MURDERED: Jenny Lin

Written By M Diaries

The case we’re going to talk about today knocked a safe San Francisco suburb to its knees.

As one friend of the victim put it, “it broke the shell of safety.”

Jenny Lin was 14 years old in May 1994 when her parents weren’t able to reach her at home, where she was supposed to be after school.

As the workday came to an end, her father arrived home. The TV was on, but the house was empty.

Calling for his younger daughter, he heads up the stairs, and it quickly set in that something was wrong when he noticed the primary bedroom’s bathroom door was closed.

Behind that closed door, he found Jenny, murdered.

Photo of Jenny Hanchi Lin

Jenny and her father

Jenny playing viola

Window from indoor view

Window used to break into home.

Window from outside

Sketch of man who approached Mr. Lin

 
 

Additional Resources

If you have any information about the murder of Jennifer Lin on May 27th, 1994, please contact the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office at 510-667-3636, or call the Jenny Lin hotline at 855-4-JENNY-LIN.

To donate to The Jenny Lin foundation, visit: https://jennylinfoundation.org/

Resources

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  • https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Girl-s-Family-Turns-Grief-Into-Action-Helping-3032748.php

  • https://uncovered.com/cases/jennifer-lin

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