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Jena Donell Houchin Covey, a 19-year-old white female from Mesquite, Texas, was tragically murdered on October 17, 1971. She and her husband, Forrest Covey, age 24, were abducted late at night from a grocery store in Mesquite where Jena worked. Their bodies were discovered several days later in an abandoned barn near Quinlan, Texas. The couple had been kidnapped and killed in what would later be linked to a series of violent crimes committed by a transient family known for their cross-country sp ...Read More
Victim Details

Jena Covey

Female

White / Caucasian

Mesquite

TX

1971-10-17

19

Jena

Covey

11/15/2025