THE KIDNAPPING OF JESSICA LUNSFORD
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Her father just wanted a night to try to find a new lover and ended up coming home to realization he had lost the love of his life. I hope he feels the love we are all sending him
this is just so fucking sad i hate this world
That comment just got me right in the feels 🎯😭
I feel so bad for that guy
I hope he does too, he deserves all the love.
The guilt that father must feel
The worst part is that the police ALSO find it suspicious if you cry TOO much.
Whatever "suspicious" behavior is exhibited, the police often turn it around to seem bad. Not crying? You're not in shock; you're a cold-blooded murderer. Crying too much? Those are alligator tears; you're a cold-blooded killer. I have watched myriad interviews where police reverse themselves on what is/isn't suspicious more times than I can count. Some will say anything to make a suspect fit the crime than actually find a perpetrator.
This is bad for me. If anything were to ever happen to my daughter, I'd be so hysterical, I would need to be sedated. It's heart wrenching to even think about the parents who have to deal with their children passing away or going missing.
@@loisreese2692 not to forget if your reactions are "balanced", you are too calculated and obviously a duplicitous S.O.B. 😒 the absolute headassery.
Omg! I was just saying this about another case. In that case, it was clear the mom of the missing kid was mentally slow (not trying to be mean) but seriously just looking and listening to her speak it was obvious and it was just as clear that she is devastated but because she wasn't hysterical they put that poor woman thru hell and then it was later found to be a freaking stranger and they had wasted so much time on the mom. Then they still treated her horribly because her emotions weren't "normal."
@@BorderlineTG Riiight! I know me and I wouldn't be coherent or able to sit and answer questions when I'm desperately trying to find my baby! I'd probably be on death row if Eleanor don't point out the obvious and help em find the real damn killer😂😂
The grandpa was treated so badly bc of NOT CRYING
When my grandma died, my mom was silent and frozen, I was screaming, my sister was crying, my other sister was calm, my dad was softly crying. We all had different reactions. Just because you don’t cry, doesn’t mean you are guilty.
Everyone handles things different and they loved that little girl. They lied about the dna evidence about the grandfather.
When my brother passed away, a man who was one of 2 good male figures in life, I didn't cry till after his funeral which was 3 days later. I felt awful, how come I couldn't cry?! He was my best friend, mentor, idol, he was everything that created the me I am today and he was gone over night and the last thing I said to him was mean cause he upset our mother... I regret it everyday of my life still, almost 10 years on now, but I still didn't cry till after his funeral. I got home went to my room sat in a corner on the floor and cried for the rest of the day, till it was painful and no physical tears came out. I just couldn't do it in front of people and my family at that time. It's strange how our minds work cause I tried, I tried to force myself to cry, I couldn't.
@stranger.things thank you. I'm sorry for your loss too. There's no instance which makes it easier to lose someone.
My aunt passed away 6 months ago and I was devastated damn near passed out when I saw her in her casket. My uncle passed a week ago, I cried but for some reason I couldn't grasp the concept he was gone. I was at his funeral and cried but the devastation I felt didn't hit me.... Until last night! We all grieve differently and nobody should be shamed for it!
@@shanaeharris3040 I'm terribly sorry for your loses. You're right, no one should be shamed. I feel you on this because it was years before I woke up in the morning and my first thought wasn't, call my mom and ask how George is, before I was capable and could wake up and just know he was gone, my brother was gone. I would wake up even without thinking anything in particular but it would slowly dawn on me, he's not here anymore. These are the moments I cried, not in the beginning though, unfortunately not in what seems like the appropriate time.
I know all to well it doesn't really go away but I hope you have some peace now. It Definitely was a relief for me to finally be able to grasp everything and cry about it.
The sadness that hit me when you said “and he realised he’d left the door unlocked” because he really was a perfect dad, perfect dad any little girl could have asked for and he sounds like he truly loves her, i cannot image the way he must feel or what he must be thinking knowing he left the door unlocked
Im a little confused though cus he said he went to check if she was playing outside and realized the door was unlocked but wouldn’t she unlock it to get outside if she went to play outside?
@@emycolour248 more so the door was unlocked so someone could’ve got in so when he realized she wasn’t outside he realized it might’ve been an intruder
Emy Colour You know,he probably forgot to lock the door when he went to his date. You see,that's the kind of mistake parents does before leaving!
I would not call him the perfect dad
literally omg, my prayers got out to them!
i feel terrible for the dad :( it sounds like they had such a close bond, i hope he doesn’t blame himself
I guarantee he does :( I would
@@imtheking7736 shut up
Im not usualy emotional When listening to true crime but to see how beautiful theire bond was, i teared up
it’s so heartbreaking
@@InktoEcho uno reverse card
i really love how in-depth eleanor goes when talking about jessies personality and relationships with her family. i feel that all too often a victim is almost just a number, but eleanor does an amazing job at humanising the people she talks about and letting their positive traits and the things they loved be the biggest part of the story
Kendall Rae is fantastic
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@@allykulhmann508 exactly
Yes!! Completely agree
Eleanor and Mr. Ballen are all I watch when it comes to true crime. They have my ❤️.
She's so good at her job
It’s worth noting that a lot of older men have difficulties expressing vulnerability. A lot of men and boys raised decades ago were raised to not cry or show emotion. I’ve known many older men who just straight up do not cry no matter what.
