the late 1990s. Both of them were
educated at Sarnia's Northern Collegiate Institution and
Vocational School (N.C.I.V.S.)
In high school, Jeremy was known as
an outspoken and violent bully, while Steve was much
more reserved. Due to his rising celebrity as an amateur
boxer, his behavior was largely ignored by the faculty
and staff at N.C.I.V.S.
Molitor shot to fame at the 1998
Commonwealth Games held at Kuala Lumpur. There, he won
the Welterweight (67kg) title, defeating Absolom Okoth
of Kenya 14-9 to claim the gold medal.
Afterwards, he was considered a
celebrity in his native Lambton County. He dropped the
puck for an OHL game between the Sarnia Sting and
Kitchener Rangers held in Sarnia, and had some minor
sponsorship deals.
Molitor narrowly failed to qualify
for the 2000 Summer Olympics and his career took a major
downturn from that point, as he battled addictions to
cocaine and alcohol and failed to maintain his former
training regime. He tried moving to Toronto for several
months to train with his up-and-coming brother, but his
personal problems continued.
On May 4, 2002, five months after
moving back to Sarnia, he confronted his ex-girlfriend,
a 21-year-old waitress named Jessica Nethery, in a
parking garage and stabbed her 58 times. She bled to
death in her red Pontiac Grand Am.
At the time, Molitor was under a
restraining order to stay away from his former
girlfriend, who he had previously abused. Molitor was
also listed in police reports as being under the
influence of drugs and alcohol at the time.
In December 2004, Molitor was
convicted of second-degree murder, and the following May
was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole
for 14 years. With credit for time already served he can
apply for parole in 2015.
His younger brother Steve Molitor is
currently boxing professionally, and is the IBF's light
featherweight champion.
Canadian amateur boxing champ
charged with murder
CBC
Sports
Monday, May 6, 2002
A Canadian amateur boxing champion is charged with first-degree murder
following the stabbing death of his former girlfriend.
Jeremy Molitor, a gold medallist at the 1998
Commonwealth Games, made an appearance in a Sarnia courtroom on Monday.
Justice of the peace Joanne Rogers, remanded Molitor, who had his right
forearm wrapped heavily in bandages, in custody and granted Molitor's
lawyer, Ed Gresham, his request to have the case adjourned for a week so
he could review the Crown's evidence against Molitor.
Molitor is accused of killing 21-year-old Jessica
Nethery, who body was found late Saturday morning inside a locked car in
a parking garage.
Police said that last December, Nethery had lodged a
complaint of assault and threatening against the 24-year-old Molitor,
which was to have gone to trial in June. Molitor was barred from
communicating with Nethery as a condition of his release on bail in
December.
Police and the Crown recommended against releasing
Molitor at the time, Sgt. Norman Hansen said. Nethery's father said his
daughter and Molitor ended their relationship after the December
incidenct, but there seemed to have been some communication between the
two several days before she died.
"She was a sweetheart," Carl Nethery said of his
daughter. "I don't know how I'm going to live without her."
Molitor's parents and his 22-year-old brother Stephen,
the current International Boxing Federation bantamweight champion, also
attended the court session.
"Regardless of what has happened I love my brother,
and I'm going to stand by him," Stephen said.
Stephen Molitor also expressed sympathy for Nethery's
family.
"I knew Jessica and she did not deserve to die," he
said. "She's the same age as myself. Her family must be heartbroken. As
you can see it's torn two families apart in the same process."
Molitor's arm injuries included a severed tendon and
artery which required surgery in London, Ont. on Saturday, according to
Gresham. The lawyer added that a decision on whether Molitor will seek
bail has not yet been reached.
"That's a decision that Mr. Molitor will need to make,
and he's going to need some information as far as Crown disclosure just
to be able to make an informed decision on that," he said.
