True Crime with Kimbyr - Part 1: College Student Killed First Week On Campus - The Horrifying Murder of Jenna Burleigh | True Crime

Episode Date: December 5, 2025

A college dream turned nightmare—why did Jenna Burley vanish after her first night out? In this gripping episode of True Crime with Kimbyr, Kimbyrleigha unravels the emotional and deeply personal story of 22-year-old Jenna Burley, a vibrant student whose first week of classes ended in tragedy. Through compassionate storytelling and detailed investigation, True Crime with Kimbyr explores Jenna’s life, her fierce individuality, and the chilling final hours before a desperate text became the only clue. What really happened that night—and who was responsible? Dive into the mystery to find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine that you just transferred to your dream college. In the middle of the big city, there's always something to do, getting coffee, studying at the library, hitting the gym, or going out to bars with friends. For one young woman, it was her very first week of classes. She went out on Wild Wednesday for her friend's 21st birthday. They partied until the bars closed. But the next morning, she was gone.

And the only clue was a text, begging for help. This is her story. Hi, everyone. Welcome back to my channel. My name is Kimberlya. If you've never been here before, it's nice to finally meet you.

Today, we are unfortunately talking about another college student. This is from my University Murder series. And it's another case that has a lot of reminders and messages. Own it all. Pay off your home.

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I know that many of you caught that I made a mistake in another case that I did that was set in Pennsylvania. I do make mistakes sometimes. I said Philadelphia was capital. I never mean any offense. I just have a lot of information in my brain and does get jumbled. So just kindly correct me in the comments and forgive me. But back to Jenna. Her parents are Joseph Edward Burley, who went by Ed, and Jacqueline Burley, who went by Jackie.

Jackie and Ed both went to college at Villanova University in Philadelphia. Jackie loved to joke that she was going to Villanova to meet and marry a rich man. But over the years, as she matured, Jackie was more concerned with getting a good education than meeting men. And then she eventually crossed paths with her future husband, Ed, and he swept her off her feet. It turns out Ed wasn't rich, but he was exactly Jackie's type and just as passionate about taking care of others. They were truly a perfect match. Jackie went into hospice care and Ed did nursing and rehabilitation. They got married on October 26th of 1991, and just a year later, they had their first daughter, Janelle, which is also one of my sister's names.

Three years later, they welcomed Jenna. Here are some pictures. She was a very cute and happy baby. Now, Jenna was part of a large Catholic family. She had 13 aunts and uncles and 13 cousins, as well as two younger brothers named Jeb and Jacob, and I couldn't help but notice that all the children had. have J names like their mother. That's a very common theme, so let me know if you stayed with the same letter for your kids. I'm trying to pick an S name for the new baby to match my daughter, Shaila.

But the Burley family liked taking trips to visit their extended family in California and Avalon, New Jersey. But their home base was at their house, located at 346 Cottington Way in Harleysville, Pennsylvania, a suburb on the far outskirts of Philadelphia. It's on the far end of a circular road in a cute little neighborhood with lots of pretty homes that had nice, big yards. It's a four-bedroom, two-and-half-bath home that's close to 3,500 square feet and perfect for a family like Jenna's. When they weren't traveling, the family loved hanging out at home with their dogs,

Jay, and Coda. Growing up, Jenna was a dog lover. She was an animal lover, and she was as girly as can be. She liked dressing up, wearing pink, and playing with dolls. Dramatic actually should have been Jenna's middle name, because no matter what she was doing, she was the star of the show. You could tell she was going places because of her quitwit and her extroverted personality.

On the very first day of kindergarten, Jenna met another little girl named Torre Tornetta. Torre ended up having a little accident, and she had to go to the nurse's office for a change of clothing and this gave Jenna an idea. Jenna decided she wasn't really wearing an outfit she loved, so she too had an accident and she followed Tori to the nurse's office so that she could get a better outfit from home. And from then on, they were very best friends. Jenna was actually known for her expressive fashion statements throughout middle school and high school. At first,

she definitely tried to blend in like most of us do. She would wear pollister, Abercrombie, American Eagle, but she had the classic emo haircut. I'm sure you remember the bangs that are always in the face. And she would secretly listen to panic at the disco when she got home from school. While still trying to maintain that preppy image. But at Sauterton High, Jenna's fashion started to finally reflect her true personality. She wore sparkly rainbow outfits, glittery makeup, graphic teas, tie-dye, kitty ears, chokers, fake fur, heart-shaped sunglasses, crocheted crop tops, and very dark lipstick.

