Oct 11, 2026 · 38 min · 22 segments
A 21-year-old Idaho mom vanished without a trace from the home she shared with her boyfriend and their young daughter. Police investigated all persons of interest, including the half-brother of…
[tense music] Minutes ago, 26-year-old Mike Jimenez called 911 to report that his live-in girlfriend, 21-year-old Stephanie Eldridge, is missing.
When Idaho Falls Police arrive at his home, Mike and his mother, Lynette, are waiting for them.
Lynette tells officers that earlier today, around 12:30 PM, she swung by the house on her lunch break and found Stephanie and Mike's four-month-old daughter inside the house, but Stephanie was gone.
Instinctively, Lynette knew something was wrong.
Stephanie would never go off and leave her baby like that.
Lynette called Mike and he rushed home from work.
That's when they discovered Stephanie's purse and wallet were still at the house, but her cellphone was missing.
Mike says he called Stephanie's phone over and over again.
There was no answer.
Mike and Lynette also called Stephanie's family and friends, hoping someone knew where she was, but no one had seen or heard from her at all.
Fearing the worst, Mike called 911.
With Mike and Lynette's consent, officers search the entire house.
There are no signs of forced entry and officers detect no evidence of a crime.
But Mike's half-brother, 19-year-old Kenneth "Kenny" Jones, lives with them too.
When officers speak with him, they eyeball something suspicious.
Kenny has fresh scratch marks on his neck.
Kenny tells police he accidentally walked into some tree branches, but officers are skeptical.
If Kenny did walk into some tree branches, odds are his scratches would be horizontal, not vertical.
And according to Lynette and Mike, they both left for work this morning before Kenny did, which makes Kenny the last person to see Stephanie alive before she went missing.
As the search for Stephanie gets underway, detectives quickly obtain a warrant for Stephanie's cellphone records.
Based on those records, the last outgoing call on Stephanie's cellphone was made at 8:30 AM this morning.
When they look up that number, detectives discover it's for Cardon's Car Wash, Kenny Jones' employer.
Two days after Stephanie's disappearance, detectives ask Mike, Lynette, and Kenny to come down to the station for further questioning.
[tense music] Minutes ago, 26-year-old Mike Jimenez called 911 to report that his live-in girlfriend, 21-year-old Stephanie Eldridge, is missing.
When Idaho Falls Police arrive at his home, Mike and his mother, Lynette, are waiting for them.
Lynette tells officers that earlier today, around 12:30 PM, she swung by the house on her lunch break and found Stephanie and Mike's four-month-old daughter inside the house, but Stephanie was gone.
Instinctively, Lynette knew something was wrong.
Stephanie would never go off and leave her baby like that.
Lynette called Mike and he rushed home from work.
That's when they discovered Stephanie's purse and wallet were still at the house, but her cellphone was missing.
Mike says he called Stephanie's phone over and over again.
There was no answer.
Mike and Lynette also called Stephanie's family and friends, hoping someone knew where she was, but no one had seen or heard from her at all.
Fearing the worst, Mike called 911.
With Mike and Lynette's consent, officers search the entire house.
There are no signs of forced entry and officers detect no evidence of a crime.
But Mike's half-brother, 19-year-old Kenneth "Kenny" Jones, lives with them too.
When officers speak with him, they eyeball something suspicious.
Kenny has fresh scratch marks on his neck.
Kenny tells police he accidentally walked into some tree branches, but officers are skeptical.
If Kenny did walk into some tree branches, odds are his scratches would be horizontal, not vertical.
And according to Lynette and Mike, they both left for work this morning before Kenny did, which makes Kenny the last person to see Stephanie alive before she went missing.
As the search for Stephanie gets underway, detectives quickly obtain a warrant for Stephanie's cellphone records.
Based on those records, the last outgoing call on Stephanie's cellphone was made at 8:30 AM this morning.
When they look up that number, detectives discover it's for Cardon's Car Wash, Kenny Jones' employer.
Two days after Stephanie's disappearance, detectives ask Mike, Lynette, and Kenny to come down to the station for further questioning.
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