In a case that’s left Canada reeling, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar — the transgender shooter who slaughtered eight people including her own mother and young half-brother before turning the gun on herself — left behind a trail of dark secrets. But now, explosive new evidence from her late mother, Jennifer Strang (also known as Jennifer Jacobs in some reports), is rewriting the horrifying narrative.

THE SILENT WITNESS: “MOM’S DEADLY WARNING FROM THE GRAVE!”

The dead may not speak, but they can scream through the evidence they leave behind. Investigators probing the February 10, 2026, atrocity in the remote British Columbia mining town of Tumbler Ridge have uncovered chilling documents, posts, and statements from Jesse’s mother that paint a picture of a deeply troubled child whose sadistic tendencies were spotted over a decade ago.

As far back as 2015 — when Jesse was just a grade-schooler — Jennifer Strang confided in a Canadian Facebook parent group about her son’s alarming behavior. In heartbreaking posts that have since resurfaced online, she described a boy who showed “intense empathy” when others were hurt… but flashed a “devious grin” when inflicting pain on his own siblings.

“He shows intense empathy when he sees anyone hurt not by his own hand but has a devious grin when he hurts his siblings,” Strang wrote in the Parent Life Network Canada group. She even mentioned school officials pushing for behavioral disorder testing — something she reluctantly consented to, while admitting she felt “very uncomfortable” with the idea.

Strang went further, noting bizarre habits like “baby talking” at nearly eight years old, extreme attachment to her (described as “somewhat territorial”), and swings between being “very helpful and nice” and “pretty mean.” In a moment of raw self-doubt, she wondered if it was “more of a me problem than his problem.”

Tragically, those early red flags were ignored or downplayed — and now, in the wake of unimaginable horror, they read like a prophetic warning from the grave.

BEYOND THE GRAVE: THE TRUTH JESSE’S MOTHER LEFT BEHIND!

But the revelations don’t stop there. As forensic teams comb through the family home and digital footprints, sources close to the investigation reveal that Jesse’s online descent into depravity accelerated in the months and years leading up to the massacre — and her mother had glimpsed the darkness.

Jesse created an account on the notorious gore site WatchPeopleDie in August (of the previous year, per reports), where users share real videos of murders, suicides, and executions. The platform gained infamy after the 2019 Christchurch mosque shooter livestreamed his attack there.

Jesse’s comments were stomach-turning: praising suicide bombers as “badass,” calling a video of men shooting another person in the face 46 times “pretty peak,” and gushing over “first-person perspective” killing footage as “always heat.” One chilling post critiqued a “cooking from human flesh” clip, complaining the skin was “way too preserved” and should “slough off more material.”

Under “enemies” on the profile? “Myself” and “gun control.” In a comment on a father hanging himself in front of his children, Jesse shared a personal bombshell: claiming her stepdad attempted the same when she was “very little,” wishing he’d succeeded instead of surviving to allegedly beat the kids.

Jesse even admitted the content was addictive: “I find it violent content addictive, it’s hard to not watch… I’m just drawn to it… subconsciously it does [affect me].” Yet she dismissed quitting, saying her mental health was “probably already f–ked.”

Photos shared on the site showed Jesse posing with guns, smoking (scoffing at concerns for a cat’s second-hand smoke), and even blurry selfies in lipstick captioned “iPhone bra.”

BREAKING: NEW ALLEGATIONS EMERGE — SADISTIC ROOTS AND TWISTED OBSESSION EXPOSED!

The twisted addiction to death videos wasn’t a sudden spiral — it built on childhood signs Jennifer Strang desperately flagged. Insiders say recovered files, social media archives, and possibly sealed medical notes (authorized by Strang before any passing — though reports confirm she was one of the first victims killed by Jesse at home) highlight her growing fears.

While no literal “emergency diary” or “audio memo” has been publicly confirmed in official releases, the mother’s decade-old Facebook confessions — now viral screenshots — serve as that haunting voice from the past. They suggest she sensed a sadistic streak in her child as young as seven, long before the transition, the dropout status, or the gun obsession took hold.

Jesse, assigned male at birth and transitioning around age 12 (six years before the attack), dropped out of Tumbler Ridge Secondary School about four years ago. Police visited the home multiple times for mental health checks, including concerns of self-harm. OpenAI even banned a linked ChatGPT account in June 2025 for “furtherance of violent activities” — flagging potential risks months in advance.

On that fateful February day, Jesse first shot and killed her mother and 11-year-old half-brother Emmett at home, then drove to the school — her former alma mater — where she gunned down five students (mostly 12-13 years old), one educator, and wounded 27 others before committing suicide.

The tiny town of 2,400 remains in shock, with grieving families and survivors asking: Could this have been stopped? Did a mother’s early pleas fall on deaf ears?

A NATION DEMANDS ANSWERS AS THE GRAVE’S WARNING ECHOES

This isn’t just another tragedy — it’s a stark, horrifying reminder of unchecked mental instability, easy access to firearms (despite Canada’s strict laws), and the dark web’s role in radicalizing vulnerable minds.

As investigators dig deeper into Jesse’s online history, mental health records, and family dynamics, one thing is clear: Jennifer Strang’s words from 2015 now haunt the case like a ghost.

A mother’s instinct screamed danger — and in the end, that silent witness may prove to be the key to understanding how a child with a “devious grin” grew into a monster capable of unimaginable evil.

The dead don’t speak… but sometimes, their warnings refuse to stay buried.