Her body turns up several weeks later, and an autopsy discovers that her windpipe had been crushed. After seeing Mrs Rifkin, she feels so upset she wants Jacob to tell Andy he did it so she can relax. Privacy Policy. Jacob is innocent because. Andy finds out that a pedophile named Leonard Patz may have killed Ben. Warning: This article contains major spoilers for the final episode of Defending Jacob. Jacob Owen "Jake" Barber is the titular character of the Apple TV+ limited series, Defending Jacob. Its more just a process of elimination.. Could Patz really have been forced to write that suicide note without more pleading, or force on screen? Billy sent Father OLeary to force Patz to confess to Bens murder, before strangling him to death and making it look like suicide, to prevent Jacob ending up in prison like him. "The monster cannot be killed": What comes next for Tucker Carlson? Its told through Andys eyes and its not clear whether the crash is an accident or not, though Andy refuses to incriminate Laurie at all. Andy knows how tensed Laurie has been earlier, so he decides not to tell her anything. All in all, we dont know if Jacob did it. Sad times, we dont know! How is the shows finale different from the books ending? The tragic irony is, he didnt have to, and Hope is found.. Jacob put the idea of killing Ben back in Lauries head after Hope went missing too. The ending of AppleTV+'s 'Defending Jacob' series diverts from William Landay's 2012 novel in two key ways. In the novel, youre a little more sure Jacob did do it, because of the disappearance of Hope, said Bomback. Bomback opted to change the ending because this felt more true to the story we were telling over these eight hours, whereas in the book, Laurie is in the dark, and [the crash] is more a reaction to the realization that Jacob killed another person and might become a serial killer. He finally got everything back. Whatever you want, just slow down, please., This is what Laurie, and the audience, have been waiting to hear, and yet its validity is still in question.