The opinions expressed in the following episode do not necessarily reflect those of the Minds of Madness podcast.

This episode contains descriptions of extreme violence and violence against a child resulting in death, which may be disturbing to some

listeners.

The subject matter of domestic violence and suicide are also covered.

Listener discretion is advised. Oh, on January. On January 22nd, 1998, in Kansas City, Missouri, a young teenage girl by the name of Jennifer Long suddenly vanished.

After nine painstaking months of her family desperately scouring the area in search for her,

the grisly truth about what happened to her finally surfaced.

A man by the name of Wesley Perky who had been passing through the city that fateful day, was the cause.

After being caught for murdering an elderly woman, he offered to help the FBI solve another case.

He would tell them exactly where the missing girl was if they made a deal with him.

After years of trying to manipulate the system,

Wesley Perky finally agreed to give his full statement,

which shockingly included the kind of gruesome details that horror movies are made of.

Join me now as we look deep into the psyche of a man who committed one of the most brutal murders in Kansas

and the unfortunate circumstances that led a trusting teenage girl into his snare. On the morning of January 22nd, 1998, Jennifer Ray Long had gotten herself ready for school

like she had every weekday morning.

On that particular day,

she had decided to wear a pair of blue jeans and a white t-shirt. She was

16 years old and she had recently transferred high schools in Kansas City.

After her father had discovered, she'd been skipping classes regularly

with one of her friends. Things hadn't been very easy for Jennifer growing up. When she was only five years old, her mother Glenda and her

father RB parted ways. There was some domestic strife and infidelity on the part of her father.

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