Yes I was thinking that also I don’t know but he might be a veteran a lot of older men are because of the draft
I’m 46 and tend to be pretty stone faced in adverse and heartbreaking situations. It’s just the way I saw men act as I was growing up.In private though that’s a different story. Little babies,both human and animals,do tend to make me let my guard down🙂
This!!! Thank you, what an unprofessional behaviour
Exactly, majority of older men like the grandfather don’t cry much infront of people. I felt bad for him. Everyone handle grieve differently
It is disgusting that police lied to a elderly man that they had dna evidence that he did something to his granddaughter
I lived 2 streets away from her. We went to the church across the street from my home a few nights before she disappeared. She was the most beautiful soul I have ever met. I had cancer as a child & she came to my house with the pastors daughter to give me a teddy bear, & I still have it to this day.
Aw.
That is so nice of her
Holy shit, my parents and sister lived on the same street as Jessie. god damn
ah yes, another episode of “the police don’t know what they’re doing”
It isn’t easy, you know how many children go missing EVERYDAY??
@@Olivia-tz8rl a lot of children go missing every day, but wasting time interrogating the same people for weeks when a case is time sensitive is by no means a good idea, especially when you have other cases to tend to. but a police officer’s job gets even more difficult when they have less training than a barber.
@@Olivia-tz8rl It's not easy but there's smart and not so smart things to do
@@Olivia-tz8rl it's easy to not linger on just two suspects and still continue that search because of time sensitivity
I’m from where this actually happened and remember it happening. The police and the entire community did EVERYTHING they could.. they had no idea she was buried alive under a house.
heartbroken at how the police handled the case at first by torturing jessica’s dad and grandad, i can’t even begin to imagine how devastated they would’ve been :(
Right?! My heart goes out to both of them
IKR it's horrible how they were both treated...
and I've checked this case out and she was held over the weekend by the real perpetrator so she was alive for at least a day or two, and she was still alive when she was burried If the cops didn't get tunnel vision and at least tried to widen the search and maybe like watch the granddad if they were sus, but like focused on something else at the same time, I feel that maybe they'd be able to find her and she'd be still alive today. It irks me to no end too when cops just get tunnel visions and make their minds up from the start and refuse to at least entertain any other theory. Esp when a)there is evidence for another possibility and b) their line of inquiry is taking them nowhere. At that point they're just wasting the precious time.
Let’s not forget the failure to make an amber alert tbh I’m pretty sure that was done all because of where they lived/what social status they had
@@HipHopFan1654 they couldn’t do an amber alert, you need a car make/model and a suspect, all they could do was put an alert which they did
Imagine having seven miscarriages and then your final first conceived child is murdered, I can’t even. My love goes out to any one who has had to deal with that, miscarriages and losing children in general.
That got me too. Recently, there's a little boy Gannon who also was a miracle baby, weighed a little over a pound when born...his stepmother killed him. His birthday is about a week or ten days from Jessie's as well. Just...bizarre and unbearably sad.
"If you had to get an education to do this, then your money was wasted." The grandfather was really just over here calling the police out. 😭 I understand why the police questioned Mark and Archie first, because oftentimes it is a family member, but the way they ONLY looked at those two for so long and didn't bother to broaden their search when nothing suspicious turned up is really sad for Jessica. May she rest in peace.
Agree
Honestly they should just issue Amber Alerts when a kid is missing period. That first 24 hours is the most crucial even if a kid hasn't been abducted. Sure they might not have started out as a kidnapping/murder but they could easily end up that way.
Agreed 10000%
Amber alerts are not reserved for specific children. An amber alert is for any child, it doesn’t matter if they have been missing for an hour or for days. It also doesn’t matter if they wandered off or were kidnapped.
@@makennahazen8522 there is indeed guidelines for amber alerts. They have to have a vehicle description for sure. So no, not all children missing will warrant an amber alert.
My sister was kidnapped and missing 29 days. I feel like they would have found her sooner if they had issued one. I never understood this.
@@Lilbxxbyy I’m sorry if this is very incentive but did you ever find her? Again I’m sorry
Being a daddy’s girl myself, my heart hurts so much hearing about her dad sobbing 😭
Me too😭😭
Ikr absolutely
Me too 😥
IKR me too 😭
Did anybody else burst into tears once Eleanor said the part about Jessie saying
“I love you this 🤏 much, because nothing can come between us”?
😭😭💔😭😭💔😭😭
Your intro to Jessica and her relationship with her dad and family was so touching.
It made it so painful to hear the rest of the case,much more painful than it would've been without it. I hope Jessica's dad is recovering.
@@mcnivnav9008 Frfr
That was my cousin
he sounds like the absolute most amazing dad out there.
He's Awesome
"Police need to keep tabs on these people [sex offenders], because they're dangerous people"
It would probably be so much easier to do IF THEY WERE KEPT IN PRISON.
I'm sorry, but this shit just never ceases to enrage me
My abuser just got released after trying to get 2 little girls into his van. They’re not even being put in prison at this point 😭
@@Penguinstudios123 that’s ridiculous 🤮 he deserves a life sentence or a death sentence
There is not enough room or money for that, unfortunately.
@@cocogoat1111 I mean, there would probably be enough room if people weren't getting arrested and sentenced for like 5 times harder for stuff like drugs (not every drug charge of course, but the ones with reasonable amounts of weed and stuff) instead of handing sentences like that to pedophiles, rapists, and people that are actually hurting other people and are a danger to society. But I'm not holding my breath for that to happen.
