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Jennifer Servo.

MUS-2026-0011

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MUS-2026-0011

Homicide

Incident
2002
Indexed
Oct 2, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
Agency
Abilene Police Department
Location
Abilene TX

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Summary

What happened, as the record shows.

Jennifer Servo, 22, had been working as a reporter for KRBC television in Abilene, Texas, for about two months when she was found beaten and strangled in her apartment in 2002. An ex-boyfriend and a co-worker were identified as persons of interest. No arrests have ever been made. The case has been covered on Wikipedia, in a two-part Abilene Reporter-News investigative series in 2024, on CBS 48 Hours ('Deadline for Justice'), and on Investigation Discovery's Still a Mystery.

Timeline

What the record establishes.

  1. 2002

    Jennifer Servo, 22, is found beaten and strangled in her Abilene apartment.

  2. 2024

    The Abilene Reporter-News publishes a two-part investigative series on the case.

  3. 2026

    Persons of interest were identified early on, but no arrests have ever been made. The case remains unsolved.

Key people

The people in the file.

VictimJennifer Servo

22, a reporter for KRBC television in Abilene, Texas. Found beaten and strangled in her apartment in 2002, two months into her first reporting job.

Investigating agencyAbilene Police Department

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