Jennifer Lynn Pentilla was 18 when she disappeared on October 17, 1991, while biking through Deming, New Mexico, during a solo journey. She had been travelling to join a missionary group in Mexico but told her mother from a Shell station in Deming that she might instead go to Minnesota to visit a friend and would call back that day; the promised call never came.

About a year later hunters found Jennifer’s camping gear, bicycle helmet, and journal in a remote area near Hatch, New Mexico, roughly 46 miles from Deming. Her bicycle and Jennifer herself have never been located. Investigators followed several leads, including reports that she had been seen with a man named Jesus Vasquez on the day she vanished and an allegation that local man Henry Apodaca bragged about abducting her, but no charges were filed.

The disappearance remains unsolved and Jennifer’s family continues to seek answers. If anyone knew Jennifer, saw her route on October 17, 1991, or has information about her movements near Deming or Hatch, please come forward.