@@cocogoat1111 Nah, but there's enough room for a tree with a rope. As Well as a hole in the ground.
As someone was there searching for Jessie. I knew Jessie and this part of my life is the hardest thing I have ever had to endure. This was the first funeral I ever went to and I was there when we put her in the ground. I love Mark and always will ♡♡♡ I was at the house he was at the night his daughter went missing because he was seeing my girlfriends mother. When you live in a small town everybody knows everybody. As soon as I saw this document I started crying. I miss her and wonder what a beautiful person she would have been if John Couey didn't take her life. Keep her alive for days on end sexually abusing her just to bury her Alive. And then flee to Georgia. I love Mark and I will always love Jessie no matter how old I get I will always remember Jessie and our karaoke nights and pool nights I love you beautiful angel ♡♡♡♡♡
Thank you for the beautiful tribute to jessie and trying so hard to find her ♡︎♡︎♡︎
My heart goes out to you, and I really hope you and all the people affected by this tragedy are able to keep going. 💔
"Remember, she was scared of the dark" aaaaaand that's the moment my heart audibly broke.
Mark is a wonderful man. I have had the privilege of talking to him and telling him how amazing of a father he is. He really loves his children and said he would never get over losing Jessie. He is such a strong, admirable man!!! Please be respectful if you reach out to him. Hes so sweet.
I second this. I didn't know them too well but I had a friend that lived near them and he was such a nice man. I never felt uncomfortable around him at all.
I don’t know him but he seemed like such a beautiful person, we really need more people like him in the world❤️❤️ bless him
@@lindsaysullivan2148 io
This should be pinned 📌
He sounds like an amazing man. 👏
Gosh, I'm so in love with how Eleanor tells these cases.
She isn't creepily obsessed with the killer or murders/kidnappings/whatever as someone would expect, and she's so kind and respectful.
Plus she tells the stories so well, I can almost imagine knowing the victims, which just increases my empathy even more.
Then there's the fact that these stories are being told at all. It makes me feel better knowing that people won't be forgotten, even if they're never found.
Same here, it’s a huge breath of fresh air to see a content creator telling it as it is - a tragic story. Not some sensationalised fictional horror, an actual case with actual real life people. Plus the casual atmosphere feels almost like a friends telling you about it, right? It’s actually comforting to listen to these sad sad things because she makes the whole thing so safe feeling
and she doesn’t make jokes or is only half focused on telling the cases
she’s somehow able to perfectly stand the line between not enough detail and not enough respect. she’s very careful around sensitive topics, she shows actual compassion and sadness and she’s the only person i’ve seen able to do it so perfectly. huge respect to her for being so respectful.
Oh, completely. She's so empathetic and respectful. I also love Kendall Rae. Those two are like across the pond true crime sisters, in my eyes. They're a lot alike.
@@bumblebee560 brooke makenna as well!!
"There were 208 sex offenders / pedophiles in the area..."
There are websites where you can look up what sex offenders live in your area and what they did. I've done it where I live. You will be shocked how many people like this live around you.
wish we had this in Canada
What’s are the websites? I want to find out
Wish Portugal had that
what is the website called?
@@matilda_barton1405 For reference, I just looked up 3 miles around my house and got 193 hits. It definitely makes you realize you need to watch your kids close!
livid, absolutely livid at the way the officers handled this situation, haven’t even finished the whole video yet. a fantastic example of police failing at their jobs.
Amen sister.
Unfortunately I have found that this is a MASSIVE occurrence in a lot of these sorts of case.
The worst part is there is NEVER an apology for the disgusting treatment of the innocent people they destroy and personally I think it's just that bit worse for the innocent family members that get accused then someone from the general public as that family member is already trying to deal with the grief of the situation at hand.
The police absolutely thoroughly disgust me sometimes and I don't know how they can even look at themselves in the mirror.
The love she has with her father just touches my heart
why does this have so many likes and no other reply’s
@@bugsbunnypoo weird I didn't even realize it got that many likes...
@@Megabot_6000 lol
Thinking about that little girl’s last moments has always haunted me. Jessie, you deserved so much better, as all kids do.
@orchid star agreed !!
@orchid star yes
@orchid star there's no need for that frilly stuff... we live in modern society, so injection will do just as well.
That poor father. He will feel guilt for the rest of his life, no doubt about it . But he's human and humans make mistakes - mistakes that to us would be miniscule but in this case it was catastrophic. 🥺
It wasn't his fault. It was the p.o.s that took her life's fault.
@@danielletherrien7008 I never said it was his fault, just that he will probably blame himself because that's what people do, but in no way do I think it's his fault
I love how Eleanor treats the people she talks about like actual people. Not just another victim, not just another number, a real human being with feelings and hobbies and passions and goals and dreams.
Gotta love how when someone the police suspects fails a polygraph test, they often treat it like evidence (even tho it's not) but when someone they suspect passes the test they're like "well, anyways" and ignore it. Like...???
Poloyghraphs are unreliable. Most of the time they are not used in court.
@@stephaniedurham1767 only time I really see them used is in divorce court lol
THIS!!! OMG you're so right. I thought that, too.
@@stephaniedurham1767 Polygraphs are inadmissible in court in the U.S., thus never used in court. They are, however, used effectively as investigative tool. This is the first case I have ever heard of where the police didn't immediately move on from a suspect who passed with flying colors. If the results were inconclusive? Sure. This investigation was flat out embarrassing.
