Jennifer Pentilla // 348

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

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🗓️ 13 October 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In October of 1991, an 18-year-old woman left California bound for Mexico on a bicycle, hoping to volunteer along the way. But after a sudden lack of contact with her family, loved ones started to wonder if something had happened during her solo trip. With her belongings being found in a spot near where she was last seen and a suspicious final witness on police’s radar, everyone is wondering, what happened to her? This is the story of Jennifer Pentilla. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/jennifer-lynn-pentilla 2. The Missoulian: https://www.newspapers.com/image/351299569/?terms=jennifer%20pentilla&match=1 3. Doe Network: https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/302dfnm.html 4. Montana Press: https://www.montanapress.net/post/jennifer-pentilla-a-montanan-forever-lost-in-new-mexico 5. Tapatalk: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/porchlightusa/1991-pentilla-jennifer-lynn-october-17-1991-t12090.html 6. Websleuths: https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/nm-jennifer-pentilla-18-deming-17-oct-1991.60427/ 7. Missoulian: https://missoulian.com/missoula-mom-hopes-appearance-on-maury-will-help-find-daughter/article_90d06bf6-0b15-50e5-bef3-838ebbb2d447.html 8. Cold Case Closure: https://web.archive.org/web/20150930041557/http://www.coldcaseclosure.com/montana-law-enforcement/chuy-vasquez/ 9. Socorro's Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/lcsun-news/name/socorro-vasquez-obituary?id=24412804 10. The Deming Headlight: https://www.newspapers.com/image/558679681/?terms=jesus%20chuy%20vasquez&match=1 11. NBC Montana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=CzKIAScinZo 12. Daily Record: https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/2016/10/20/pentilla-case-25-years-unsolved/92478404/ 13. The Deming Headlight: https://www.newspapers.com/image/558596869/?terms=%22jesus%20chuy%20vasquez%22&match=1 14. The Deming Headlight: https://www.newspapers.com/image/558388962/?terms=jesus%20chuy%20vasquez&match=1 15. The Deming Headlight: https://www.newspapers.com/image/558288808/?terms=jesus%20chuy%20vasquez&match=1 16. The Deming Headlight: https://www.newspapers.com/image/558328954/?terms=jesus%20chuy%20vasquez&match=1 17. The Deming Headlight: https://www.newspapers.com/image/558570458/?terms=jesus%20chuy%20vasquez&match=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is going on to crime fans? I'm your host Tee. And I'm your host, Daphne. And you're listening to Going West.
0:20.7	Hello everybody. Today we have a case that nobody recommended, but when I stumbled across it,
0:26.2	I was surprised that I hadn't heard of it before. It was one of those because this is a really
0:31.3	mysterious case. There's some interesting suspects here and weirdly like nobody's talking about it.
0:37.8	And a lot of different locations in this one as well. Yeah, absolutely. We are going on a journey
0:42.8	today. So thank you guys everybody for tuning in. Do we have anything else to share?
0:47.7	I don't think there's anything else to report. So let's get into this one. Let's go.
0:51.7	All right guys, this is episode 348 of Going West. So let's get into it.
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2:27.9	In October of 1991, an 18 year old woman left California bound for Mexico on a bicycle,
2:35.9	hoping to volunteer along the way. But after a sudden lack of contact with her family,
2:42.4	loved one started to wonder if something had happened during her solo trip.
2:48.3	With her belongings being found in a spot near where she was last seen and a suspicious
2:54.0	final witness on police's radar, everyone is wondering what happened to her.
3:00.8	This is the story of Jennifer Pentela.
3:20.0	Jennifer Lynn Pentela was born on April 4, 1973 to parents Lynn and Nick Pentela in Butte Montana.
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