JENNIFER DEVERAUX
(Melissa Reeves)
Jennifer is the daughter of Drs. Bill and Laura Horton and the younger sister of Mike Horton, also a doctor.
Jennifer was placed in the care of grandparents Tom and Alice Horton by her father Bill. Her first husband was Jack Deveraux - at The 'Salem Spectator'. Although there previously had been men in her life, including Frankie Brady and Emilio Ramirez, none stirred her passion like Jack. Theirs was a difficult marriage and ended in divorce. So when suave, smooth-talking Peter Blake promised to take care of her and daughter Abby, Jennifer fell prey to his charms and married Peter (Stefano DiMera's adopted son) on the rebound.
After Peter’s death, Jennifer was eventually reunited with her first husband. Wanting to start a new life, Jack, Jennifer and Abby left Salem for Africa.
Jack and Jennifer were remarried in a beautiful ceremony that included their daughter Abby and was broadcast live on their talk show, 'In the House'. They returned to their honeymoon to continue working on the show for a bit, but Jack was dissatisfied. He wanted to return to his roots as an investigative reporter and unfortunately, this led to his murder by the Salem Stalker. Jennifer had to make the heart-wrenching decision to take Jack off life support, only to have Abby then blame her for his death. Shortly thereafter, Jennifer found out she was pregnant and considered this a last gift from Jack. Unfortunately, the pregnancy was a dangerous one; the baby's life, as well as Jennifer's, was in danger.
Jennifer went into labor and delivered a healthy baby boy, with the help of Patrick Lockhart, in a cave. Then, she nearly died; Tony DiMera saved her life through his knowledge of the local plants.
She was finally brought back to "New Salem," and eventually Jack was found and the two reunited and bonded with their baby son. Now they're back in the real Salem and Jack found out he’s dying so decided to reunite Frankie and Jennifer.
Why Jack would want another man in his bed after he died I don't know!!