I’m just at the beggining of the video but the way you talked about Jessica’s relationship with her father literally melts my heart and i am already crying knowing that sth had happened to this sweet little angel :(((
The one who said she deserved it, I reported you.
@@fluffy-fluffy5996 just trolls being trolls kid calm down.
@@myralambrecht962 no, that's fucked up. Yeah trolls will be trolls but when a kids murder is involved that's not ok. Reporting them was the right thing to do
@@pestergoblinoid7123 I agree
@@myralambrecht962 no, we’re talking about a child that was sexually assaulted and murdered… that is not okay. If you tolerate that shit you’re disgusting.
I feel so bad for Mark. He genuinely was the perfect father.
This case really highlights how crucial it is to ask for a lawyer when being questioned by the cops. They will do whatever it takes to get a conviction. Doesn’t matter if your innocent or not
The motorcycle story and the “I love you this much” really got to me. My dad and I are exactly the same. I can’t imagine the pain he must have gone through
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He’s sad because she couldn’t turn 18 and pay his rent lol
@@AxxLAfriku huh??
ikr :((
what motorcycle story
I audibly went "aww" multiple times as you were describing her early childhood. The fact she shared so many nice moments with her father and grandparents before her eventual, tragic demise brings me a certain level of solace. Bless her heart, I hope she's in a better place now.
And I was wondering how doesn't she tear up when she talks of that the way i did when she talked about it
@@MyM244 i think she definitley gets her crying on when she does the research so it all comes out beforehand, but also she has been doing this a while! so i think she may just know how to put on a proffesional face for the camera while telling the story so the focus stays on the story and not on her getting emotional?? maybe? idk LOL
I didn't cry when my mom died. My sister was sobbing hysterically but I couldn't. We made the arrangements and then went home. The minute my key went into the lock it started. I had a breakdown in the living room. I've always been that way. My husband was in the military for 23 years and I couldn't cry except alone in the shower.. Some people are just like that. I didn't cry when I had my kids until the postpartum hormones hit. It's a personality quirk some people have and it shouldn't be considered a sign of guilt.
i am so sorry you’d had to go through that, at least your mom died knowing that she was loved, and I’m sure she’s very grateful that she had you in her life
Her dad sounded like an absolutely amazing person Omg that’s heartbreaking he lost her
Can we just appreciate how GORGEOUS eleanor looks today!!!!!! I think its the different eyebrows? STUNNING
I think the red eye shadow makes her blue eyes pop and also the no lipstick/natural lipstick just makes her look 'fresh' if you get me? Looks especially great today x
Her makeup is more natural 😍😍😍 I agree she looks beautiful!!
Yes natural looks better.
You are a natural beauty.
She is losing weight 🥰 and her whole look is pure perfection into if it!
The fact your here talking about how this chick looks when she's talking about something so horrible is just disturbing
I feel absolutely heartbroken for Mark and his dad. They absolutely loved Jessie, I can only imagine the long term effects of not only losing her but being accused of harming her.
It’s absolutely disgusting how they were treated and unforgivable
Mark was the best father I have ever encountered. His relationship with Jessica was incredibly wholesome and I'm sure she had the best childhood before all of that happened.
This is the first case I've ever watched that I physically am not able to finish. I am half way through the video, and just cannot bring myself to keep watching. The relationship Jessie had with her dad is the exact same relationship I had with my dad growing up. As a single father, he raised me (an only child) and took me to his work with him (also on construction sites) and my fondest childhood memories are playing in plaster and writing all over the walls (he would write measurements on the walls of houses they were building, and he would let me draw pictures before patching over them). To hear the treatment Mark and Archie endured genuinely brought me physical pain. I've stopped the video where he has just gone in to question his dad about Jessie, and I just can't watch. Eleanor, I have watched every other video you've ever posted and I'm sorry if I've let you down by not finishing this one. I'm going to go call my dad and tell him I love him.
🥺
you shouldn’t feel bad for not finishing the video. You’re lucky to have a wonderful, wonderful father like that.
You’re so right about grief being different for everyone. When my father died I didn’t grieve straight away because my mum had cancer at the same time, was in treatment and I was also pregnant with my first child (I’d previously had 2 miscarriages).... I had to cope at the time so kept it all in. 2 years later when I got pregnant again and didn’t have the same stresses, I spiralled into a depression and grief. Therapist said it was delayed grief and I was only able to process it when I was in a safer/better place 2 years later ... people shouldn’t judge.
my mum was the same when her parents passed. they passed 3 weeks apart and she felt she had to stay strong for my auntie and uncle, who are her younger siblings. a couple years later she fell into such a deep depression which was hard to watch because i love my mum
@@parkerhibberd6964 I have the deepest empathy for both you and your mum. It’s tough when you have to be strong at traumatic times and then people who love you have to watch you eventually crumble because of it. I hope your mum is in a better place.
@@Pennydeadful she is! she still has her days but shes in such a better place now x
@@parkerhibberd6964 that’s good to hear.
My dad died 4 months ago. My mom has cancer. I still have yet to properly grieve
I can’t imagine the amount of guilt and pain he felt when he realized that he left the door unlocked the night before…
I agree. My heart is so broken for him. He loved her so much.
I agree , but my first thought was that whoever is the last to go to bed 'usually' checks the doors are locked ..so maybe it was a granparent ? not that it matters who left it open as I'm sure they all felt devastated ..but just an observation .