Jenna's style could be described as camp, which is over-the-top exaggerated and in-your-face. Her inspiration was hippie music festivals and emo nights, and she pushed her friends to their fashion limits as well. Jenna thought it would be cool to actually go into fashion as a career, but she was also hyper-aware of environmental stability and the problems with the modeling industry. So the fashion industry didn't really make sense for Jenna's life goals because she wanted to make a difference in the world somehow and uplift people's voices who might not have the privilege to do so. Jenna joined the high school film production team, which was called Red Alert, where she made short skits and documentaries. Her talent in filmmaking was obvious. She was creative and passionate. And in

2011, Jenna joined Facebook. And I have to say, there are a number of of selfies with the duck face and the P-Sign. If you know, you know, I know that I did it too. And her bio read, Millennial Alien Baby. Her workplace says your butt. So you can tell she definitely has a sense of humor. I also noticed she loved to change her hair color.

It appeared to be naturally dark, but she rocked blonde and even pink hair. You can also tell from her interactions that she had on her page, Jenna had a lot of great friends. She was quirky, funny, compassionate, positive, and did everything in her power not to conform to society's standards. Social media was a place where she could speak her mind on every topic because nothing was off limits.

She would share her thoughts on anything from love to self-harm to being whoever you want to be in life and not letting society dictate your path. In 2013, Jenna posted a picture with her little cousin and she said, quote, I just want to steal her one day and go shopping, end quote. Kids actually really love Jenna, not only because she wore really flashy and cute outfits, but also her childlike enthusiasm. She carried that same enthusiasm all throughout her college visits and graduation. She even posted pictures in her white cap and gown with her friend Aaron Reagan and their favorite teacher at graduation.

She also joked about a post she shared about two women who were friends for a hundred years, saying that that was going to be her and her best friend Tori. Friends also started to comment about how meaningful the things were that Jenna would share, especially when she began to post things on her own blog site. A lot of times she would share pictures of short excerpts from her journal. And one friend commented that she was already saying a lot of meaningful stuff that many people can relate to, and that it doesn't have to be a novel. Sometimes short and sweet are best.

My favorite one was, quote, Just remember, that like the moon, your dark side will always always. your dark side will orbit, and you'll be full of light once again." End quote. She was very poetic. And in August of 2013, the summer after graduation, Jenna made the decision to relocate for college to Sunny Florida, my home state.

Jenna was accepted into the University of Tampa, where she participated in sorority recruitment and joined Kappa Alpha Theta. She took classes in film and media studies. She went there to escape. And Jenna wasn't sure if college was even right for her, but she wanted to spread her wings and explore. She went home for Christmas that year,

still feeling great about her decision to go to Tampa, since Harley'sville was in the middle of very snowy weather. They were calling it snowmageddon at the time. But sadly, the black ice was horrible. I've never actually experienced it, but Jenna ended up having a really bad accident. She slipped and fell and shattered her ankle. I have shattered my entire right palm when I was 19 years old and it was brutal, but I can't imagine

shattering your ankle because it's on a whole other level. And they had to put screws and plates in and she had to go to physical therapy to learn how to walk again. This is what the summer looked like for Jenna. So after the surgery, Jenna did have a small chance. It was like a 0.1% chance of getting an infection. But since it was highly unlikely, she decided to return to Sunny Tampa and tough it out. The semester started and get it.

What? Against all odds, Jenna was the one of that small percentage to get an infection. At the ER, she was given an IV drip and a wheelchair. Ed and Jackie suggested that Jenna come back home and take a semester off so that they could help her out. And I know how hard that must have been for a parent not to be there for their child, so it makes sense. And Jenna's accident completely changed her life. She leaned on her family and friends more than ever before. She started therapy, but it didn't help the fact that she was 19 and couldn't do the things that other people were doing. She couldn't go out with her friends or show off her outfits or have fun. And that spring was when she really turned to blogging.

The title of her website was seeking a great perhaps, which I like. Because it's sort of having lower expectations with the word perhaps, since maybe she would find whatever she was looking for. But sadly, that would become more of a reality than she could have probably. imagined. She posted 42 blog post in 2014 and in those posts she talked about body image, perfectionism, mental health, student debt, sex, and positivity. She was very vocal about women and how they should stand up for what they believe in. She believed they should be allowed to breastfeed in public for example without a stigma and she wanted to destroy the rape culture. Now I can't say the R word again and again so I'm going to sub it with

forced intercourse. If you're not sure what is mean by our word culture, let me read you an excerpt from Jenna's blog on the topic from May 2014. It says, quote, why does my dad tell me it's different for a girl every single effin time I go out? Because hello, the only reason it's different for a girl is because people keep saying it's different for a girl. You can't get too drunk because you're a girl. And then someone could force you into intercourse. That's the reason. Does no one What you know what you're telling girls? You're telling girls, they can't have fun the way guys do, because guys will take advantage of them.

