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Today in True Crime

May 16, 2018: Jeffrey Willis Convicted of Murder

Today in True Crime

Parcast

True Crime, Education, History

4.42.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

After Jeffrey Willis attempted to kidnap a 16-year-old girl, police found evidence in his home linking him to the cold case disappearance of 25-year-old Jessica Heeringa and the murder of 36-year-old Rebekah Bletsch.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Today is Monday, May 16th, 2022. On this day in 2018, Jeffrey Willis was convicted for kidnapping and

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murdering 25-year-old mother, Jessica Herringa. Oh, that's my prime delivery.

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Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast. Due to the graphic nature of these crimes, listener discretion is advised. This episode includes discussions of sexual assault, kidnapping, child pornography, and murder. We advise extreme caution for children under 13. Today we're covering

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Jeffrey Willis's conviction, made possible by one of his victims who managed to escape.

1:20.4

Now let's go back to Muskegon, Michigan on May 16, 2018.

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Jeffrey Willis walked into the courtroom that day, knowing his case was a difficult one to try.

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Despite having been convicted of murder before,

1:38.3

much of the evidence on this case was circumstantial.

1:42.3

But after years of dead ends, prosecutors felt Jessica Herringa

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deserved justice. They had circumstantial evidence and decided to take their chances trying to

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prove his guilt in court. Five years prior, in April 2013, 25-year-old Jessica Herringa was working the night shift at a gas station.

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