Death in the Dorms Season 2: Episode 1: Jenna Burleigh
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What happened to Jenna Burleigh?
Hi, I'm Brad Milkey. I'm the host of The Crime Scene Weekly, a new show from ABC Audio about the latest headlines in true crime. This week, I'm talking about the shocking allegations against the Alexander Brothers, once the golden boys of luxury real estate, now facing serious sex crime charges. Listen to The Crime Scene Weekly on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever you get your podcasts.
This is Deborah Roberts, co-anchor of 2020. This week, we'll be starting season two of Death in the Dorms. It's a true crime series from ABC Studios that tells the stories of young people whose lives were cut tragically short during their time on campus and the subsequent investigations into their untimely deaths. In our first episode, we'll hear the story of Jenna Burley, a passionate social justice advocate at Temple University, who vanished after spending a night out with her friends, leaving only questions in her wake. Take a listen.
Jenna, she really wanted to get into film.
Her trajectory was probably going to do great things.
She just wanted to give people a voice. She was able to go right over to Temple, and she was excited about that.
Temple University is, in my opinion, a safe place. The surrounding neighborhoods, you have a different story.
Temple University police need your help to track down a missing student.
I remember having a conversation with my friends like, whoa, we just got here. This is happening already.
The entire purpose of going inside of this apartment was to find out what happened.
I just wanted to know how a human being could do that to somebody.
This is Jenna's room. She had recently redone her room because she knew she'd be living here through her time at Temple. Yeah, I definitely do sleep in here. I find it comforting to just spend time here with Jenna. I just love remembering her laughter when she'd be watching something funny. She had a great laugh. We met at Villanova University. My mother said, you should go to Villanova and you'll meet somebody with money. But I met Ed. and before our first anniversary, we had our first child.
We had Janelle, and then two years later, we were blessed with Jenna.
When Jenna was young, she said she was gonna be famous. I'm gonna do something in this world.
Jenna and I met on the very first day of kindergarten. I had an accident, and I got to go to the nurse and get new clothes. Jenna didn't like the outfit she was wearing that day, so she also had an accident, so she could change her outfit.
Jenna's personality was very large. Immediately when she entered a room, you could tell that she was going to be a very large light in that room. Above anything else, she really loved her friends and her family. She always let you know how much she loved you whenever she was around you, which to me was always something that was really wonderful. Jenna's fashion was very sparkly, very loud in a, you know, outfit type of a way. A lot of bright colors, a lot of sparkles, a lot of glitter.
She used to joke that my parents never knew who she was because her hair was always a different color.
She just was someone that was like so like open and free and unapologetically herself.
Jenna was in Red Alert, which was their production studio at high school, and she just totally embraced it.
Each kid took a turn being the host, or they would create documentary segments or fun little skits. I always knew it was gonna be a good episode when something of Jenna's was gonna be on it.
she really wanted to get into film she's very creative i think she would have been very very good at it this is what she wanted to do and this is where her passion was her trajectory was probably going to do great things she just wanted to give people a voice anything she touched was something beautiful and something really thoughtful she was
Passionate, she was ready to pursue film. She was really excited to finally get started on her career path.
When Jenna was a senior in high school, we looked at many colleges. And she ended up choosing University of Tampa for film.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened to Jenna Burleigh?
0:00–15:09
2
Who was Jenna Burleigh and what was her background?
15:09–21:01
3
What were the events leading up to Jenna's disappearance?
21:01–25:44
4
What actions did the police take after Jenna was reported missing?
25:44–32:50
5
How did Jenna's friends and family react to her disappearance?
32:50–37:29
6
What role did the bar PubWeb play in Jenna's last night?
37:29–45:31
7
What evidence was found during the investigation?
45:31–51:51
8
What are the ongoing questions surrounding Jenna's case?
51:51–1:02:20
Speakers
19 identified
Deborah Roberts 11 min
Detective 9 min
Jane Doe 7 min
John Smith 7 min
Unknown Speaker 4 min
Lisa 2 min
Emily Johnson 2 min
Anna Sorokin's Lawyer 1 min
Police Officer
Brad Milkey
Therapist
News Anchor
Rachel Lee
Sarah Davis
Advertisement Narrator
Captain Walter Maid
Laura Garcia
George Stephanopoulos
David Muir