Jennifer Servo
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Jennifer Lynn Servo, born Jennifer Lynn Olson, (September 23, 1979 in Columbia Falls, Montana
-September 16, 2002 in Abilene, Texas
). Jennifer Servo worked as a news reporter at KPAX-TV in Missoula during her freshman year in college at the University of Montana, and later at KECI-TV, which serves most of western Montana. Servo graduated from Columbia Falls High School in 1998; a scholarship was established in Servo’s name at the School after her death. The Jennifer Servo Memorial Scholarship is presented to a senior who wants to go into broadcast news. Servo stated many times that she had the ambition to be the next Katie Couric
and to work for one of the big networks. Servo graduated from University of Montana in May 2002. She was offered her first full-time news reporter job from KRBC Television News in Abilene, Texas. Just months after she began working at KRBC, she was found murdered by strangulation and head trauma in her apartment in Abilene. Servo's boyfriend at the time, Ralph Sepulveda, became a prime suspect along with Brian Travers, Servo's co-worker at KRBC. The case remains unsolved and no arrests have been made.
and CBS
' 48 Hours Mystery under the name of "Deadline for Justice".
Columbia Falls, Montana
Columbia Falls is a city in Flathead County, Montana, United States. The population was 3,645 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Columbia Falls is located at ....
-September 16, 2002 in Abilene, Texas
Abilene, Texas
Abilene is a city in Taylor and Jones counties in west central Texas. The population was 117,063 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2006 estimated population of 158,063. It is the county seat of Taylor County...
). Jennifer Servo worked as a news reporter at KPAX-TV in Missoula during her freshman year in college at the University of Montana, and later at KECI-TV, which serves most of western Montana. Servo graduated from Columbia Falls High School in 1998; a scholarship was established in Servo’s name at the School after her death. The Jennifer Servo Memorial Scholarship is presented to a senior who wants to go into broadcast news. Servo stated many times that she had the ambition to be the next Katie Couric
Katie Couric
Katherine Anne "Katie" Couric is an American journalist and author. She serves as Special Correspondent for ABC News, contributing to ABC World News, Nightline, 20/20, Good Morning America, This Week and primetime news specials...
and to work for one of the big networks. Servo graduated from University of Montana in May 2002. She was offered her first full-time news reporter job from KRBC Television News in Abilene, Texas. Just months after she began working at KRBC, she was found murdered by strangulation and head trauma in her apartment in Abilene. Servo's boyfriend at the time, Ralph Sepulveda, became a prime suspect along with Brian Travers, Servo's co-worker at KRBC. The case remains unsolved and no arrests have been made.
In media
Jennifer Servo's murder has been covered by numerous media outlets since 2002. Among the more notable are America's Most WantedAmerica's Most Wanted
America's Most Wanted is an American television program produced by 20th Television, and was the longest-running program of any kind in the history of the Fox Television Network until it was announced on May 16, 2011 that the series was canceled after twenty-three years, with the final episode...
and CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
' 48 Hours Mystery under the name of "Deadline for Justice".