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The Crazy Case of Nikko Jenkins

Nikko murdered several people one month after release from prison, mutilated himself, and more

By True Crime WriterPublished 2 years ago 4 min read
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  • Nikko Jenkins had a long history of mental illness
  • In 2013, he murdered four people. His sister and mother helped Nikko with one of the murders
  • While awaiting trial, Nikko attempted to carve a Manson swastika in his forehead, cut his tongue open, and attempted to carve 666 in his forehead but wrote it backward and it came out at reading 999
  • He also sliced off part of his penis while awaiting trial, he said in an attempt to make it appear more like the ancient god Apophis
  • Courts said he was “faking” mental illness, sentenced to Nebraska death row

Most 15-year-old kids play video games, skateboard, and hang out with friends. Nikko Jenkins, first diagnosed with mental illness at age 9, was behind bars serving a 189-year prison sentence on a carjacking charge.

Jenkins served 10 ½ years before he became a free man on July 30, 2013, though another more heinous crime spree would put him back behind bars within a month.

Claiming he acted under advice from an ancient serpent god, Apophis, Jenkins killed four people in Omaha, Nebraska, in August 2013.

Nikko Goes on a Killing Spree

Around 5 a.m. on August 11, 2013, a police officer found two bodies inside a Ford pickup truck parked near 18th and F Street. Juan Uribe-Pena and Jorge C. Cajiga-Ruiz had each been shot in the head, lured to their death under the premise that a woman would meet them in this location for sex.

Lisa Jenkins

On Aug. 19 around 7 o’clock in the morning, a convenience store worker found the body of Curtis Bradford outside a detached garage at 18th and Clark Street. The day before, Jenkins posted a photo of himself and Bradford on his Facebook page. This victim is the only of the four known to Jenkins, a murder committed with help from his sister, Erica, and mother, Lisa, though his mother was charged only with accessory after helping Nikko buy ammunition knowing his intentions. Lisa was sentenced to 10-years on ammunition charges and another 10-years and 20 to 24-months on additional convictions. Erica, who petitioned the court to change her name to Elluminati Egoddess Erikka Prestige, was sentenced to life in prison.

Erica

The next victim was found around 2:15 a.m. on August 21. Andrea Kruger was found by an officer responding to a call of shots fired. She was lying in the road at 168th and Fort Street. She had multiple shotgun wounds to the face, neck and shoulder inflicted by a 12-gauge shotgun.

Surveillance footage captured her locking up the Deja Vu Lounge at 1:47 a.m. Her stolen SUV was found later that evening.

Jenkins Arrested

Arrested for making (unrelated) terroristic threats on Aug. 30, 2013, Jenkins was hauled to jail and questioned by police who had a mound of evidence piling up pointing to him as the perpetrator of the murders. He denied involvement with the murders until Sept. 3 when he made a full confession.

Jenkins rambled on during his eight-hour confession, telling police the acts were sacrifices to Apophis. Police charged Jenkins with four counts of murder.

He pleaded guilty to all four counts of murder, stating in handwritten letters that he would protect Apophis’ kingdom with “animalistic savage brutality.”

Jenkins Files Wrongful Arrest Lawsuit

On Feb. 19, 2014, Jenkins filed a federal lawsuit seeking $24.5 million from the State of Nebraska based on his wrongful arrest from prison. He stated that his claims of hearing voices were ignored and that solitary confinement only augmented his schizophrenia. And stated that the correctional offices were responsible for the four murders.

In late 2014, Jenkins carved a Charles Manson-style swastika into his face.

In early 2015, Jenkins -who has a long history of self-mutilation, attempted to carve 666 in his forehead while looking in a mirror, but it came out backward, appearing as 999. He then attempted to slice his tongue in half, smearing the blood all over his cell walls.

Jenkins Mutilates Himself

In Oct. 2015 while awaiting trial, Jenkins -who has a long history of self-mutilation- sliced off his penis in an attempt to make it look more like the ancient god Apophis. He failed miserably

A psychiatric evaluation determined Jenkins was faking psychotic symptoms. He claimed that he battled schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The evaluation determined that he had Antisocial Personality Disorder.

He was declared competent to stand trial.

Throughout the proceedings, Jenkins was disruptive, often speaking in tongues, laughing as prosecutors described the deaths, and talking to Apophis. Jenkins was sentenced to death for the murders and 450-years on weapons charges associated with the murders in May 2017.

He currently sits on death row.

In 2018, he attempted to slice open his throat. In 2019, Jenkins used a cutting device to mutilate his neck and eyes in an attempted suicide and was temporarily sent to a psychiatric hospital.

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