Sarah Corbett Lynch breaks silence on coverage of Molly Martens’ new life

'My Dad doesn’t get to start over.'

Sarah was just eight years old when her father, Jason Corbett, a native of Limerick, was killed in their North Carolina home.

Sarah's stepmother, Molly Martens, as well as her father, Tom Martens, were initially convicted of second-degree murder.

However, after a rather lengthy legal battle, Molly and Tom saw an appeal overturned, which led them to accept a plea deal of voluntary manslaughter in November 2023.

Sarah released a book titled 'A Time for Truth', nearly a decade after her father's death.

The book details the aftermath of the death of Sarah's father and the family's battle for justice.

It also features the devastation Sarah's family felt when the Martens were released from prison in 2024, after serving for just three and a half years.

Sarah took to social media, sharing that her father 'doesn't get to start over.'

She wrote: "An article has been published today about Molly Martens’ life now. I’m sharing it because I will not stay silent while the world moves on and the truth gets softened. My Dad, Jason Corbett, doesn’t get to start over. He is buried a mile from where I live, alongside my birth Mother.

"As a child, I lived through coercive control and abuse. I know exactly what it does to a child – how it steals your voice, your safety, your sense of reality. Finding my voice again has taken years.

"That is why I wrote A Time for Truth. Not for attention – but to shine a light on injustice, to tell the story from the child’s perspective, and to stand with every victim who has been silenced, manipulated, or disbelieved.

"It’s also why I participated in the Netflix documentary – because the impact on children matters. And if this conversation helps even one person recognise coercive control, leave a dangerous situation, or protect a child, then speaking out matters."

Released in May of last year, the Netflix documentary features interviews with both Molly and Tom Martens, in which they maintain that their actions were in self‑defence.