Jessie Blodgett was murdered by her childhood friend
The latest episode of
Dateline: Secrets Uncovered revisited the intriguing murder mystery of Jessie Blodgett, a young musician who was brutally raped and murdered by her admirer and ex-classmate Daniel Bartelt.
The official synopsis of the
Dateline episode, which aired on June 22, reads:
"Jessie Blodgett was a budding musician and actress; the morning after a performance, Jessie's mother found her dead."
In the episode, investigators from Blodgett's case offered some inside details regarding the investigation, which included updates on Daniel Bartelt, who was sentenced to life in prison for the murder.
Jessie Blodgett died of strangulation
In July 2013, the local police received a frantic 911 call from Joy Blodgett, Jessie's mother, who told operators that she had found her daughter unresponsive in bed. When police arrived at the victim's home on Wayside Drive, they found the body of 19-year-old Jessie Blodgett on the bedroom floor, where her mother had placed her to perform CPR. Investigators discovered that her body had been washed.
Jessie was a member of a youth theater community in Hartford, Wisconsin. In July 2013, she had just finished a premiere production of
Fiddler on the Roof and went to a friend’s home to celebrate.
The next day, around noon, Jessie's mother found her dead in her bed. Jessie's mother told the police that she had seen her asleep in bed before she left for work that morning. When she returned home during lunch to check on her daughter, Joy found her dead in bed with marks on her neck. Jessie was pronounced dead at the scene, and an autopsy determined that she had died of strangulation.
The latest episode of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered revisited the intriguing murder mystery of Jessie Blodgett, a young musician who was brutally raped and murdered by her admirer and ex-classmate Danie
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