The cold case murder of Jennifer Delgado

A commute to the laundromat became a brutal assault for a tender lady and her mom.

After 35 years there are nonetheless no solutions to who stabbed them.

This is Texas Crime Stories, the cold case murder of Jennifer Delgado.

June 6, 1988

It was once a scorching June Day in 1988 when 7-year-old Jennifer Delgado and her mom crossed the road from their house and went to Westrock Coin-Op Wash and Dry to do laundry.

Jennifer’s dad was once at house with the remaining of the children.

She and her mother have been speaking about summer season plans when a person walked into the laundromat and went over to the merchandising device.

He put cash inside of, however not anything got here again out. The guy was once enraged.

He grew to become that anger on Jennifer and her mom, charging at them right away.

The guy stabbed Jennifer’s mother within the shoulder. She yelled for Jennifer to depart however prior to she may, the person stabbed Jennifer within the abdomen.

One of Jennifer’s former classmates Christopher Palmer has adopted this tale for 3 a long time.

“She runs home. She collapses in her front yard at the end, and they take her to the hospital. From there, 3 hours later, you know, trying to work to revive her and save her, they were unable to save her. Her mother survived,” Palmer mentioned. “It was at the end of our third-grade year, you know, I knew she was gone. But at that age, I don’t think I fully comprehended the finality of her life.”

After the person stabbed each Jennifer and her mother, San Antonio police say he jumped right into a silver Honda pushed via every other guy.

Jennifer’s mother survived the assault and was once ready to provide police a comic strip of the person who killed her little lady.

“It’s unfortunate that it happened, period. But to happen at that time where there weren’t security cameras in the laundromat, there wasn’t a camera, traffic cameras, all these things that maybe today had it happened, we might be able to get a better idea or find the individual that did this,” Palmer mentioned. “Unfortunately, what little evidence they have, they said at this point, it’s going to take someone coming forward with some information to get this case solved.”

Jennifer’s case turns cold

According to SAPD, Jennifer’s case has became a cold case.

There had been two sketches launched in keeping with Jennifer’s mother’s description of the person who stabbed her.

The suspect is described as a white male round 17 or 18 years previous in 1988, about 5′2″, narrow construct with darkish wavy hair, dressed in a white-flowered Hawaiian blouse on that day.

If you’ve got information that may well be helpful, please name the San Antonio Police Department Cold Case Tip Line anytime day or evening at (210) 207-7401, or you’ll be able to name (210) 207-7635 or (210) 207-7484, or name Crime Stoppers at (210) 224-STOP.

“Who knows if someone all these years later, maybe they knew something, they were scared to talk, then maybe they can talk now. And with a $25,000 reward, maybe that would bring forth some new leads. So we’re hoping,” Palmer mentioned.

Jennifer Sue Delgado Foundation

Palmer began the Jennifer Sue Delgado Foundation to honor the kid’s reminiscence and percentage information about who she was once, and tales about her.

He’s additionally arranged a vigil for Jennifer with some of her former classmates.

“Thirteen years after her murder, which would have been, I think, 2001, I gathered some of our classmates together. We held a candlelight vigil at the site where she was murdered,” Palmer mentioned.

Then in 2021, he started elevating cash to beef up efforts to rename a portion of the roadway in her honor. This 12 months, the ones efforts have been a success and the road was once renamed ‘Jennifer Sue Delgado Memorial Way.’

“We got the fund, it got approved by City Council, and they were put up in June of 2022. And on the 34th anniversary of her death, we had a small dedication out there for the site. I also had learned that our old elementary school opened up a new wing last year, and so I raised some funds. I talked to the principal and he had no idea of what had happened because he’d only been there a few years at that school. And I said, can we put a small plaque in the new building, you know, show a picture of Jennifer? And he’s like, yeah, sure. You know, he got district approval,” Palmer mentioned. “It was, I believe, 2020 when I said, you know, I really want to do something more permanent to honor her.”

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