Jake O'Hara

Jake O'Hara was a 13-year-old sociopath who guest-starred in the Law & Order: SVU episode "Conscience."

He was portrayed by actor Jordan Garrett.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
When the SVU squad investigates the disappearance of a 5-year-old boy named Henry Morton, Jake tells detectives Stabler & Benson that he saw Henry the morning of his disappearance. Henry's body is later discovered and at first, a child molester named Billy Turner is suspected of murdering him, but his alibi checks out.

When evidence shows that Jake's fingerprints on the pebbles that were found inside of Henry's throat, Jake and his mother Leslie are brought in for questioning. Jake tearfully confesses that he killed Henry because Henry witnessed Jake falling on a cat and killing it after chasing it & was scared that Henry was going to tell.

He said that he was afraid that his mom would send back to a boot camp he attended where he claims that he was burnt, cut and sodomized by the other campers. However, when ADA Casey Novak speaks with the other boys at the boot camp, she learns that Jake's injuries were self-inflicted. It is also revealed that Jake had been expelled from two private schools for arson and violent behavior.

During Jake's family court hearing, Detective Stabler and ADA Novak interrupt, saying that Jake lied about what happened to him. When Novak asks for Jake to be tried as an adult instead of a juvenile, the judge declines. When Henry's father, Dr. Brett Morton learns the truth about Jake, he becomes upset & is escorted out of the courtroom.

Outside of the courtroom, Dr. Morton tells Stabler that Jake will kill again once he's released from juvenile attention. When Jake was leaving the courtroom with his mother & attorney, he fakes an apology to Dr. Morton and walks away. When Dr. Morton yells at him, Jake turns around to face him. Then, Dr. Morton grabs a court officer's gun and shoots Jake in the chest.

Jake was taken to a hospital where he died in surgery from his injuries. Dr. Morton was charged with Jake's murder, but is acquitted after claiming in court that he acted out of grief when he murdered Jake.