POLICE were left baffled when a family reported their teenage daughter missing with only a handwritten letter as a clue.
30 years following Jennifer Lynn Pandos' disappearance, her cold case remains unsolved.
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What happened to Jennifer Lynn Pandos?
On February 10, 1987, 15-year-old Jennifer Lynn Pandos vanished from her home in Williamsburg, Virginia.
After noticing she was missing, Jennifer's parents Margie and Ron entered her room and found a note on her bed.
The note was addressed to Margie and Ron and said: "Your daughter’s with me. She’s fine.
"She’s having some problems and needs time away. I’m fine, I just need time to think.
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"Both of you please go to work tomorrow ‘cause I will try to call you.
"I won’t call you at home, only at one of y’all’s work. Do not call the police. I can easily find out if you do.
"I may never come back home. Don’t tell my friends about this. Just tell them that I’m sick."
"She was reported as a runaway,” Deputy Chief Steve Rubino shared with Dateline NBC.
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"There was no reason to believe any foul play had occurred.
"[The family is] disheartened that there’s been no resolution to the case.
"There’s never been any evidence to explain her disappearance. Her body has not been recovered."
What has Jennifer's family said about her disappearance?
In the wake of cops investigation of Jennifer's cold case, her older brother Steven Pandos accused his parents of being involved in her disappearance.
At the time Jennifer vanished, Steven was away at college.
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"I’ve reached out to an attorney about whether I could sue my parents for the death of my sister," he stated in Burden of Proof.
"I think my mother knows what happened and my father scared her to keep this a secret.
"(I wanted) to give some context to the nuances and complications of trauma. And to find justice for my sister Jennifer."
During the Burden of Proof docuseries, Steven sits face to face with his and Jennifer's parents as they deny any involvement or further knowledge of what happened.
"It feels like you've convicted me of something that I haven't done," Margie told her son.
How can I watch Burden of Proof?
On June 6, 2023, Burden of Proof is scheduled to be broadcasted at 9pm EST via HBO.
The four-part docuseries is also available to be streamed on HBO's streaming service MAX.
