'Unsolved Mysteries' takes on Heeringa disappearance

Two years ago, Jessica Heeringa was last seen working at a gas station in Norton Shores. This weekend, her story will be told on an Unsolved Mysteries webisode.

Unsolved.com will start airing the webisode this weekend. The "Unsolved Mysteries" TV show has aired since 1987 and is now on the Lifetime Channel.

Heeringa was 25 when she was last seen working at the gas station at 1196 E. Sternberg Road. Police determined that she was abducted near the end of her shift around 11 p.m. They found a blood stain on the concrete outside the back door of the station and through DNA anaylsis, the blood was determined to be Heeringa's.

Dozens of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and others have searched for Heeringa and investigated hundreds of tips and leads. She has not been located.



Relatives set up a new tip line last May. The reward for information that leads investigators to Jessica is up to $26,000. Norton Shores Police are still taking any tips and leads at 231-733-2691. The Find Jessica Heeringa Facebook page has more than 25,000 followers.

In November, a bill was introduced in the state legislature to require that would increase overnight staffing at 24-hour stores.

Bob Brenzing is a staff writer for WZZM.