MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Franchesca Alvarado
When 22-year-old Franchesca Alvarado set out on a quick weekend trip to Atlantic City in March of 2012, it was meant to be a simple getaway… but it spiraled into a baffling tragedy. Her family is hoping that someone out there has the answers they’ve been searching for.
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Sisters Mia and Franchesca.
Photo Source: Courtesy of family
Franchesca’s remains are resting with her mother, Valentina Amador, who died in 1999.
Photo Source: Courtesy of family
William Coit in May of 2023.
Photo Source: Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
Please contact the authorities If you have any information about the following cases:
If you have any information about Franchesca Alvarado, please contact the New Jersey Police tip line at 1-833-4NJ-COLD or [email protected]
Visit the Find Franchesca Cheka Alvarado Facebook page for updates.
If you or a loved one is experiencing domestic abuse of any kind, you are not alone. You can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233); for TTY: 1-800-787-3224; or text “START” to 88788.
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Episode Source Material
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Original reporting by Nina Schutzman
- Federal court records
- Philadelphia court records
- New Jersey State Police news release
- The Philadelphia Inquirer: What happened to Franchesca Alvarado? by Ronnie Polaneczky
- The Philadelphia Inquirer: Skeletal remains of missing woman found by Barbara Boyer via NewsLibrary.com
- The Philadelphia Inquirer Vanished woman’s watery grave by Ronnie Polaneczky
- Metro: Franchesca Alvarado disappeared in Atlantic City last month and hasn’t been heard from since by Alexandra Wigglesworth
- U.S. v. Jerel Jackson, a/k/a Jinx Jerel Jackson – 2017 Opinion
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