Jeannette DePalma // 339

Going West: True Crime

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🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In August of 1972, a 16-year-old girl went missing in New Jersey. Although police initially insisted she had run away, her body was found six weeks later at the top of a cliff near an abandoned quarry. Due to the disturbing and controversial scene in which her body was discovered, her death was ruled a homicide, and some suspect she was actually a ritual sacrifice for demonic activity. This is the story of Jeannette DePalma. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Weird NJ: https://weirdnj.com/stories/mystery-history/jeannette-depalma/ 2. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/245014849/jeannette-christine-depalma 3. Justice for Jeannette: https://justiceforjeannette.com/ 4. Justice for Jeannette Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JusticeForJeannetteDePalma 5. Change.org Petition: https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-jeannette-depalma-change-from-suspicious-death-to-a-homicide?fbclid=IwAR0ZLoL_g9kxObdjWRaEBWQYIofr0hSIsCbUyuQ911qHitDsv-U1q95m0-U 6. Newsbreak: https://original.newsbreak.com/@justice-for-jeannette-depalma-1598264/2712062446301-miracle-letter-unites-community-in-prayer-vigil-for-50-year-old-cold-case?s=ws_fb&fbclid=IwAR2TMKUPbj1HDE0Q0RmEE4kJkBjie0KHNPXtMBkM_G36ES_6-HCgkVui78E 7. The Central New Jersey Home News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/596954021/?terms=jeannette%20depalma&match=1 8. The Courier-News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/221973200/?terms=jeannette%20depalma&match=1 9. Daily News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/465627644/?terms=jeannette%20depalma&match=1 10. My Central Jersey: https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/crime/jersey-mayhem/cold-cases/2019/08/23/nj-cold-case-jeannette-depalma-springfield-1972-watchung-reservation/1889140001/ 11. People: https://people.com/crime/new-jersey-serial-killer-torso-killer-pleads-guilty-to-1974-cold-case-murders-of-2-teenage-friends/ 12. The Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-jersey-student-jeanette-depalma-murder-has-links-to-witchcraft-devil-worship-and-a-serial-killer 13. The Journal News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/163129349/?terms=jeannette%20depalma%20satanic&match=1 14. Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/who-were-the-victims-of-the-times-square-killer#:~:text=In%201967%2C%20Cottingham%20killed%20Nancy,with%20friends%20but%20never%20returned. 15. NJ.com: https://www.nj.com/union/2021/02/satanic-theories-in-1972-death-of-16-year-old-girl-debunked-in-newly-revealed-cold-case-police-files.html 16. Sportskeeda: https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/where-richard-cottingham-now-whereabouts-explored-ahead-very-scary-people-id Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is going on, true crime fans? I'm your host Tee. And I'm your host, Daphne. And you're listening to Going West.
0:20.8	Hello, everybody. Hope you're having a good day. I stumbled upon this case a while ago, and I'm so surprised that nobody has recommended it in our email because
0:29.8	the details are so odd. If you recommended it somewhere else, though, thank you very much. We only look at our email suggestions. So if you have a case that you want us to cover on the show, we have a massive list, but we're always accepting new ones.
0:43.0	Just email us going west podcast at gmail.com. Yeah, this is one of those cases that it's coming up on Halloween season. And it kind of has a little bit of
0:52.7	reminiscence to the spooky season. So you guys will see, but yeah, really excited to dive into this one today. So let's talk about it, huh?
1:01.6	Let's do it. All right, guys. This is episode 339 of Going West. So let's get into it.
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1:50.0	In August of 1972, a 16 year old girl went missing in New Jersey.
1:57.0	Although police initially insisted she had run away, her body was found six weeks later at the top of a cliff near an abandoned quarry.
2:08.1	Due to the disturbing and controversial scene in which her body was discovered, her death was quickly ruled as suspicious, and many began to suspect that she was actually a ritual sacrifice for demonic activity.
2:26.7	This is the story of Jeanette Dupamma.
2:32.1	Jeanette Christine Dupamma was born on August 3, 1956 in Jersey City, New Jersey.
2:57.1	She joined a large Italian family of five brothers, three sisters and parents Florence and Salvatore Dupamma.
3:04.4	As a child, her family moved from Jersey City, which is across the Hudson River from Manhattan, to Springfield, New Jersey, which is just about 30 minutes west of Jersey City, so they didn't go far.
3:16.4	But her family fit right into the idyllic New York suburb and quickly became members of a local church.
3:23.6	Jeanette's parents described her as a, quote, sweet, loving person, and remember her as forever devoted to helping those in need in her community.
3:33.1	In addition to attending services regularly with her family, Jeanette was an active member in the youth program at their Evangeled Church in nearby Elizabeth, New Jersey.
3:43.4	And after graduating from Jonathan Dayton High School, Jeanette planned to attend Trinity Bible Institute in North Dakota.
3:51.0	She also volunteered at the community office at her church called His Place, which helped mentor troubled youth and tried to get them back on their feet, and Jeanette was one of those people to help.
4:01.6	In the summer of 1972, Jeanette was heading into her junior year of high school, and in addition to school and her volunteer efforts, she worked a part-time job.
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