You know what would be better to do? Teach boys that it's not f-n- okay to sexually girls. You're teaching little girls that it's their fault if a guy forces them into any type of sexual situation because of what they're wearing or what they're doing, end quote. And then she says sarcastically, quote, they were wearing a short skirt or were drunk, obviously it's their fault that happened. People seriously put that into consideration like it's an okay way to think.

Why in the effing world isn't even a little bit okay for a girl to be harmed because of something she was doing, quote unquote, wrong, end quote. This is clearly something Jenna was very passionate about. Jenna cared. In reading her work, I feel like she's speaking to every young girl out there and speaking. She was a very talented writer. And though I don't agree with every position she had, it's clear she thought deeply about the world and her place in it, and that's something that I can get on board with. In April of 2015, Jenna posted on Facebook that SeaWorld should be disbanded because animals should not be enslaved for human entertainment.

And in June of 2015, when gay marriage was legalized in the United States, she posted this picture you've probably seen it before. before, it's Joe Biden and Barack Obama and they're running in the White House holding the rainbow flags. Jenna was outspoken about the LGBTQ plus rights and equality. She loved people, and she wanted that to be known that whoever you were, she would accept you. She wasn't going to try to change anyone just because they may be different than she is. And at this time, she was watching the show Orange is the New Black, and she posted on her

blog that she wasn't into labels, which is a testament to Jenna's maturity and her free spirit. We're all very dynamic people so I can understand the sentiment. And while recovering from her infection, Jenna actually opened up an Etsy shop for her tie-dye projects and expanded it into homemade necklaces. I'm wearing this tided shirt I made for Jenna since we definitely shared a love for that. 20% of the sales that she made went to her favorite charity called the Happy Hinscherty. HiiPee Foundation. This is a charity that's run by Miley Cyrus, and it aims to help the LGBTQ plus kids who experience homelessness. Jenna had always been so grateful to her family that supported her and loved her no matter what, and she wanted to extend that same type of love and support to others.

Jenna truly had a heart for those without a place to call home, so she made that one of her biggest missions to help the homeless, but Jenna could still accept help from others as well. For example, the day after Christmas in 2014, a whole year after the accident, Jenna went to her mother Jackie and said she needed help. What she meant was that her mental health had declined and she was in a depressive episode. Her mother heard her and helped her. She helped Jenna go to a mental health facility. She was so proud of her daughter for getting help and being so transparent to all of her friends and extended family members. Jenna had visitors while she stayed with nurses and blogged about her battle with depression, anxiety, ADHD, and what doctors later suggested could be bipolar disorder. Jenna said that her thoughts had turned evil and dark. And she said, quote, it happens a lot to a lot of people. So I'm not afraid to admit it, end quote. And that's brave.

Since sadly, there is still a stigma around mental health and not being seen as normal. when truly we all have dark moments in life. And in February of 2015, Jenna got a much-needed vacation. She flew to the West Coast with her dad, Ed, and her uncle Chip. And on Facebook with this picture, she called them her favorite drinking buddies and probably the best, worst influences.

You can tell how close she is with her father. They definitely had a special bond. And after that trip, Jenna had the travel bug. She wanted to go everywhere and do everything. Her parents talked about her going back to college to take the next step in her documentary career. So Jenna decided this time she would stay close to home and enrolled in Montgomery County Community College, which was only about a 20-minute drive from her parents' house. Jenna ended up getting her associate's degree there, and from 2015 to 2016,

Jenna hung out with all of her friends, Allie, Becca, Aaron, Torrey, Danielle, Jessie, and so many others. She loved going to music festivals. and went to the Philadelphia Folk Festival several years in a row, and one day she really wanted to attend Coachella, I've never been, but she said the tickets were way too expensive at the time. Jenna loved in no particular order, Lana Del Rey, Bernie Sanders, Sylvia Plath, cheese, wine, Disney movies, dancing on tables, and using Snapchat filters.

