Wicked and Grim: A True Crime Podcast · Ben Gibson

The Disappearance of Jessica Heeringa

·1 hr 6 min·3 clips

In minutes, Jessica vanished—register open, purse left behind, car still parked outside, but no sign of her anywhere.

Ben and Nicole from Wicked and Grim present the disappearance of Jessica Hearinga, a 25-year-old single mother working alone at a Michigan Exxon gas station on April 26, 2013. In a 10-minute window, Jessica vanished leaving behind her purse, register, and car. Evidence included a silver minivan, blood drops, and a P22 laser sight battery. Early suspects (boyfriend Dakota, coworker Ammerman, Rob Follett) all had alibis. A 75-investigator task force was assembled but the case stalled for three years until a shocking encounter with a 16-year-old girl cracked it open.

As heard by us

A slow-burn missing-person case sharpened by a killing nearby.

Jessica's disappearance from her job at a Michigan gas station in 2013 is handled as a quiet, unsettling case, with the timeline and geography kept clear throughout.

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A missing-person case is shadowed by a second killing just a short drive away.

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