@@kateM52 my thoughts too
We have one child and we check and lock our doors every single night. What was he thinking?
@@Lovememore231 people forget things- it is not at all valid to act like this was entirely his fault. As far as we know, the door being unlocked could’ve just been a plus for Cooey, he could’ve already been planning to hurt Jessie.
I can only imagine how her father felt , I know dads feel like their jobs are to protect their daughters and when they don’t have control over something like that I know it hurts him 🥺💙you can tell he just adored her
I honestly feel so heartbroken because of this case and Jessie's granfather. To be going through being accused of doing something to your granddaughter especially at that age its so horrible . My heart really goes out to the family
When my aunt passed away my grandpa started cleaning when there was ntn else to clean he went outside and started to tend to his chickens and picking up his yard .. every one mourns differently and it makes me mad on how they treated the grandpa
After one of my miscarriages I cleaned EVERYTHING. I needed everything to be clean and packed up. Thrown away taken care of. I jsut needed a sense of control
I do the same.. Whenever I'm in extreme mental pain I clean...
Case suggestion: Pamela Hastie. Unsolved murder of a teenage girl from my town (Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland) from the 80s. There was a man wrongly imprisoned for a long time but he was released so it's back to being unsolved. Peter Tobin's name has even been brought up (he was born here) although that's pretty far fetched.
She went to school with my dad
@@whimsicalwonders4928 the sheer amount of cock ups in the investigation is crazy! And it's one very few people know about but is so interesting to me. Maybe just because I'm here and grew up with the "Don't go into the woods, that's where Pamela Hastie was murdered" warnings etc. She died before I was born but I feel like I grew up with her in a way.
Aww. 🙁
I grew up in the same area that she did. Didn't know her, but I was close to her age and I remember just how scared and sad I was during this entire situation. RIP Jessica you shall not be forgotten.
So did I! This was the first time a missing person/true crime case really got me. Her and I are/were the same age
you're one of my favourite true crime channels because of the compassion you have for the victims. you always go the extra mile to tell us about the victims and how wonderful they were, you focus on the human side instead of an analytical and cold eye. too often, victims are remembered for the horrific ordeal they suffered instead of the person they were, and I love that you remind us these were real people. I feel awful for her father, I started crying when you were talking about the "well I love you this much" thing. thank you for your endless compassion and empathy, you're a wonderful person.
side note, you are glowing! you look beautiful
Agreed 100%
I keep thinking that if the police had immediately begun searching through sex offenders and neighbors they would have found Jessie alive. I am appalled by how the police handled this. I know they need to rule out the family, but there has to be a better way and detaining the grandfather in a physical way has to be illegal. I don't care that they had to look at it at all angles. They failed this family. I suspect it was because of their financial status. They weren't middle class enough. It infuriates me and breaks my heart for this innocent child and her family.
this might be a spoiler alert so if you don't want anything to be spoiled maybe wait until after Eleanor has posted the next part
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But I've done some research on this case prior to this video and the police actually went and questioned a local sex offender in the area and I dont think they even bothered to check his criminal records or anything (idk if they knew he was a sex offender), so they questioned him and left. If they spent 5 more minutes checking this guys criminal history or even searching his house they would have found Jessie hidden in his closet, still alive. People also believe that Jessie could hear this conversation from the closet as well. Absolutely heartbreaking.
yeah..It's heartbreaking to think that your skin color or what kind of house you live in/how much money you make/what job you do determines how much you're worth as a person and whether you're guilty until proven innocent or innocent until proven guilty. It's infuriating.
I was there. We were begging the police to do house to house searches. They only focused on the father period.
I am a Russian too
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While I appreciate the kindness shown towards her father and grandfather here, I certainly recall plenty of comments on other videos accusing family members with no proof because of how they acted. 🤷
I cried a lot, especially on the police treatment towards Archie and Mark. And at the purple dolphin. I have a purple bunny that my dad won in a claw machine when I was a baby. I still have it today, 24 years later. His nose is threadbare, his ears have pilling that won't come off, but I still love that bunny. Jessie deserved that. To still have that dolphin somewhere in her bedroom to remind her of her father's love.
Oh boy hearing about her childhood with her dad makes me feels so familiar. My dad is an electrician and I spent so much time jumping around construction sites playing with wire caps and stuff 😭😭
My husband is an electrician and those wire nuts are everywhere 😂❤
Also in Archies generation men didn't show emotion very much. Back in his day crying was a form of weakness. Men are the bread winners while women took care of kids. My father is 81yrs old and isnt a cryer. My father isn't very affectionate either. My oldest brother took his own life and my father didn't let one tear fall. My father never showed any type of emotions during our grief. Which I'm sure Archie is the same way.
i hope you are okay dealing with your brother’s loss
Archie is her grandfather he is a wonderful man would always come into my dads shop I loved seeing mr Archie
Very true. My Dad once told me about how his FIL came from the generation of men that “cry with their hands”. They don’t openly cry/sob. They chain smoke cigarettes or find idle - bordering on useless - tasks to do such as sorting nails, washing something that doesn’t need to be washed, or starting a new hobby in the garage or shed… or if they’re really overwhelmed, they’ll just sit there and sit wringing their hands for a long period of time (his FIL sat and did this in his shed a lot after he became a widower. One of late MIL’s church members started coming by to look after him realising he was depressed and lonely - didn’t try to preach or anything coz FIL was an avowed atheist, would just ask him if he wanted to take the dog for a walk, needed help with the toolshed or even just wanted some beer and company while watching the football)
I’m so sorry for the loss of your brother 😞
My dad isn't a crier either expected when my mom had a miscarriage with my first brother my dad locked himself in the bathroom to cry without anyone seeing him cry.
