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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Madeline Sherratt

A woman was violently murdered two decades ago. Her killer got life but investigators never found her body – now the search continues

Jennifer Marcum, 25, vanished from Denver in 2003. Now her father and the leading FBI investigator on the case describe the torment her killer put them through over the last two decades - (Family handouts)

It’s been twenty-two years since Jennifer Lynn Marcum, a 25-year-old mother, daughter and sister, from Denver, vanished into the abyss of American cold cases. As the years have gone by, the FBI says investigators have never forgotten about her and appeals for information on her whereabouts continue to this day.

Her killer, “Hannibal”, a lifelong conman and former FBI informant, known formally as Scott Kimball, 58, pleaded guilty to the murders of Kaysi McLeod, 19, LeAnn Emry, 24, Jennifer Marcum, 25, and his great uncle, Terry Kimball. The only body that has never been recovered is Marcum’s.

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