Jennifer Marie Sanchez walked out of her north Houston apartment in September 2018 and never came home. Eight years later, the mother of six is still missing, her family still waiting for the chance to bring her remains home and finally lay her to rest.
Sanchez, 39, told one of her sons she was stepping outside and would be right back, according to ABC13. “She was never seen by her family again,” the outlet reported. Hours before she vanished, she had been seen at a bar with her estranged husband, Joey Sanchez, against whom she had filed abuse charges, the station's report states.
The timing carried an especially cruel twist: Jennifer and Joey Sanchez were due in court just days later for one of the abuse cases she had filed against him, according to the same report. She never made it to that court date. Court documents later stated that the offense against her was committed on Sept. 9, 2018, per the outlet's reporting.
A Murder Charge and a Confession
Joey Sanchez was charged with capital murder one week after his wife disappeared, ABC13 reported at the time.
KHOU reported that Joey Sanchez confessed to killing his wife. Police had not found Jennifer Sanchez's body as of 2018.
A Case Still Open in the Federal Missing Persons System
Jennifer Marie Sanchez remains listed in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System under case MP55417, according to NamUs.
For Jennifer Sanchez's family, the legal resolution hasn't brought the closure they need most. They are still waiting to bring her home, a wait that has now stretched for eight years.
