ody would eventually meet his demise after the marriage failed and they separated, which lead Janie to meet a younger gentleman named Tea Cake. They leave together and moved to Jacksonville which was a mistake as he thought Janie was cheating on him. As a result of this, Janie senses he was going to kill him so she acted first and murdered him with a pistol. Janie is put on trial for murder where she is surprisingly found not guilty and returns to her home roots of Eatonville.