Jennifer Zoch was 19 when she traveled from Goodman, Wisconsin, to Washington, D.C., in early March 1998 seeking new opportunities. Formerly a high school cheerleader and an Army National Guard certified medic with plans to study medicine or veterinary work, she was last seen late on March 21, 1998, by a cousin while working along Massachusetts Avenue Northwest in an area then known for prostitution.

On the morning of March 23, a security guard found Zoch’s body in the basement parking garage of an apartment building at 930 M Street NW in the Mount Vernon neighborhood. She had been bound, sexually assaulted, and strangled. Investigators collected DNA evidence and noted similarities to another asphyxiation death at the same complex four months earlier; detectives considered the possibility of a serial predator and sought links in neighboring counties. No definitive connection or suspect has been publicly identified and no arrest has been announced, leaving the murder unsolved.

If anyone knew Jennifer, her movements in D.C., or has information about that garage or the surrounding neighborhood in March 1998, please come forward.