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The Vanished Podcast

Veronica Blumhorst

The Vanished Podcast

Wondery

True Crime, Society & Culture, Cold Case, Investigative, Find The Missing, Vanished, Missing Persons, Documentary, News, Disappeared, Exhibit C

4.515K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2020

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

On September 20, 1990, after her usual night shift at the local grocery store in Mendota, Illinois, Veronica Blumhorst clocked out at 1:07am. She walked out to her car with her coworkers, they said goodnight and Veronica headed home. She had mentioned to her coworkers that she was really tired and planned to just go home and go to bed. Veronica's mom woke up around 2am and noticed Veronica's car parked in the garage. She assumed Veronica was in bed and went back to sleep. When her brother woke up that morning, he looked for Veronica because she was supposed to drive him to school. He was confused because her car was there but he could not find his sister anywhere. She was last seen by her coworkers at the grocery store and in the almost 30 years that have passed, Veronica has never been seen again.

If you have any information about the disappearance of Veronica Blumhorst, please call the Mendota Police Department at 815-539-9331. You may also call Special Agent Brian Wentz with the FBI at 708-349-0004.

If you would like to follow Veronica’s story on social media, you can visit “Remember Veronica Jill Blumhorst.”

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Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:20.0

Todd and I used to carry around a lot of hate for that person who did it to her,

0:24.0

because we just assumed that she had been murdered because there's no way she would have left on terribly.

0:28.0

But there's still that little bit of hope that you hold out that maybe something happened in Maracosly,

0:34.0

she's still alive, but realistically, you know in your heart that she's gone.

0:38.0

She was probably gone before the sun came up on September 20th, but you don't want to totally give yourself to that.

0:46.0

But we want the person who did this to know that we have not forgotten her. We won't forget her.

0:52.0

And you know, my oldest daughter has Casey Veronica. That's her middle name. Cause Veronica and I are going to raise our kids together.

1:00.0

So this is not something that's going to be wiped out in the generation. It's going to go on.

1:06.0

On September 20th, 1990, after her usual evening shift at the local grocery store,

1:14.0

21-year-old Veronica Bloomhurst clocked out and headed home.

1:18.0

The next morning, her brother woke up and noticed her car parked in the garage,

1:22.0

but he couldn't find his sister anywhere, and she was supposed to give him a ride to school.

1:28.0

He called their father and told him that Veronica wasn't home.

1:32.0

Veronica's father wasn't initially overly concerned, but as the hours passed with no sign of Veronica,

1:39.0

everyone began to worry.

1:41.0

Veronica was last seen by her co-workers at the grocery store.

1:45.0

And in the almost 30 years that have passed, she's never been seen or heard from again.

1:51.0

I'm Marissa and from Wondery, this is episode 218 of The Vanished.

1:56.0

Veronica Bloomhurst's story.

2:11.0

Hello, I'm Hannah.

2:12.0

And I'm Sirete.

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