Full Name Jennifer Olson Education University of Montana Role Reporter | Name Jennifer Servo Occupation News Anchor, Reporter | |
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Born September 23, 1979 ( 1979-09-23 ) Columbia Falls, Montana Notable credit(s) KPAX-TV, KECI-TV, KRBC Television News Died September 16, 2002, Abilene, Texas, United States | ||
Jennifer Lynn Servo, born Jennifer Lynn Olson, (September 23, 1979 in Columbia Falls, Montana – September 16, 2002 in Abilene, Texas), was an American news reporter whose murder remains unsolved. Servo worked as a news reporter at KPAX-TV in Missoula during her freshman year in college at the University of Montana, and later at KECI-TV, which serves most of western Montana.
Servo graduated from Columbia Falls High School in 1998; a scholarship was established in Servo's name at the school after her death. The Jennifer Servo Memorial Scholarship is presented to a senior who wants to go into broadcast news. Servo stated many times that she had the ambition to be the next Katie Couric and to work for one of the big networks. Servo graduated from the University of Montana in May 2002.
Servo was offered her first full-time news reporter job from KRBC-TV in Abilene, Texas. Just months after she began working at KRBC, she was found murdered by strangulation and head trauma in her Abilene apartment. Servo's boyfriend at the time, Ralph Sepulveda, became a prime suspect. Brian Travers, Servo's co-worker at KRBC, also became a suspect. The case remains unsolved and no arrests have been made.
In media
Servo's murder has been covered by numerous media outlets since 2002. Among the more notable are America's Most Wanted and CBS' 48 Hours Mystery under the name of "Deadline for Justice".
Servo's story was also in the September 2003 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.