She constantly loved changing her look, as I mentioned, and dyed her hair pink, platinum blonde, and all shades of brunettes. And all the while, she advocated for what she believed in. Anti-racism, feminism, affordable housing, and of course, combating homelessness. In December of 2015, Jenna posted this, quote, Facebook friends, it's winter apparently, so I'm going to assume it'll eventually get super cold and shit, which no one enjoys. But all of us are fortunate enough to have everything we need, even if it's not everything we want.

It makes my soul sad that there are people who are people who, who have nothing. They are forced to live in the cold, and then we wonder why their hearts are so icy. Not all homeless people fall under this stereotype society has given them. It's important to realize we are all living in our own realities. We all have a story that has formed us into the person that we are and has directed us to the place we're at in life. So instead of pretending I cared like I always have, I'm going to finally prove I do, which we all should. What I want to do this winter is make backpacks called Blessing Bags for the local homeless people in Philly. I've seen people do this and I think it's the least I can do. That being said, if any of you

have any winter essentials to donate food, toiletries, gift cards, etc., I'd be happy to take them off your hands. I plan to go to Goodwill and other thrift stores to get things as well, but I figured I'd use this site for something actually important. I'll attach a list I found online of what others have included, but any suggestions are welcome. This list doesn't include coats or blankets, which I also want to add. So if you're feeling generous, either comment or message me with anything and everything you can give. Let's start loving, helping, and supporting those less fortunate than us instead of depreciating and disregarding them. Just because it's easier, when the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

end quote. I know that was long, but I definitely wanted to share that with you. And underneath, she did post an organized checklist, and Jenna's blessing bags were born. Jenna assembled the backpacks on her own and then drove an hour to downtown Philadelphia to hand them out to strangers. In 2016, Jenna posted this selfie featuring the pink, yellow, and blue pen sexual flag with the words, quote, I do not have sex with pans, end quote. She'd recently found out that there was a label that encompassed her sexuality. When she cared about someone, she cared about them regardless of how they labeled themselves. Jenna said that she'd grown.

She thought labels weren't for her until she learned that there was a label for her. And I love that. If you're not familiar because I wasn't fully aware of what this meant, pansexuality is a sexual orientation that describes romantic, emotional or sexual attraction to people of any gender identity. The prefix pan just means all. And I've actually heard this be referred to as being sexually fluid. And that ultimately means that you look for the qualities that you're attracted to and whatever the gender person is.

You fall in love with them for who they are. And in January of 2017, Jenna posted that she was still growing. But for the first time ever, she finally felt like she was headed in the right direction. She'd gone to a woman's march on National Women's Day. and Jenna said the march empowered her. Now she felt like she understood her femininity. It was what made her strong. Jenna said, quote,

I know people feel alone and hurt and scared because I feel it too. Even with my white privilege constantly stable to my face, I feel it. And I will always fight for what's right. I will fight for intersectional feminism because the whitewashing has to stop. I will always fight for equality for all.

And my journey is just getting started, end quote. clear that Jenna is a very outspoken and strong woman. As I stated from the beginning, Jenna loved people and wanted to be as accepting as she could. She was the type of person who wouldn't let anyone talk badly about someone else. If she heard someone bullying someone, she would step in and tell them it was messed up and then tell them to accept that person for who they are. We're all different. And in the fall of 2017, Jenna finally had enough credits to transfer to a four-year University. She did think about going back to Tampa, but it just wouldn't be the same. Besides, she had friends that were now going to college in Philly. So Jenna committed to Temple University.

She was a junior at this point, majoring in film and media studies, and she did choose to live with her parents during this transition. She redecorated her room, she painted the walls teal, kind of like this color, and she hung up new pictures and motivational quotes, so it kind of felt like she was in a dorm of her own. Jenna commuted the hour to attend classes in downtown Philadelphia, and I know that a lot of you commute every single day for your jobs. I'm not a commuter. I will not drive in LA traffic or drive them much at all, so I have to ask. What do you listen to on those long drives? Hopefully, it's my videos. I know a lot of you have already told me that you do so, so thank you for that. When Jenna wasn't in class or at home, she worked at a retail job and

and occasionally slept over at Friends Apartments so she wouldn't have to drive all the way back to her parents' house. Now Temple University had a very big social scene. It's right smack dab in the middle of downtown Philadelphia, surrounded by bars with lots to do. When you're in the temple bubble, you feel safe. But stepping right outside the campus in Philadelphia, it has one of the highest crime rates in the United States.

