379: The Ultimate Sicko Predator | Jeffrey Willis & His “Toolbox of Torture”
Serialously with Annie Elise
Annie Elise & Audioboom Studios
4.7 • 10.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Just minutes before closing, 25-year-old Jessica Heeringa vanished from a quiet Michigan gas station, leaving her purse, wallet, and cigarettes behind. A witness saw a silver minivan acting strangely, and investigators soon realized this wasn’t a simple disappearance. As they dug deeper, they uncovered suspicious connections, shocking secrets, and a predator who had been living among the community all along. From missing women to attempted kidnappings, the case would span years, tie multiple victims together, and leave investigators racing against time to stop him before he struck again…
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| 0:34.4 | with Indeed. The 25-year-old mother was working here at this Exxon gas station when police say she was abducted last Friday night. |
| 0:43.9 | We don't have that one person that knows what we need to know to step forward. |
| 0:49.4 | Detectives are working off the thought. Jessica Herringa knew her abductor. |
| 0:53.4 | Search for Jessica Herringa is now in its |
| 0:55.6 | 10th day. They asked if I took her somewhere to anybody that might know where she is and let her come home |
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