Table of Biography
Jane Laut is a former volleyball player, criminal, and murder convict who hails from California, the United States. Jane Laut is alleged to the murdered her husband, Dave Lau two is a Shot Putter. Likewise, Jane Laut murdered her husband on 27th August 2009 at their house in Oxnard.
Early Life
Jane Laut was born in the year 1958 in California, the United States of America. As of 2021, She is sixty-three years old and has been believing in the bible and following the Christian religion. She holds an American nationality and is of Caucasian ethnicity.
As for the educational background of She, she first went to the Community High school and a Local College located in California. At the time of her school and college days, She used to play volleyball a lot.
She has also represented her team and her school in various competitions. It was at the same time that She got to know her future husband. At the time of their high school, her future husband, Dave reached the first number of the shot putters.
Dave took part in the NCAA championships twice. Other than this, there is no more information about She’s parents, siblings, and childhood.
Caption: Jane Laut when she was young (Source: Change)
Relationship Status
She is a widow now and the name of her husband is Dave Laut (David Lester Laut). Dave and Jane got to meet each other for the first time when they were in high school.
She was a volleyball player whereas her husband at that time was very skilled in football and track athlete. The couple then finally got married in the year 1980 in the presence of their families and relatives.
Together, She and Dave Laut are the parents of their only son, and name their son is Michael Laut.
Unfortunately, Jane used to get harassed by Dave Laut on various occasions. The harassment led She to have depression and suffer from chronic health problems too.
Jane then decided to bring all those bad moments to an end and she went on to kill her husband. It was not an intentional crime or murder of Jane Laut.
It was self-defense from the side of Jane. Before this, Jane was living a simple and common life without any public attention or controversy.
Her husband’s death
Jane’s husband, Dave Laut was found dead at his house in Oxnard, California. He passed away on 27th August 2009, after being gunshot several times in the head. Dave was just fifty-two years old at the time of his death.
After finding it, Dave’s wife, Jane was arrested after more than 5 years. Then, Jane finally claimed that it was she who shot Dave Laut but she shot in self-defense.
The Clinical psychologist, Katherine Emerick, who was giving the treatment to Dave’s wife for depression, stated that she identified Jane with post-traumatic stress disorder, avoidant personality disorder, anxiety, and dependent personality disorder.
On 30th March 2016, Jane was found of 1st-degree murder and penalized to fifty years in jail. Jane bowed down a plea to reduce for her 6 years sentence.
Caption: Jane Laut with her husband and son (Source: CBS News)
Jane Laut – Net Worth 2023
Jane has been earning a great amount of money from her career as a volleyball player. However, there is no more information about net worth and salary of Jane.
On the other hand, Dave Laut had an estimated net worth of about $2 million US dollars when he was alive. As of now, there are no details about Laut’s life but it is for sure that she is living a terrible life.
While Jane was still alive, it was somehow easy for Jane to have a financially stable life.
Career and Professional Life
Jane must have been involved in any profession or was just a housewife. However, there is no exact information about Jane Laut’s profession and career. But Jane started gaining attention after she took an action to save her land and her son’s life from the physical abuse.
Other than this, there is no work or contribution Jane has done to make herself popular. However, Jane’s husband, Jane had a good career while he was alive.
Her husband’s career
Jane’s husband, Dave Laut was the winner of the bronze medal at the Summer Olympics of the year 1984 in Los Angeles. Likewise, Dave also was the winner of the gold medal at the Pan American Games of the year 1979 and the bronze at the IAAF World Cup of the year 1981.
He also took part in the United States championship four times in 1979, 1981, 1983, and 1985 in the shot put. Dave’s top throw was 22.02 m which he got in August 1982 in Koblenz. In the year 1985, he became the No. seventh shot putter in the world and is no. one American.
Dave tore tendons in both of his knees at the time of an agility examination to be a firefighter. He tried to get into the U.S. Olympic team of 1988 but fell diminutive at the Olympic trials. In the year 1997, Dave’s name was given to the Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame.
After Dave retired as a shot putter, he turned out to be an assistant track coach in the year 1994 at Ventura College.
Dave also worked for 8 seasons in the post of track coach at Hueneme High School in the Oxnard Union High School District. In 2008, Dave was promoted to athletic director.
Caption: Jane Laut at the court (Source: NZ Herald)
Body Measurements
Regarding body measurement of Jane, she has a good height of 5 feet 4 inches or else 163 cm or 1.63 m. Jane also has a suitable body weight of around 50 kg or 110 lbs.
Similarly, the American criminal has a fair complexion with a pair of black eyes and short dark brown hair. Jane has a pretty but terrifying face with the same personality. Other than this, there are no further details about Laut’s body measurements and shoe size.
Jane Laut – Social Media
Talking about his presence of Jane on social media platforms, she has never been active there. Jane neither has an Instagram account nor a Facebook account and also a Twitter account.
On the other side, Jane Laut’s husband, Dave Laut has also never been active on any of the social media platforms. Jane has always been out of the media’s concern before the death of her husband happened.