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Jana Carpenter-Koklich was 41 when she was last seen on August 17, 2001, after attending an Eric Clapton concert with friends. Her husband, Bruce Koklich, said Jana returned home late that night. She didn’t meet her personal trainer the next morning and didn’t answer repeated calls from her mother on August 18. Bruce reported her missing on August 20 after she failed to show up for work.

Her white Nissan Pathfinder was found August 27 in Signal Hill, Long Beach with blood in the backseat. Investigators later concluded Jana had likely been murdered; blood evidence in the couple’s home suggested she may have been killed there. Bruce Koklich became the primary suspect and was charged and convicted of second-degree murder in 2003 amid theories that financial motives, including a potential divorce and a $1 million life insurance policy, played a role. Jana’s remains have never been recovered.

Does anyone have information about Jana’s last known movements or saw her Pathfinder in Long Beach that week?