Grandma killer arrested

WILD ROSE — Randy Darius Jenks, 36-year-old Waushara County man, is facing a charge of first-degree intentional homicide after authorities say he stabbed his 75-year-old grandmother, Patrica Mae Glenn, to death in their shared home before fleeing to Utah.
He was charged Monday in Waushara County Circuit Court. If convicted of the Class A felony, Jenks faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison.

A welfare check
The investigation began on the evening of March 8, 2026, when a family friend requested a welfare check at a residence on Strawberry Circle in the Town of Mount Morris. Deputy Connor Wilson of the Waushara County Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene at approximately 7:44 p.m.
Upon arrival, Wilson spoke with the victim’s granddaughter, who reported that she had not heard from her grandmother all day, which she described as unusual. The granddaughter told the deputy that her mother, who is also Jenks’ mother, had informed her that Jenks claimed to have stabbed his grandmother before fleeing the state.
According to the criminal complaint, Deputy Wilson looked through a front window of the home and saw an elderly female lying on the floor surrounded by dried blood. After entering the residence, Wilson confirmed the woman had no pulse and her skin was cool to the touch.

Escape to Utah
Investigators quickly focused on Jenks after learning he had traveled to Ogden, Utah, where his aunt resides. The granddaughter told deputies she had called her aunt’s house and that Jenks himself answered the phone.
“I stabbed grandma in the living room, on the floor,” he told her during the phone conversation.
The Waushara County Sheriff’s Department contacted the Ogden Police Department to locate and detain Jenks. His aunt told police she overheard Jenks on the phone with his mother saying he had “killed grandma.”
Ogden police took Jenks into custody at his aunt’s residence. Officers reported finding blood on Jenks’ person and clothing, as well as an injury to one of his fingers. Ogden police recovered a folding knife covered in blood on a bedside table near Jenks’ car keys. A vehicle registered to Jenks, a dark-colored Pontiac G6 with Wisconsin plates, was also located at the Utah scene.

Pushed too far
The criminal complaint details a history of tension between the defendant and the victim. The granddaughter told investigators that Jenks and his grandmother had lived together for over a year, but that Jenks often made threatening comments toward her. The grandmother would leave the home and go to her granddaughter’s house to escape those situations.
Following his arrest, Jenks’ aunt told police he admitted to the stabbing because his grandmother had “pushed him too far.” His mother also informed a detective that Jenks texted her throughout the afternoon of March 8. In a phone call that evening, Jenks allegedly told his mother he stabbed the victim in the neck and ran because he was scared.