Widower tells jury how he helped pimp out his own wife to pay their bills at the trial of Craigslist John accused of stabbing the pregnant woman to death

Widower tells jury how he helped pimp out his own wife to pay their bills at the trial of Craigslist John accused of stabbing the pregnant woman to death

The husband of a pregnant prostitute who was brutally murdered five years ago spoke in court on Monday about how he helped pimp her out.

Jaymie Adams, 25, went missing in December 2011 after going to meet with a client for sex. Her dead body was found in a wooded area of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma about a month later, with 29 stab wounds. 

Joseph Richard Cyr, 34, the client Adams was scheduled to meet that night, is currently on trial for her murder. 

In court on Monday, Jaymie's husband Justin, now 29, addressed the jury to speak about his wife's prostitution. 

The couple married in February 2011, and it was in May 2011 that Jaymie posted her first ad on Craigslist as a prostitute. 

After that, her husband says he started composing ads for his wife and driving her to meet clients. 

One post from 2011 read: 'I am letting any willing man come and have his way with my wife with a little compensation for us to help with our holiday funding we need. So if this sounds hot and fun to you then just email me. We have a hotel for the night and can host for anyone.'

Justin says that the prostitution was a way to make some much-needed money but that he now regrets his decision to support his wife in the endeavor.   

He also revealed that the evening before Jaymie went missing, she said she was thinking about stopping prostitution because she was two months pregnant.  

'We had no other choice. It was something we fell into to pay bills. 

'Neither one of us really enjoyed what she was doing… It was demeaning towards her. The money was great but it wasn't worth what it was doing to us.

He added: 'I feel like if I would have done everything different, if I wouldn't have agreed to it… then she would still be here.' 

Prosecutors say Cyr stabbed Jaymie to death shortly after midnight on December 20, 2011  - the day she disappeared. 

Her body was found a month later, dumped near Lake Stanley Draper with 29 stab wounds covering her body. 

DNA found on her corpse led investigators to Cyr, who claimed that he arranged to meet Jaymie that night but never showed. 

He is facing two counts of first-degree murder, one count for Jaymie and one count for her unborn child.  

The trial against Cyr began on October 17. Last Wednesday, the jury of 13 women and one man were taken to the area where Jaymie's mutilated corpse was discovered on January 7, 2012.

They have also been shown gruesome pictures of the crime scene and Jaymie's stab-covered body.

Jaymie's husband was originally charged with first-degree murder in her death as well, for supporting her illegal prostitution business.

But that was later downgraded to first-degree manslaughter. Justin pleaded guilty to that charge in 2014 and was sentenced to 10 years of probation. Continue reading