Crossing that threshold is like night and day. But students felt safe hanging. hanging out around town, especially if there were locations that many students frequented. Unfortunately, during her first week of classes, Jenna had another accident. This time, it was in her car. But she was lucky. The damage was minor. She called her dad and Ed drove to Temple to help Jenna deal with AAA, getting the car towed, and all that stuff. Now the car would have to be at the shop overnight.

That was on Wednesday, August 30th, and the next day on Thursdays, Jenner, did have a very early class. But now, she didn't have a way to get to school the next morning, and she wanted to attend that class. So she told her dad, you know what? Don't worry about taking me back home. I'm just going to crash on my friend Davis's couch. She had plans to meet her friend, Davis, Trin,

and his friends for a mutual friend's 21st birthday party that night. It was the infamous Wild Wednesday, which is the Temple University student tradition. It was Jenna's first Wednesday on campus. she wasn't going to miss it. Now, I wasn't sure whether this was a weekly tradition where students went out on Wednesday nights to kind of celebrate hump day in the middle of the week, or if it was just the first Wednesday

when classes start for a particular semester. But when I looked into it, it appeared to be a weekly thing for students at Temple University. It includes bar hopping after classes, up and down the streets surrounding the school. Lots of drinking and lots of partying, which is pretty normal for most college cultures. That Wednesday evening, Jenna's dad took her out for dinner, and they had such a good time.

Before he left her home, he gave her a big hug and kiss and offered to drop her off at Davis's house. But Jenna said Davis was already out having fun and she was just going to meet up with him down the street. They said their goodbyes and she walked away. She turned the corner of the building and Ed thought about how proud he was of his daughter as he watched her go. Jenna Davis and a few of their friends went bar hopping for a few hours. They kept running into another group of Jenna's friends, which included her friend Danielle. I'm sure you know how it is. You go somewhere, you see people you know, then you tell more people to meet up with you at another spot, and before you know it,

hours have gone by. Jenna's night ended at a place called Pub Web. It's a sports bar, and it's on a road called Cecil B. Moore Avenue, which is only about a block away from the campus. It looks like a typical bar with a long, skinny counter, with a large selection of alcohol, and in the back of the bar, there are some tables you can sit at, and where drunk people usually get brave enough to sing karaoke up on a small stage. And if you're hungry, they do offer burgers and wings to eat. It's a very small bar, and it gets really crowded with all the students piling in. Let me tell you what Jenna and her friends were doing that night. while her friend Davis, who she met up with, only had one drink that night, and just before midnight, he left.

He told Jenna to text him when she was ready to come back to his place where she was supposed to be staying that night. Jenna stayed out, since Danielle's group had showed up, and they just partied and partied till past 1 a.m. Now, the bars closed at two, and this particular one started to clear out closer to closing time. One by one, Jenna's friends began to leave, and somehow there wasn't. mix up regarding who was taking Jenna to Davis's. But before she knew it, everyone she knew was gone. Jenna was sitting there at an empty bar. She was just finishing up her drink and texting Davis to figure out what is she supposed to do. After 2 a.m., Davis woke up, and he hadn't even meant to fall sleep, so he was scrambling for his phone. Jenna had called and texted him. In one of her messages,

she asked if David was awake and if she could come over. In another, she asked for help, and that freaked him out. Why would Jenna need help? He texted back, but Jenna never replied. So Davis's anxiety kept him wide awake. He called Jenna back over and over again, but she didn't answer. So then he started calling their mutual friends, hoping that she had found someone else to spend the night with. Not everyone was awake at this time in the middle of the night, but there were a few friends who were awake, and they didn't know where Jenna had gone after they they parted ways. By 8 o'clock a.m. when Davis still hadn't been able to get a hold of Jenna, he amassed a search group of Jenna's friends to scour Temple University's campus, hoping that she had

made it to class that morning. You don't want to think the worst, and most times you don't. I mean, I probably do from all the cases I talk about, and you may too, but at first, Jenna's friends just expected her to get in touch with them sometime that day and maybe share a crazy story of the night before. Jenna's friend Jesse got a call from one of Jenna's friends asking if he knew where Jenna was. Jesse didn't. So we got in touch with Danielle and Danielle started looking around for Jenna. She was shocked that Jenna had pretty much been abandoned at the bar than before. So where was she now? Was she still asleep? Had her phone died? Was she even okay? Or was she in some kind of danger? The anxiety was beginning to build because as much as everyone hoped Jenna would be fine, remember that outside of campus,

The streets of Philadelphia are not exactly the safest place, especially for a woman, to be all alone. Jessie called Jenna's mom, Jackie. She picked up at work thinking Jenna's phone was probably dead, and maybe she was calling from Jessie's phone. When Jackie answered, Jessie said, Jenna's with you right? And at that exact moment, Jackie knew that something was wrong. Jenna was one of those people who always texted and called when she changed locations. She didn't want anyone to worry about her. Jessie told Jackie that she and Ed needed to come to temple immediately because Jenna was nowhere to be found.

