Jennifer “Jenny” Douglas was a small girl for a 17-year-old.
But the ballerina’s size was likely due to her fitness. She was known to work out hours on end in the summer.
Jennifer Douglas, 17
(Courtesy of Familes of Victims of Homicide and Missing Persons)
Jenny was 5-feet tall and weighed only 87 pounds. She had blue eyes and blonde hair.
Jenny was at home at 2575 Albion Street when she called her mother, Ann, at work around 10 a.m. on July 16, 1984.
Jenny let her mother know that she was going for a bike ride on the Highline Canal. She was a serious biker who would often take rides as far south as Castle Rock. She could cover 60 miles in a single workout.
It wasn’t unusual for her to let her parents know what she was doing.
Jenny was very dependable, a good student at East High School and a devoted ballerina. She was excited about entering her senior year in high school that fall. The following week she was to appear in a ballet performance. She was looking forward to the event.
Jenny’s 13-year-old brother Jonathan saw her riding her bicycle at about 10 a.m., only a few minutes after Jenny spoke with her mother. She was riding her bike south on Albion, just after she left her home.
A janitor at Philips Elementary School, 6550 E. 21st Ave., saw her that Monday morning on Monaco Parkway. She was headed north on her brand new black Univega 12-speed bike.