The Murder of Jessie Blodgett

Murder Files Unsealed · Oct 2, 2026 · 49m · transcript

Nineteen-year-old Jessie Blodgett, a talented and beloved musician from Wisconsin, was tragically murdered in her home following a local cast party. Investigators soon linked the crime to her former high school classmate, Daniel Bartelt, who had recently attacked another woman in a nearby park. Bartelt had secretly spiraled into dark internet obsessions involving violence and serial killers while maintaining a facade of normalcy. Surveillance footage and a discarded kill kit provided the overwhelming physical evidence necessary to secure his conviction at trial. In the aftermath of this…