This is a parent's worst nightmare, and we already know that Jenna's father had warned her about something happening to women when they go out partying, even though Jenna fought to break the stereotype, that it was a woman's job to make sure that she didn't invite bad behavior from men. So this, not hearing from Jenna, would be a living nightmare. Jackie called Ed at work and said their daughter was missing. Ed went into dad mode. He picked up Jackie and they sped down the freeway not wanting his wife to drive because she was worried sick at this point. Jenna's parents met with the Temple University Police Department.

It was 9 o'clock in the morning on Thursday, August 31st of 2017. And recall, it is the first week of school. The officers told Ed and Jackie there was no cause to be concerned. that this happened all the time. Students are free from their parents. They go out, they go on a bender, and they wake up at 2 p.m. the next day with a massive hangover and a wild story to tell.

Well, Ed and Jackie insisted, this was unlike Jenna. And we hear that a lot. And it makes sense that we do because if this was normal for someone, then no one would be worried. And it's true that this was Jenna's first week at Temple. But she wasn't the age of most incoming students. She wasn't 18.

or even a teen at all. She was 22. She was responsible. And she had already done a lot of partying. This wasn't exactly new to her. The security department agreed to look up Jenna's student card in their system, which would show that Jenna never swiped into the university after the bars closed at 2 a.m.

If Jenna did stay at someone's place, they didn't live in a residence hall. Then again, couldn't they have opened the door for her? There were just so many questions about where she could be. An officer actually went to Jenna's midday class, and he waited outside. And when the students and professor filed out of the room, the officer showed a picture of Jenna to each and everyone asking if they had seen her. The answer was no. She hadn't been at any of her classes. Jenna wasn't on campus. And when they called local hospitals,

the few Jane Does did not fit Jenna's description. The Temple Police helped Ed and Jackie fill out a missing person's report, getting as much information as possible about what what Jenna looked like, what she'd been doing the night before, and when she vanished. Ed said that at dinner, Jenna was wearing an oversized light blue sweatshirt. Jenna's friend said that Jenna had that sweatshirt tied her on her waist during the night, and she was wearing a navy blue ripped pair of jeans, brown boots, a white t-shirt with the words positive vibes only on it, and her hair was up in pigtails. Now that would be a very distinctive characteristic. It's easier to spot

and then hair just being down, for example. Captain Edward Woltmate was assigned to the case. He had been working at Temple University for a decade. He learned Jenna was last seen by friends at the bars, which were not technically Temple's jurisdiction. So the Philadelphia police and the lower Salford PD out of Harleysville were roped into this case. Jenna's friend Davis showed investigators Jenna's text

before 2 a.m. asking for help. They also learned Jenna had messaged another friend before 2 a.m., via Instagram DM. She asked to stay the night and then she asked for help. And that friend was asleep. Detective Terence Sweeney of the Philadelphia Police Department knew that time was of the essence and he requested Jenna's CSLI. Now this stands for cell site location information from her provider. Unfortunately, the last place Jenna went before her phone was turned off was Pub Web at 2 a.m. on August 31st. It seemed like her phone never left the bar. So what happened?

Was she still there? Did she pass out somewhere outside of the bar? That's terrifying. So of course, officers raced to Pub Web as soon as it opened at 3 p.m. and they asked the employees if they worked the night before. And one of them had, and they recognized Jenna's picture. Her hairstyle, the middle part with the two high pigtails, it made her stand out from the crowd.

The manager let police look at surveillance footage, and sure enough, they spot Jenna. Later, they see Jenna sitting at the bar until it closed. She's in a center seat, finishing a drink and texting her friends about needing a place to stay, as we know. At this point, it's about 1.30 in the morning. The bar is empty. Jenna does make a frustrated gesture to her phone because we know that no one's answering. And that's got to be frustrating, especially when someone's been drinking. It's harder to make sense of things and make decisions. Then in the footage, you see a man approaching her from the right around 138 a.m. And he kind of leans over and whispered something to her, and then he sits right next to Jenna,

even though the entire bar is empty. He could have sat anywhere. And then he seems to buy Jenna a drink. She does engage with him. It appears as though they're having a conversation even though it's brief. But Jenna keeps looking at her phone. And we know why. She's trying to get in touch with friends so she can get to bed and to class in a few hours.

