Aajonus Son Jeff

John Jeffrey "Jeff" is Aajonus Vonderplanitz' child, from his first marriage to Mary. He was born on September 13, 1964, when Aajonus was 17, during the first week of Aajonus' senior year of high school.

Jeff was a sickly baby with severe colic. Mary's mother, Margaret, looked after him while Aajonus was at school and Mary was at work. Aajonus and Mary divorced when Aajonus was 19, and Jeff grew up mostly apart from his father. In his 2022 interview, Jeff blamed his mother for keeping them apart, but spoke warmly about the time he later spent with Aajonus.

In September 1986, at 22, Jeff nearly died in a car accident. He was thrown through the windshield, fell into a coma, and was paralyzed on the right side of his body. Doctors gave him a 2% chance of survival.

His recovery is the main story in the first part of We Want To Live. Aajonus secretly fed him raw butter and honey in the hospital, and then raw meat. By August 1987 Jeff had fully recovered, and he went back to Cincinnati and finished college.

Jeff never fully stuck to the Primal Diet, but ate about 99% raw whenever he visited Aajonus. He went on to work with recovering drug addicts in clinics for 15 years.

After Aajonus died in 2013, Thai officials called Jeff to ask what to do with his father's body. Jeff asked for an autopsy. He says the reports he received had 11 doctors giving five different causes of death, and he believes Aajonus was murdered.

Father's Day correspondence (June 16, 2013)

Here is Aajonus's last contact with his son when John wished him Happys Fathers day on June 16, 2013:

John Jeffrey to Aajonus

Hi Aaj just wanted to wish you a very happy Fathers Day !! Sorry I havent written to you in the last several months !! I do apologize for not staying in touch Please forgive me !! I am working part time as a handyman making 10 dollars an hour cash money every 2 weeks. I am driving also thanks to you and this diet !! Thank you again very much for helping me with my license. I would probably still be riding my bike or making payments if it wasn't for your help !! I have been eating between 3/4 of a pound and a pound of raw red meat a day and I'm getting healthier and healthier feeling better and looking better and able to function again mentally and physically for the first time in years !! I am taking fish oil only along with the raw milk and raw eegs and raw meat. I put cajun spice on my steaks though and I like it a lot better even though I know the spices are not part of the diet, but I like the raw steak with spices and no fat. I can't stand the taste of raw fat !! I eat lean strip steaks and talapia almost everyday. Hope your doing OK and I hope you win the court battle !! The only thing I have been having trouble with is sleeping at night so if you could tell me what to eat that will help me sleep more than just raw fish I would greatly Appreciate it !! I have great thanks that I am not being poisoned anymore I have finally listened to what you are saying about the toxicity of government regulated food and man made medications. Been off the crap long enough to know that the medications I was on were making me extremely sick near suicide. I'm getting healthier everyday and I owe you for that. I'll keep eating raw foods and find any other way to deal with my problems than poisioning myself again and again and again. Dad those bastards that tried to kill you will pay. Thank You very much for all of your help Dad I love you. Happy Fathers Day. John Jeffrey

Aajonus to John Jeffrey

Hi, John Jeffrey, Thank you so very much for your wonderful message. I never judge you for how much you keep in contact with me. I care about you taking care of yourself. I am delighted that you are doing so much better. Since you have been on psychotropic drugs for so long, it will not be easy for you to sleep at night. Nighttime is when the brain and nervous system detoxify. Try to sleep more after you eat after work. You will probably wake about midnight. Have some watermelon with some raw cream or avocado. Do something for a few hours and then return to sleep about 3 AM. appreciatively and healthfully, aajonus

Caption accompanying a 2002 family reunion video

Below is a video from 2002 when he spent time with Aajonus during a family reunion. Aajonus named John Jeffrey as his beneficiary in his Trust and his wish was for John Marshall to receive what he left behind. He is planning to retire to live on a tropical island. Via R Ortega #SusanneLacson

Note: The video could not be found.