SXSW 2012

Billy Jensen is a true crime journalist focused squarely on unsolved murders and missing persons. In 2016, he had gotten so sick and tired of writing stories with no endings that he decided to try and solve the murders himself. In the last 6 months he has solved or helped solve four murders and found one missing woman, merging the skills he has honed in his day job as a digital executive and strategist with his 17 years of experience reporting crime. He is currently working with law enforcement to integrate his strategies into investigations as part of a larger program to help solve colder cases using civilians.

A native of Long Island, Jensen has written crime feature stories for Rolling Stone, Los Angeles Magazine, Boston Magazine, and Miami New Times, was managing editor of the Long Island Press, editor of the Boston Phoenix and a stringer for the New York Times. His current day job is as supervising producer, digital for the Warner Bros. show Crime Watch Daily, where he also acts as an investigator, working cases including The Allenstown 4 and the wrongful conviction of Kimberly Long.