Their bond is incredible. I never heard about a daughter and dad bond in a long time. My heart breaks for Mark. He truly put Jessie above everything else and including himself.
I really needed a sign that there is still dads out there that are actually nice to their kids.
eleanor is so good at making these cases not just seem like another number in the system when she said she was gone from her bed my heart literally sank even though i knew it would be coming
Aw thank you for telling her story so well I actually went to school with her and from what i remember of her she was super nice. I'm happy to see her story is being remember and told.
There is a movie about Jessica's dad Mark becoming a child protection activist called Jessie's Dad. It's a beautiful and inspiring movie and I highly recommend it. He's a really good person. RIP Beautiful angel Jessie.
What's the movie called please xx
@@laurenadams2616 "Jessie's Dad"
@@Robin_Coffins where would I be able to watch it please xx
@@laurenadams2616 you can watch it on hulu I believe
Thank you xx
That police dept wasted 2 days on the grandpa, and then at every chance they could tried to make her out as an unruly teenage runaway with mommy issues. A 9 year old. That’s a horrible department
So heart breaking. Dads are the best. So are mom's. But being a daddy's girl is a special feeling. My heart breaks for Jessie and her dad. I can only imagine how much she wanted her dad to come and save her 😭. Had her dad known I know he would have.
We need more dads like Mark. He’s amazing
“her mother had 7 miscarriages in her life before she had Jessica” ….. Oh my gosh my heart.. and then her baby was taken from her
I was thinking the same. Interested in what the story is there
@@clairestephens4680 me too, I’m interested
@@clairestephens4680 it says that her father had her for a week over her birthday and Jessica was showing signs of neglect so Mark filed an abandonment claim
there must be a good reason for that. also hearing that jessica hadn't seen her mum for 4 years before her disappearance clearly shows that she didn't care about being active in her daughter's life.
Not all moms have a material instinct. My grandma abandoned my mom. And with Eleanor’s statement about some moms killing their kids I wonder if it’s some sort of clue.
Edit: I finished the video and she’s cleared. I really thought she did especially because jessi took her stuffed dolphin.
Jessie sounded like such a wonderful child, it’s so heartbreaking to hear this story because of the bright ball of sunshine she was. I hope to have a bond like she had with her father with my future child. This is one of those cases that I’ll be thinking about all week until the next part is out. Thank you Eleanor for bringing these cases to light, hearing a case right outside my hometown in Florida is a special type of horrifying
I can't remember if I've commented on this video before, I do remember requesting this case specifically because its a case that is very close to home-- quite literally, it happened locally to where I was living. I happened to be around the same age as Jessica when it occurred so I was very young myself but hearing my parents talk about it was honestly traumatizing to me. I remember my grandmother taking me to a memorial for her and leaving gifts there. Its a shame to think that she'd be in her early to mid twenties right about now.
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The interview of Archie conducted by his own son was sickening. The police officers handled this case so poorly, but that sadly seems to be a common theme is these cases.
what's more heartbreaking is that Jessie wasn't killed imidietly. The real perpetrator kept her captive over the weekend, so she was alive for two days at the very least. I cannot help but think if the police didn't waste so much time trying to pin it on Archie, and bothered to-at least simutaniously- look somewhere else, there's a chance she could've been saved. I feel like the cops are at least somewhat responsible for her death.
@@ninavale. They definitely wasted valuable time.
@@ninavale. I completely agree with you, I also believe they should’ve sent out an Amber Alert rather than a National Alert, any child who is missing has either been kidnapped or is extremely vulnerable to be kidnapped.
I don’t think the police officer handled it poorly. They searched everywhere, questioned people, came up with theories what could have happened, looked up criminals, looked up often if he turned back home, did search in peoples home and so on. They didn’t give up, yeah the thing about wasting days on the father and grandfather was useless and they took it to far but otherwise I don’t get why their job would be bad. It’s often case like this has to do with the family and especially since the grandfather didn’t have the best past. I think they handle it like most cops do🤷♀️
@@Olivia-tz8rl Eh, while I give kudos for the search effort but they handled Archie extremely poorly. They lied about having physical DNA evidence and tackled him into the wall when he tried to leave the interrogation room when he had not been detained nor arrested. They also forced his own son who was completely obviously distressed (as seen in the documentary Eleanor mentioned) he is sobbing and begging them not to make him do it and he was forced to anyway. It’s sickening and traumatic for two men grieving the loss of their daughter and granddaughter. All the while, Jessie was being fucking tortured while the police continuously interviewed two innocent men. I’m sorry, but I cannot say that it’s good police work because it wasn’t.
This is the most terrifying thing that could ever happen to a parent. You think your kid is sleeping, just to walk into an empty room. Heartbreaking.
I remember when I first became a parent and finally put my baby in her own room, I was so scared of that exact thing happening. Even now, many years later, every time I hear a sound at night, my brain instantly tells me to go check her room. I’m sure it’s partly because I have always watched these videos though.