Then the lights in the bar turn on. It's now 2 a.m. and it's time. to leave. The man leads the way out and Jenna follows behind him. They're walking out side by side with only a few feet between them and they head northwest around the corner and across the street. Both of them are pretty intoxicated. Outwardly, you can tell this, but they are sober enough that they don't need support, let's say, when they're walking, but they're not exactly walking in straight lines, which makes sense. They just came from a bar and we're drinking. But that's all the footage investigators have at this point. So they asked the bartender if Jenna seemed uncomfortable at all,

and they said no. Jenna's body language seems open. Plus, the bartender says he knows the man that she left with. He's a regular at Pub Web. His name is Joshua Hupperters, and one of the bartenders even had Josh's phone number. That was perfect. Maybe he saw which way she was headed or happened to help her get to a friend's place. So Captain Wolt may place a call to Joshua's cell phone around 5.15 p.m. but he doesn't end up picking up at that time. So Walt May tells Ed and Jackie that they've got a lead, that Jenna was seen leaving a bar with a man, and law enforcement was in the process of figuring out where this guy lived

so they could gather more information. Ed and Jackie began to wonder who this guy was. Because at this point, they don't know if he's older, if he's a fellow student, and whether Jenna went anywhere else with him after the bar. They wondered if she would have gone somewhere willingly or if he ended up taking advantage of her. It was a lot to take in. And in the meanwhile, they went in-person to nearby hospitals

hoping to find Jenna without any luck. Ed had a bad feeling. Of course he did, because we know how he feels about men and about women going out and drinking. They were rapidly approaching the 24-hour mark at this point, and it scared him. At 11.15 p.m. that night, Wilmaid finally got a call back from Josh.

He apologized for not. calling back sooner, he had gone out that night before and had been napping most of the day because he was sleeping off a hangover. Josh said that he didn't know a Jenna Burley. And I mean, we don't know if they even exchanged names. They weren't at the bar very long before they're seen walking out. But he did say he had gone out with his roommate that night and by midnight, he had had a lot to drink. He was pretty much blackout drunk at the end of the night. Josh said he purchased and drank about $200 worth of alcohol. He was definitely binging that night. That's a lot of alcohol. Woltemate struggled to believe that Josh could even drink this and

remain standing, but he figured Josh probably lost count, or he could be exaggerating, or he bought other people drinks because we saw him buy one possibly for Jenna. It's not that hard, because the price racks up when you're spending it on drinks. Wilmaid told Josh he wanted to interview him the next morning since he had been caught on CCTV walking out of PubWeb with Jenna, and he might be the last person to have seen her before she disappeared. So Josh gave his address. Walt May wrote it down and he promised to see him in the morning. So the next morning on September 1st, Walt made heads to Josh's apartment and he realizes it was really close to PubWeb. It's only a few minutes south, but that was interesting because the CCTV footage showed that Josh and Jenna were

seen walking in a northwestern direction. So where were they headed? Woltmate stood outside Josh's apartment and called him. And once again, Josh didn't answer. So Wolt May left him a voicemail saying, hey, Josh. This is Captain Woltman again from Temple Police. We spoke last night. Could you call me back as soon as you get this? We're basically down on your block and we like to talk to you. So please call me back. Since Josh wasn't calling right back, Woltmate and Detective Nicholas Chakula canvassed the apartment, hoping that someone knew where Josh lived. They showed his neighbors a picture of him from his file and no one recognized Josh. Oldmay was shocked.

He did some digging because remember, he was a local, he was a regular pub web. So people ended up telling him that Josh actually lived at 1708 North 16th Street, not 1608. So he was one digit off and he wondered, did Josh lie about his address? or did Woltmate hear him wrong and write it down wrong? Either way, 1708 was a three-minute walk north, and only a minute walk away from PubWeb, almost actually less than a minute. All you had to do was turn the corner,

cross the street, and you would be at Josh's apartment. If you're looking at the screen, it's right around this corner. So Wotepa canvassed that building, which many students from Temple lived in. Neighbors told him that Josh lived in apartment and one R. When you come in through the main door of the building, 1R is straight ahead on the first floor. It's a four-bedroom, three-bathroom apartment that has bedrooms on the main and basement level. They knocked on the front door and they got no response. Without a key to get in, officers didn't

really want to do something drastic like break down the door if they didn't have to since Josh didn't live alone and they didn't want to do anything without knowing more details. But they knew they needed to get in somehow because they wanted to check for both Josh and possibly Jenna or if anyone had seen her. Outside the complex was a for rent sign with a phone number on it for the landlord. So they gave him a call. The landlord arrived and he used a key to open the door. Now I know what many of you might be thinking, don't they need a search warrant? Technically yes, but Wolpmate had already checked the common areas of the complex hoping he could find Jenna or signs of her or a tenant from that unit somewhere on the premises.

