142 - The Murder of Jenna and Ethen Nielsen

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Twenty-two year old Jenna Nielsen had picked up a job delivering newspapers in the early morning hours. The mother of two wanted to help support the family she'd started with her husband, Tim. Eight months pregnant with their third child, a boy to be named Ethen, Jenna would soon be taking time off to be with her new baby.

Tragically, what should have been a time of celebration would become a period of mourning and grief which has never ended. In the early morning hours of June 14th, 2007, Jenna and her unborn son were brutally murdered.

For the past thirteen years investigators, and her family, have struggled to discover her killer's identity and see justice served. Still, to this day, the question lingers: was Jenna the victim of a random crime or is it possible she could have been killed by someone she knew?

***Episode includes an update regarding an arrest made in the 2010 Disappearance of Unique Harris, covered in Episode 30.***

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0:40.2	When 22-year-old Jen and Nielsen didn't return home from her job delivering newspapers,
0:46.0	her husband became concerned. Eight months pregnant with their third child, he began to worry that
0:52.2	she might have gone into labor. Unfortunately, the truth was much more horrifying.
0:58.8	Twenty miles away in South Raleigh, police had been called to the parking lot of a convenience store.
1:04.8	Another newspaper carrier had come upon a disturbing scene.
1:08.7	Jenna's car was parked with the door open, dome light on, and engine running.
1:14.1	Newspapers were scattered all across the pavement.
1:16.9	Moments later, police made a grisly discovery, and as Jenna's husband was calling in to report her
1:23.9	missing, investigators came to realize that their victim was the missing mother.
1:28.8	A massive investigation was launched to try and track down Jenna and her unborn son Ethan's killer.
1:35.8	For more than 13 years, both police and her family have sought justice, but it has remained elusive.
1:42.9	Who killed Jenna and Ethan Nielsen?
1:46.3	Who did have been someone she knew or was the 22-year-old randomly targeted?
1:52.9	This is Trace Evidence, Episode 142, the murder of Jenna and Ethan Nielsen.
2:08.0	Welcome to Trace Evidence. I'm your host, Steven Pichecco.
2:11.8	Today, we examine a truly horrifying double homicide of a mother and her unborn child.
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