The Disappearance of Jennifer Pentilla
Episode 144
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Eighteen year old Jennifer Pentilla was driven to help others. Fresh out of high school she traveled to Mexico on a mission trip to paint churches and assist the local community. When an opportunity arose to go back, she leapt at it.
What was supposed to be a group bike trip from San Diego, down into Mexico, fell through but Jennifer was undeterred and even if she had to go alone, she was set on making the trip. In October of 1991, she set off on her own and for a time the trip was going well.
However, on October 17th she made her last call home and mysteriously disappeared from Deming, New Mexico. Over a year later, most of her belongings were found in the desert not far from the town of Hatch. Thirty years later, the question remains, what became of Jennifer Pentilla?
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Jennifer Lynn Pentilla - Ancestry.com
32°16'07.3"N 107°45'31.1"W - Google Maps
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Jennifer Pentilla Cold Case - Help Solve This Missing Person Case
Phone Records and Notes of Contacts and Conversations - Jennifer Pentilla Cold Case
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