The Julie Jensen Case

Oh, word? with Koerri Elijah

Koerri sits down with Assistant DA of Kenosha, WI Angelina Gabriele to discuss the 1998 case where Mark Jensen murdered his wife, Julie Jensen This is my first time doing a crime podcast but I had a blast!

'The Julie Jensen case involves the trial of a Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin man, Mark Jensen, on charges that he murdered his wife, Julie Jensen on December 3, 1998. The case is notable for the eventual admission into evidence of a letter written by the deceased prior to her death expressing suspicion of her husband's intentions.

Julie Jensen investigated her husband, checked his planner, photographed a note, and documented her suspicions. She gave the letter to a neighbor with instructions to hand it to police if anything should happen to her. She wrote that she would never commit suicide and that if she died, police should consider her husband a suspect. "I pray that I am wrong and nothing happens, but I am suspicious of Mark's suspicious behaviors and fear for my early demise."

In 2008, Mark Jensen was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, a verdict which was later overturned.'