The Murder of Jennifer Cave
Jennifer Rae Cave was an American girl who had recently moved to Texas. She was one of five girls in her family and had recently begun working for a law firm as a legal assistant.
On 16th August 2005, Jennifer and Colton Aaron Pitonyak, a finance major at the University of Texas, went to dinner to celebrate Jennifer's new job. They then went to Pitonyak's apartment.
On the morning of 17th August 2005, the law firm Jennifer worked at called her family to inform them she had not shown up for work. Jennifer's family discovered she had been with Pitonyak, when they contacted Pitonyak he claimed he had not seen Jennifer and told them to leave her alone. On 18th August, Jennifer's family travelled to Texas and found Jennifer's car outside Pitonyak's apartment, Jennifer's stepfather called the police who said they could not enter without a warrant. Jennifer's stepfather waited for the police to leave and broke into the apartment where he found Jennifer's body and called the police again. Jennifer had been shot and her dead body had been mutilated and dismembered. It was found that she had alcohol and drugs marijuana and methamphetamine in her system at the time of her death.
On the day Jennifer's body was found, Pitonyak and his girlfriend, Laura Hall, fled to Mexico by car. They were arrested on 23rd August by the Mexican Law enforcement and sent back to the USA where they were arrested.
Pitonyak was charged and convicted of murder, he received a 55-year prison sentence. Laura Hall was convicted of tampering with evidence and hindering the apprehension of Pitonyak, she was sentenced to five years. The trials both failed to produce much understanding of what had happened to Jennifer or why she had been murdered.

















