Murder of Jessica Keen

Jessica Lyn Keen (September 24, 1975 – March 16, 1991) was a murder victim killed in Foster Chapel Cemetery in West Jefferson, Ohio.

However, she quit cheerleading and her grades dropped after meeting and falling in love with 18-year-old Shawn Thompson, a boy at her school.

After being missing for two days, Keen was found dead in the early morning hours of March 17 at the back of Foster Chapel Cemetery, 20 miles from the teen facility.

Evidence showed Keen had escaped his car and run into Foster Chapel Cemetery, where she collided with a fence post and fell.

He pleaded guilty to one charge of aggravated murder, with specifications of rape and kidnapping, and was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison.