In September 1993, 21-year-old Jennifer "Jade" Wilmer disappeared while hitchhiking near Willow Creek, California. A free spirit who dropped out of St. John’s University, she had had been planning to attend College of the Redwoods or find farm work before vanishing.
Jennifer left behind a note saying she had begin farm work, but police dismissed her departure as a runaway case due to her counterculture lifestyle.
Investigations into Jennifer's disappearance were sluggish. Her roommates were initially uninformed, and her details weren’t even added to the national missing database until her parents fought for it.
Jennifer was declared dead in 2002, though her remains were not found. Her mother championed "Jennifer’s Law", mandating unidentified remains enter the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database.
Despite many efforts, no trace of Jennifer Wilmer has been found, and her case remains active with Trinity County authorities. Her disappearance marks the beginning of the figure known as the Humboldt Five due to the geographic and demographic connections to four more missing women.
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