My Story-- By Lisa Keyworth

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Jessica's grandmother says holidays are difficult without her granddaughter to share it with.

Jessica was a sweet 16 year old girl with a sparkle in her almond shaped eyes and a smile that could steal your heart away.  Jessica brought joy to everyone she encountered.

In Jessica's early years, like most youngsters growing up, she had ever changing dreams of being a skater like Nancy Kerrigan, a world class pastry chef or a entrepreneur yet to be defined. Those entire dreams came to a tragic end on Memorial Day weekend 2004 with her untimely death.

Jessica's body was discovered on the first of June 2004 in an outside basement stairwell of an abandoned house located 23-25 Pearl Street in Waterbury, Connecticut. The Chief Medical Examiner confirmed that she was murdered by strangulation.

24 Hours Prior To Her Death

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Hundreds of reward photos were placed around Waterbury looking for Jessica.

Jessica was a student at Shriver Job Corps Center in Devens, Massachusetts. After
visiting friends and family members in Connecticut over the Memorial Day weekend she traveled to Waterbury to meet up with a classmate and return to school.

On May 30th 2004, Jessica got on a metro-north train traveling from Bridgeport
to Waterbury. She was wearing blue jeans and an oversized gray t-shirt with a historical
map of New Jersey on it. Police investigation confirmed that she spoke to a passenger on the train who gave her directions from the Waterbury train station to McDonald's at Brass Mill Commons Mall which is near her classmate's home.

Jessica's whereabouts after leaving the Waterbury train station on foot and the discovery of her body the following day continues to be a mystery.

"We Are Looking For Answers"

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This is the t-shirt Jessica was last seen wearing of a historical map of New Jersey.

Our lives slowly move forward as hundreds of reward posters have been placed around Waterbury, including the location were her body was found, the train station and courthouse. Rallies for the missing and homicide victims were attended June 2006. On the anniversary of her death in June we again had an interview with a Waterbury newspaper and donated to charities in her memory.

The reward to find Jessica's killer has been raised to $50,000, according to the Waterbury Police Department.