JASMIYAH and Tasmiyah Whitehead murdered their mom, Nikki, on January 13, 2010.
The second episode of the Twisted Twins series will air on ITV on October 8, 2024, and will dive into the details of the tragic case.
The twins, known as Jas and Tas to their family and friends, killed their mom in their home in Georgia.
But why did the honor roll twins commit such a heinous crime?
Life in Georgia
Jas and Tas were born on November 27, 1993, to their 18-year-old mother Nikki, whose real name was Jarmecca Yvonne Whitehead.
When Nikki turned 25 in 2000, she met 55-year-old truck driver Robert Head and the family moved into his home in Conyers, Georgia.
The Twins’ talent for learning was obvious from a young age and they quickly found themselves on the school honor roll.
They were also Girl Scouts in their spare time.
However, their situation at home worsened as, according to their great-grandmother Della Frazier, Nikki was often absent as a mother.
Della raised the two girls for a while but Nikki challenged her for custody.
This led to the girls getting into physical altercations, forcing them to appear in juvenile court and face counselling.
Murdering their mother
Nikki regained custody of the girls on January 5, 2020, but Jas and Tas were vehemently opposed to the court.
They were ordered to live with their mother for a two-week trial period, but the girls murdered Nikki just over a week later.
Lt Chris Moon of the Conyers Police Department said: “It was the bloodiest scene I think I’ve ever been to.
“As soon as you opened the door, you could smell the blood, the copper iron smell in the air.”
Nikki was found in the bath, with several stab wounds.
The twins claimed that they had discovered their mother’s body, but a medical examiner determined that the murder was likely to have been committed by someone that Nikki knew.
DNA testing cleared Nikki’s partner of suspicion.
Then, bite marks on the twins, inflicted by their mother during the fight, suggested that they were to blame.
The trial and life in prison
Jas and Tas were charged in May 2010 and initially pleaded not guilty.
However, as the evidence against them mounted, Tasmiyah pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and several other charges in January 2014.
Her sister followed suit in February 2014 and they were both sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Tasmiyah began serving her sentence at Arrendale State Prison and Jasmiyah started serving hers at Pulaski State Prison.
They became eligible for parole in 2017.
However, Tasmiyah had a Tentative Parole Month of May 2025, and Jasmiyah had a Tentative Parole Month of September 2027
How can you watch Twisted Twins?
The second episode of ITV’s Twisted Twins airs on October 8, 2024 from 9-10pm.
Fans of the true crime genre can catch up with the first episode of the series on ITVX, which dives into another grizzly murder and twin psychology.
The episode focuses on Australian rugby league footballers Chris and Paul Dawson, and Chris’ cold-blooded murder of his wife Lyn.
Chris killed his wife in 1982, but claimed that she had joined a religious commune.
He divorced her just one year after her disappearance and married the family’s teenage babysitter, Joanne Curtis.
He was finally convicted for the murder of his wife in December 2022, after a true crime podcast renewed interest in the case just four years earlier.
