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The Girl in the Blue Mustang - Ep. 5: Revelations

February 16, 2026·30 min·5-min readnarrativetrue crime
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The episode centers on the 1993 murder of Michelle O'Keefe, a young woman shot dead in her blue Mustang at a Palmdale, California park-and-ride lot. The case led to the conviction of Raymond Jennings, a security guard on duty that night, despite the absence of physical evidence linking

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People

Raymond JenningsJeff EhrlichClint EhrlichMichelle O'KeefeMike O'KeefePat O'KeefeJason O'KeefeMichael BlakeMark SafaricVictoria RichardsonJackie LaceyKen Lynch

Companies

Los Angeles County District Attorney's OfficeConviction Review Unit (CRU)

Topics

Cold CasesCriminal Justice ReformForensicsInvestigative JournalismLong Form JournalismTrue CrimeWrongful Convictions

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