Jess Trevino
Appearances
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
Hi, junkies. Since April 7th, my dear friend has been missing. She left this post and we haven't heard from her since. The information we have doesn't make sense. I've spent every day and night going over them. Out of desperation, I thought I would post here and see what you all think. My friend lives in a very small town near Tulsa, Oklahoma.
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
The police would not investigate this because of the post. She would not make people worry for this long. She just wouldn't. And if she died from this virus, where is her body? Am I being paranoid? What can I do to locate her? I can't sleep, and I can't really grieve or have any hope after this time. Anyone, anyone have any ideas on what to do? Thanks in advance.
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
It sounded fishy. You've read the post, right?
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
The way Nicole explained it in the post was very weird. And then obviously I'm bored. It's COVID and I can't go anywhere or do anything. So I creep on Nicole's Facebook and see that she has another friend who's missing forever. And I was like, there's no way. You know, two people who just up and disappeared. So I called her out on it. I called her a liar.
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
I messaged Nicole on Facebook and I said, hey, you sound like you're lying. Like, how many missing people can you know, right?
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
Nicole will post on my Facebook, so happy you became my beautiful nightmare. I love you.
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
She made me feel like I could help and we could figure it out. We could solve what happened. You know, we could fix it, maybe. Or at least catch the person that did it.
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
We ended up staying up until like 4 o'clock in the morning that first night, talking to each other via Facebook Messenger, and then starting little side messages like, oh, this person's this, or it was almost high school-esque, to be honest with you, just kind of like being a little bit bitchy about who was saying what and what we believe.
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
Like friends of hers, all kind of saying, well, we wish you well and we love you and we respect your privacy. And I'm like, what in the hell? What do you mean? This woman's basically saying she's going to go kill herself in the woods. And you guys are like, okay, see you later. Have fun. If that was my friend, I would be flipping over rocks trying to find her. I'd call the National Guard.
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
I would be out there. I would not be sitting there wishing her well on her journey.
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
I probably spent 12, 14 hours on my phone or computer a day talking to people, cold calling strangers. They trust no one.
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
I was like, literally not very polite of me. What the hell are you people into? What is going on here?
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
I was scared, you know, like most of the world. I didn't know what was going to happen or how deadly the virus was, or we didn't know very much, right?
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
I was making that whipped coffee that you'd seen go viral during COVID. I'm obsessed with coffee. Obsessed. It's a terrible obsession. I drink probably two pots a day plus espresso. It's nuts. But I was making this coffee and I'm scrolling on Facebook and I see this post.
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
Sometimes when I tell this story, they're like, you're making this up. But nobody has an imagination like this. You couldn't make this story up. There's a hundred little twists and turns that every time you go down a different road, it's another, what the fuck is this? Why is this happening? I mean, initially when I told you, did you believe me?
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
My name is Jess Trevino. I'm a really nosy person. So that's how I got caught up in all this. My mom said I've always been nosy my whole life. She said, you've always just wanted to know everything about everything. So if I didn't know something, I'd be poking around trying to figure it out. It's not a very endearing thing about me, but it is who I am. It took me like 40 years to like me.
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
My whole life has been consumed by this since 2020. I've spent four years of my life on her.
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
I remember that I couldn't stop listening. I'd listen to it when I was going to bed and then when I got up in the morning and I'd listen to it throughout the day. And you were so honest about everything in it. Like you've seen both sides, right? So I was like, I'm going to reach out to her. Like maybe she'll tell a story and she can get both sides, you know?
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
I am an events planner, hospitality director for Minnesota Horse and Hunt.
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
I did a lot of stuff that, I mean, nothing criminal, but just stupid. The minute I found out I was pregnant, I decided I cannot screw this up.
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
So the tall one, this is Riley. He's my son. He's 23. This is Ty. He's 21. Maddie, 17. And Jocelyn, 14. This is my husband and myself.
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
I feel like the only thing I've ever done that's been really, really good is raise my kids.
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
I am, and it sounds really bad, but let me explain. I'm obsessed with serial killers, and I mean obsessed. I don't know what my problem is. It all comes from wanting to know how their brain works, not like obsessed with, oh, I love murder, but I love crime. Trying to figure out why and who and what was going through their brain. What makes you want to kill somebody?
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
I thought she was fascinating. I felt like she was very much a victim and tried to understand where she was coming from. You know, she was a prostitute and she had a really hard life growing up, really hard life. She was molested and raped, you know, from the time she was a child. So that I got super interested.
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
And then I started looking at the Green River Killer and the Zodiac Killer and just deep dived into all the serial killers.
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
I listened to a ton of podcasts. I started with Crime Junkies, and then I went to Morbid. I'd listen to Dateline if I'd miss an episode on TV. I found you recently, obviously. Yeah.
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
I just would join the pages after I'd listened to a podcast wanting to know, like, let's discuss this and like, hey, what do you think of this? What do you think of that? So you were an active participant, not just a lurker. Correct. You'll notice that about me. I don't lurk. I'm out there. I'm an action kind of girl.
What Happened to Talina Zar
Alone Time —Talina Zar E1
I just love to know, like, how point A got to point F, trying to follow all the dots in between. I know that people get a lot of shit online about being, you know, internet tough guys and internet armchair detectives, but we're in a digital age. Maybe 30 years ago, you needed the boots on the ground and be there, but this is the way that it's happening now, I feel like.