Between 1993 and 2014, five women with similar appearances and backgrounds vanished under comparably suspicious circumstances in the same small area of California. As an area that is already nicknamed “The Black Hole” for its large number of disappearances, many locals believe that there is a serial killer stalking the area. These are the stories of Jennifer Wilmer, Karen Mitchell, Christine Walters, Sheila Franks, and Danielle Bertolini. Also known, as the Humboldt Missing Five.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Missing Women Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/HUMBOLDTMISSINGWOMEN/?fref=ts

2. Sheila's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HELPFINDSHEILASHERRELLFRANKS

3. Danielle's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DanielleBertoliniBrooks/photos/?ref=page_internal

4. Christine Lindsey Walters: https://www.facebook.com/HelpFindChristineLindseyWalters/

5. Kym Kemp: https://kymkemp.com/2015/04/01/the-humboldt-five-so-many-missing-from-such-a-small-area/

6. NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/femur-bone-found-near-eel-river-fortuna-california-identified-belonging-n1062376

7. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231693990/danielle-nicole-bertolini#

8. Web Sleuths: https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/ca-james-eugene-jones-43-humboldt-county-poi-serial-murders.376261/

9. Murder, She Told: https://www.murdershetold.com/episodes/danielle-bertolini

10. Newsday: https://www.newspapers.com/image/725427854/?terms=jennifer%20wilmer&match=1

11. Long Island's Lost Girls: http://billyjensen.com/wp-content/themes/billjensen/pdfs/crime_stories/dark_star.pdf

12. Times Standard: https://www.times-standard.com/2017/11/19/missing-but-not-forgotten-family-friends-share-memories-of-karen-mitchell-20-years-after-her-disappearance/#:~:text=Every%20year%2C%20Karen%20Mitchell's%20family,30.

13. What Happened to Christine Walters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&feature=youtu.be&v=NfGGFVjOaUg&fbclid=IwAR0fnjxpnXyZyp2F8jqwHCLhs7iJcvXuRYezeuiE2V-VHNw45Hmm1Nx9LLM

14. Chip Chick: https://www.chipchick.com/2021/10/23-year-old-goes-on-vacation-ends-up-naked-and-covered-in-cuts-on-a-strangers-doorstep-saying-someone-was-out-to-get-her-before-disappearing-just-days-later-and-its-been-over-10-years-since-she-w.html?ccmBTags=true

15. Times Standard: https://www.times-standard.com/2013/11/14/without-a-trace-a-familys-search-for-their-daughter-young-wisconsin-woman-disappeared-in-eureka-five-years-ago-today/

16. The Capital Times: https://www.newspapers.com/image/522545327

17. KMUD: https://soundcloud.com/kmudnews/families-of-two-missing-girls-say-cases-are-connected-by-one-man

18. Crime Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HKq7el7APs

19. Kym Kemp: https://kymkemp.com/2014/07/15/memorial-planned-missing-womans-birthday/

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