Jayda Kyle murder two years later: Interrogation videos of Jalen Vaden and Devyn Kyle made public

Two years after the brutal murder of three-year-old Jayda Kyle of Carl Junction, the case is topping social media feeds once more as a sizable number of recently released court documents and videos have been posted, many casting aspersions at the child's mother Devyn Kyle, with others aimed directly at Jalen Vaden, 24, Devyn Kyle's former live-in boyfriend who is serving a 22-year sentence at the Jefferson City Correctional Center.

Despite Vaden pleading guilty January 3 in Jasper County Circuit Court, his supporters continue to question the validity of his confession and plea claiming his initial confession was coerced and alternately, that he is covering for Ms. Kyle.








Vaden added to the confusion with a statement he issued through his attorney, Tracey Martin, shortly after his plea, in which Vaden took responsibility for the child's death, but left doubts lingering.

Jalen has authorized me to make a statement on his behalf following his guilty plea.
Jalen continues to assert that his "confession" was not accurate or truthful. 

However, he does take responsibility for a reckless, tragic accident that resulted in the death of a beautiful child. He feels extreme guilt and remorse for all of the families and individuals that continue to grieve for that precious little girl.

The interrogations of Vaden and Ms. Kyle were posted on YouTube Monday and are included in this post.





Vaden will be required to serve at least 85 percent of his sentence and will not be eligible for parole at any time.

During the plea and sentencing hearing, Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney detailed the evidence that would have been presented if Vaden had gone to trial. From the January 3 Turner Report:

The familiar details from the original probable cause statement were recounted, but Kenney also added others which explained why investigators zeroed in on Vaden rather than the other adult who was in the home at 405 Meadow Lake Drive in Carl Junction the night of November 27, 2017, Jayda's mother, Devyn Kyle.

When Carl Junction Police Department officers arrived, emergency medical personnel were already working on Jayda, Kenney said.

Vaden had blood on his shirt and there was blood on the floor in the child's room as well as on the bed.

After it was determined that Jayda Kyle's death, which occurred December 1 after she had been airlifted to Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, did not come as a result of any medical condition, but rather from abuse, investigators questioned Vaden and Kyle separately after advising them of their Miranda rights.

Kenney said that in the videotaped interview, Vaden told officers he did not intend to hurt Jayda, but "he just snapped."

Vaden demonstrated on a doll what he had done to the child, including throwing her on the floor and causing her to hit her head, Kenney said, and then officers left the room as Vaden wrote on a piece of paper a description of the exact locations in the child's room where the incidents of abuse had taken place.

Vaden's descriptions of what he had done to Jayda and where he had done it matched up completely with the physical evidence from the crime scene and the medical evidence, Kenney said.

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