Anna Matters ... 914 days missing -Part 1

About this episode

The episode discusses the case of Anna Jenkins, who went missing after a dentist appointment, and her son Greg's efforts to find her despite police inaction.

****Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of human remains being discovered. Listener discretion is advised. Anna Jenkins went to the dentist in Penang on December 13, 2017. Hours later, she called her husband in panic, saying someone was trying to kidnap her. Then the line went dead. Police dismissed it. Suggested she’d wandered off. Ignored key CCTV. Refused to investigate properly. While authorities looked the other way, Anna’s son Greg flew to Malaysia and began doing their job for them. For 914 days , Anna was missing. Over nearly three years, Greg travelled more than 120,000 kilometres across Malaysia, put up thousands of posters, interviewed anyone who would talk — and uncovered leads police never followed. Then an anonymous message arrived. In Part 1 of this powerful two-part series, Greg reveals the moment he realised the system had failed his mum — and the discovery that would change everything. Because Anna matters... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guest: Greg

Topics covered

• missing persons
• investigation
• family
• true crime
• system failure

Keywords

• Anna Jenkins
• missing person
• Greg
• investigation
• Penang
• human remains
• CCTV
• kidnapping
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Penang

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