That's why we co-sleep. I think even after my daughter becomes a teenager or an adult, as long as she stays with us I will always make sure to co-sleep with her. Co-sleep meaning me and my daughter sleeping together. My husband is a grown man, he can protect himself. 🤣
@@Szcharlette_03 that doesn't seem healthy, let her become independent please. What's gonna happen when she eventually lives alone?
@@havrefrasss of course, she will be independent, I will make sure of that. I did not say that we will co-sleep every single night. What I want to say from my first message is that, I will try to make the most out of every single day that I live with my one and only child. Thank you for your concern.
I don't really care about people, but when there's children in this crime cases, I feel bad and wish that I could've been born in 2005 to help with the investigation
I've been listening to you for over a year now and how I missed it when you did this case is beyond me. I was living in FL when this happened not far from where it happened. This was the most heartbreaking case. Mark was a wonderful father. It broke everyone's hearts to watch this family go through hell after she disappeared. I can't begin to explain how much this particular case effected the area. It was so awful.
I feel such a close connection to this case because my father was a single father when My mom walked out. And he was a construction worker and he would bring me all of his jobs in Florida, like we lived in Florida around this time. I still live in Florida, that's crazy
It is so heartbreaking to hear that Jessica’s mother had so many miscarriages right before she had her 🥺
God bless her father as well - the love they had for each other was so beautiful!!!
@@imtheking7736 dudee stop
But after many miscarriages she left the child with the father to take care of and she stayed 4yrs without seeing Jessica before she got missing
@@ladijoseph5762 i agree with you, no excuse for that part
@@ayomirae are you from Nigerian
yet she still abandoned her.
My heart always breaks for the families treated as suspects 😠 I can't imagine how I'd react in that situation.. being interrogated and accused this way I'd snap at how they are wasting precious time
The description of Jessie's relationship with her father made me tear up. I'm a bit of a daddy's girl as well lol so it hits so close to home.
I’ve met Mark a few years ago. He really does seem like a sweet genuine person. I also grew up in FL and hearing about this case while it was happening and watching the interviews on the news was heartbreaking. Looking forward to part 2 and “Jessie’s law”
I can’t even wrap my head around how painful this experience was for her father, not even to mention herself… May the Gods bless your little soul, Jessica, may all the pain, fear and distress be gone!
You said Homosassa right. This happened right in my hometown and it still haunts us today, thank you for speaking on this case because I had so many questions for years and you really helped shed some much needed light.
I love how when talking about her siblings you don’t say “step” or say they weren’t really related. Siblings are siblings!!! Through marriage, one different parent and adoption💗💗💗
This happened in my hometown. I'm so glad someone finally covered it! She was the same age as me, same town. My mom was permanently scarred and kept a super tight leash on me and my siblings after this happened.. Thank you Eleanor for telling Jessica's story.
I had been waiting for someone to cover it
The “I love you this much” arguments really got to me. Why would anyone, ever, hurt such a small girl? Such a lovely little kid? Why would anyone hurt A KID in *general?*
To make them seem powerful.
@@x_edith_x3828 killing a kid doesn't make you more powerful, I believe it makes you the weakest of all.
@@neptonyx correct but some people who seek power don’t think logically like that do they 🤨
@@neptonyx agreed. But to the killer, they almost always look for weak victims to make themselves feel better. Like a school bully, but much much worse
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“jessie was a daddies girl through and-“
“with vinted…”
i keep getting VOXI screaming at me 😂
The part where they were showing how much they love each other... i literally do the same with my mom 😢
When I was in sixth grade my grandfather died, when I found out it literally felt like I wasn’t on earth. I just went completely numb and I didn’t hear a word my mother said afterwards. Apparently I cried however that was the last time I would cry over his death for that entire year, the year anniversary of his death was when I finally broke. His funeral was on my birthday and even then I didn’t cry. Ironically when I found out my maternal grandmother died I sobbed to the point that my eyes literally hurt because of how swollen they were. Grief is just crazy and impacts all of us differently.
Exactly! I’m sorry for your losses also. When my grandpa passed I sobbed for days, it still makes me cry to think about. But when my gramma passed I went numb, there was so much going on that I couldn’t cry, I didn’t have time to. But when all was said and done I broke completely and I absolutely couldn’t function for a while. Grief is a heck of a thing man 😔
This is so true like when my grandma died it didn’t feel real yk. I was super sad but I never once cried and it made me feel horrible even though I really did care.
@@kenma665 sometimes that’s just the grief response, it never hits in the same way, even when you lived the person with all your soul. When I lost a friend to overdose I went numb, I didn’t cry til years later. But when I learned a different friend was suffering brain damage and then they pulled the plug I sobbed for days. It hits you in all different ways like that. So don’t feel bad! Their spirits always know what’s in our hearts, if you believe in spirits that is 😅
I didn’t cry when I was told my granddad died
I didn’t really even do anything I just kept doing what I was doing before I was told
When I heard my dad died in May of 2021. I screamed, cried and pretty sure I passed out. However, at his funeral. I couldn’t cry at all. Grief is literally so weird.
The "afraid of dark... Her age and people that are 22"- I took it personally.
It pains so much more when you explain all those details... Children should never be hurt! Ever! I can't imagine how the father felt, how his heart must've dropped. I'm so sorry for him.
This is honestly the most heartbreaking case I’ve ever heard of, it baffles me how there are people that evil and disgusting in this world 😥
When my grandpa died, my dad was crying, my grandma was sobbing loudly, my mum and brother were sniffling and crying and I wasn't able to cry. Everyone has different reactions when it comes to grief and the fact that police officers couldn't even figure that out is just disappointing.
