Jan Spears' Obsession With Shawn Brady

In 2004, Heather Lindell took over the role. When Jan Spears returned to Salem, "Days of Our Lives" fans found out that her parents had been killed and she had inherited their fortune. She turned to Dr. Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) for therapy, but in reality, she was scheming to break up Belle Black and Shawn Brady. Jan teamed up with Nicole Walker (Arianne Zucker). Jan promised to help Nicole kill her husband Victor Kiriakis (John Aniston) and Nicole helped Jan lure Shawn into a trap following his breakup with Belle.

Jan found a way to kidnap Shawn and held him prisoner in a cage at her parent's country home. All the while, Jan told Shawn stories of Belle getting close to his best friend, Philip Kiriakis. Finally, Shawn was able to escape and jumped on his motorcycle to try to get home to Salem. However, he crashed his bike, leaving him with a head injury and memory loss. He began to believe that he was in love with Jan. However, suspicions rose and Mimi Lockhart soon found out the truth.

During an argument between Jan and Mimi, Jan tripped and hit her head on a rock. She went into a coma and was left at the hospital, disappearing from Salem. However, the character came back with a vengeance more than a decade later.