Sistas Who Kill: A True Crime Podcast · CAKE MEDIA

Carman Jenkins

·1 hr 18 min·5 clips

Clarence orders Carmen to kill McCall to prove the threat is real.

1. Sistas Who Kill: A True Crime Podcast covers the Carman Jenkins case, centered on Carmen Major, Clarence Jenkins Jr., McCall Harris, and Grace Davis. 2. Marah and Tez host the episode and introduce Carmen as the woman who became Clarence Jenkins Jr.’s wife and later the person they call a murderess. 3. The episode asks how a church-raised student with keys to the church and a restaurant dream ends up in a killing scheme. 4. Carmen Major was born in 1987, adopted three days after birth by Beverly Major, and raised in a strict church home in which her brother Brylin got into more trouble. 5. Carmen sang in the choir, played basketball at school and in the church league, served as an usher, and babysat for children from her church and nearby churches. 6. She graduated as a straight-A student and enrolled at Spartanburg Methodist College with plans to study business and open a restaurant. 7. A severe staph infection left Beverly Major bedridden for six weeks, and Carmen dropped out to care for her mother because the family could not afford a nurse. 8. Clarence Jenkins Jr., born around 1983 or 1984, came from a home the hosts describe as unstable and began committing petty theft as a teenager. 9. Clarence did not finish high school, worked irregularly through temp agencies and construction jobs, and kept getting “favors to appear” on his record. 10. Carmen and Clarence met at her apartment complex, where he flirted with her, helped her with small tasks, and gradually built a relationship. 11. Carmen saw Clarence as someone she could care for, while Clarence liked that Carmen was selfless and willing to give. 12. Their relationship became physical, and the hosts say they believe he may have been her first sexual partner. 13. Carmen brought Clarence around her family, but they did not trust him and said he was not the right man for her. 14. Carmen became pregnant, and the two married outside Greenville when she was 19 and he was 23. 15. The marriage pushed Clarence to the temp agency more consistently, and Carmen later got a job at a sporting goods store after the baby was old enough. 16. Clarence met McCall Harris at the same temp agency, where McCall was looking for work while living with addiction and staying in a boarding house. 17. Grace Davis, who had fled an abusive marriage to Willie Davis, moved in with Carmen and Clarence in exchange for room, board, and help with the children. 18. While Clarence served a 90-day jail stint on outstanding warrants, Carmen and Grace began a relationship and later tried to hide it when he came home. 19. Clarence then claimed Grace was tied to an unnamed organization, wrote a demand letter for $10,000, and set up a plan to force her back through threats. 20. The tone is conversational and storytelling-heavy, with the hosts interrupting the case details for jokes, side comments, and direct reactions to the evidence. 21. People who like relationship-driven true crime with church-life details will likely follow this episode. 22. People who want concise, strictly procedural case summaries may skip it.

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A tense family-pressure case built around threats, a deadline, and police getting called in.

The episode tracks a steady pressure campaign. Clarence and Carmen make the threats, set the deadline, and try to pull Grace back toward the organization through her family.

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Press play if you want a grim deadline, a porch-side threat, and real family panic.

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