I really love the way you are doing your make up. Don’t get me wrong-before, it was always flawless and beautiful, but now it looks so natural effortless and absolutely gorgeous ✨
I think it’s her natural beauty.
@@MilknHoneyx oh i see it now. ok imma delete my comment.
I just mentioned this when I commented as well, she has a different glow, I love it
I agree, she looked great before but I think this style of makeup makes her look even more stunning!
Fun fact, telling a suspect false information to get a confession is legal. It's used only if they 100% believe that there is no one else that could have committed the crime, they can use false information to get a confession. It can't be used in court obviously but all they needed was a confession. They need good evidence to do so of course but still. 100% legal as messed up as that is.
I hope this man realises how perfect of a dad he was to this beautiful little girl I hope his mind finds peace and he doesn’t feel like it’s his fault
by the time i found about this case i was already living in gaston county, NC (gastonia is in gaston county) but i’m FROM homosassa florida and it absolutely blew my mind. she was born the same year as my older brother. it’s been 18 years since her passing and the whole town still thinks of her and this case. may she rest in eternal peace.
It's really upsetting how the police handled the interrogation and questioning of Mark and Archie. I understand that usually in cases like this, they have to look to the family first. But the police went way too hard trying to coerce them into confessing for nothing. It's like they were so fixated on them that they didn't even want to entertain the idea of someone else being a suspect, which is very irresponsible on their part.
I agree. They took that way too far
That's exactly why I really am obsessed w/ true crime and psychology bc it gives you such a broader perspective of situations. What I learnt from being a psychology major and watching over a 1000 true crime cases is that Anger is a given misery. You get it from your parents who get it from their parents and so on. It obviously also depends on people but thats the sad reality of many many cases.
Lol
RIP little angel. My heart goes out to the dad. I'm a daddy's girl, (thought I'm now a grown women with my own kids) its a bond that is unbreakable.
I’m not a big fan of kids but this story made me choked up. Especially since she so innocent and could’ve been saved.
The way you tell stories always comes across as if you knew them personally. Such a great storyteller
I am so happy that you’re telling Jessica’s story. Her case was one of the first times I realized that the world isn’t such a safe place after all. I lived in Florida at the time and my parents followed this story and I think what happened to her made my parents want to move me out of the state. They wanted me to live in a safer place. I will never forget Jessica. And I will never forget the love her dad had for her.
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I love that you take the time to highlight the victims and their lives because they are the most important. It's such a tragedy that many true crime stories highlight them as footnotes in the story of a criminal instead of humans with lives that were ended tragically.
The perpetrator is also interesting (hey, that's why we watch true crime), but it's sad to see people romanticize murders and their mental issues despite the humans' lives that suffered because of these gross mid-steps in our society.
Absolutely crying my eyes out hearing about her relationship with Mark. Makes me miss my dad :(
So often, it seems like when the police don't like to admit that they don't have answers, they try to fit the evidence around their theory instead of fitting their theory around the evidence. Hearing about how much her father loved her is breaking my heart.
We like to believed society has moved passed the corruption, faked evidence and mob mentality that drove horrific events like the Salem witch trials but it's times like this where I question that
I was born and raised in Florida and remember this case. She would be 26 this year, almost my age. So sad that she wasn't able to have a family of her own and all the other milestones of a young adult.
I haven't even heard the full case yet, but you just KILLED ME AND MY EMOTIONS about the "I love you this much nothing can come between us" 😭😭
My dad passed away and, I miss my daddy every single day, and hearing that struck a nerve cause we use to spread out arms and say "I love you this much and all the way around". Always trying to show off to the other how far our arms can go, and arguing saying "nooo I love you so much more".
Life is to short, love your loved ones, don't ever be to busy, always make time, and definitely make sure they know they are loved and cared for.
what i appreciate so much about eleanor's coverage is her deep respect for the family members. i know so many individuals that would dramatise the suspicion of the family members to create a 'plot twist' for dramas sake, but eleanor makes it clear from the very beginning the reality of the situation. mad respect in a climate that turns true crime documentaries into crime-dramas for entertainment.
JESSICA MARIE ❤️
We went to school together, her father, Mark is an amazing man in our community! This is absolutely horrible, something like this just doesn't happen in our town. I don't think the police department was properly trained at that time for a case like that, just in my opinion.
My love is always with the LUNDSFORD family.
#Jesse's #Law 🐬
@@sheffieldamanda seriously? She’s mourning the loss of her friend and your response is spoiler alert? GTFO
I lived in Citrus for years and remember when this happened, it was so heartbreaking. I feel so bad for her friends and family. So sorry for your loss 💔💔
@@sheffieldamanda she's... grieving. that is not how you speak to people who knew the victim. true crime is TRUE crime, it's not a tv show that some people are more caught up on than others. besides, Eleanor keeps referring to Jessie as "was" so isn't it kinda... obvious?
@@DangerWifeDodd to be fair i only read the RIP Jessica Marie i did not realise the personal connection, so i have deleted & apologise to Keli Claire & send my condolences.
My apologies as well I wasn't even thinking when I made the comment wasn't trying to spoil anything for anybody. Just continue to pray for peace for the family it doesn't get easier.
The police didn't want the culprit, they wanted an arrest.