However, if they have probable belief that someone is in danger and could be inside a building, they can enter under what's known legally as exigent circumstances. Because what if Jenna was inside and possibly hurt or suffering from something like alcohol poisoning? There was enough probable cause that Jenna needed medical help and they could enter the home. When you walk in, there's a kitchen area and a living room

and then a small bathroom as well as a door to the backyard area and a rear bedroom. Then down on the basement level, there's three other bedrooms and two bathrooms. Walt Maid made his way around. It wasn't exactly tidy. There were things all over, which is typical for college-age people. The table was covered in papers, a hat, wine bottle, sports drink bottle, and all kinds of miscellaneous items. There were also things all over the floor, shoes, a plastic bowl, shoe boxes.

So he looked in the main level bathroom, all four bedrooms. and closets to see if Jenna was there, but she wasn't, and no one was home. But Waldman and Chakula noticed two things. A pair of men's Jordan sandals with what appeared to be a bit of blood on the heel area and a toilet paper roll with blood on it as well, or what looked like blood. They didn't have to search through anything to see these items. They were right out in the open and very concerning. After the detectives left, they applied for a search warrant, and since,

Josh still wasn't answering his cell phone. They were able to get his cell phone data without a warrant. Now, the warrant process for cell phone records usually takes a week minimum, sometimes a month, and they didn't have much time to lose. Not when Jenna's life could be in jeopardy. If they could track Josh down as he moved between cell towers, they could pin him down and finally get him in for an interview because that's all they wanted at this point.

But I'm sure by this time, word was out that a girl that he'd been seen with was missing. And you'd think that most people would want to talk to police to rule themselves out. But other times people are scared. Not everyone trust law enforcement. And Josh had reasons why he may not have cared for police. As they looked into him, they found out that Josh Selsso Huppeters was a 29-year-old born February 27th of 1988, making him seven years older than Jenna. When Josh was only four years old, his father, Octavio, was murdered on the outskirts of Philadelphia. A worker walked into a sewer brick contracting company on January 21st in 1993, and he made a very horrifying discovery. Octavio's body was wrapped in a trash bag. The 5'9-32-year-old had died

from a single gunshot wound to the back of his head execution style. His arms were tied behind his back, and he was shoved and contorted to fit inside of a garbage bag. This case was never solved. And as you can imagine, Octavio's death was hard on Josh and his family. Maybe this is why he was aloof about getting back to investigators. But in the meanwhile, Jenna's brothers, Jeb and Jacob, busied themselves by making missing persons flyers and hang them all around campus. The flyer showed a picture of Jenna smiling next to a screenshot of her walking and public,

on Wednesday night. The flyer read, Temple student Jenna Burley 22 has been reported missing by the Lower Southford Police Department. She was last seen in the area of Pub Web on 83117 at 2 a.m. Wearing the clothing pictured above. Beneath this was a phone number for an anonymous tip line and the Temple Police Department. Jenna's friends and family passed these flyers out to students and the university sent out a mass email. Jenna's sister Janelle also made a Facebook post, asking anyone with information to please reach out to their father Ed, and it was reposted over 22,000 times. After years of Jenna showing up for her community,

the community was showing up for Jenna. On Friday afternoon on September 1st, a young man named Jack Miley called that tip line. He said that he was roommates with Josh and wanted to provide information about the evening of August 30th. He said that he had gone bar hoppy, with him with the intention of getting plastered and picking up women. Jack explained that Josh was a former Temple University student that was currently taking some time off, but still

living in the area hanging out with other students. Jack said that he left the bars around 1 a.m. and went back to their apartment and slept until about 1 p.m. He woke up with a massive hangover. But when he did get up, he said he saw Josh in the kitchen surrounded by cleaning products. And that's when Jack noticed what looked like blood on the floor and scratches on Josh's neck and a cut on Josh's hand. Well, that's concerning. And Jack said the cuts was more like a stab wound. It looked like it went all the way to the bone.