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One of her shoes was on the driver's seat, and her phone - with the number 9 displayed on the screen - was in the passenger's seat. Her younger brothers, Christopher and Michael, left earlier to catch a bus to Bernheim Middle School.Ībout 1:30 p.m., Edna Jett, Jessica's mother, returned home from work and saw Jessica's car still in the driveway, with her backpack, work clothes and purse inside. in the red Pontiac she bought with money earned from her job at Hardee's. Jessica, a senior at Bullitt Central High School, usually left for school about 7:15 a.m. on the day she disappeared, her parents were already out the door. When Jessica's alarm started ringing at 6:45 a.m. "You know, very ready to put the pain all behind and just move forward." "I'm very happy, very optimistic about the future," said Michael Dishon, Jessica's brother. And those involved say that part of the deal is the most important. The plea, which denies Stanley the opportunity to appeal, seems to have brought the whirling case to an end. The charges stem from four cases, including Jessica's killing. Stanley was sentenced Thursday to 20 years total in prison for 10 charges, including rape, sodomy and manslaughter after taking a plea deal in January. It's a case that mostly sat untouched following a 2002 mistrial but that has once again taken the spotlight with help from retired Louisville Detective Lynn Hunt, whose work led to the 2013 arrest of Jessica's uncle, Stanley Dishon. It's a case marred by police mistakes and community anger that led to multiple suspects, but little hard evidence. Physical evidence of the murder is long gone, but the case is something Bullitt County won't - and can't - forget. The photo, showing the cross at the edge of the road as it was back then, is the only remaining map. A piece of steel FBI agents placed to mark the spot cannot be found. Fifteen years later, the landscape has changed. This is where the body of 17-year-old Jessica Dishon was found in September 1999.ĭetectives now have to use a photo to find the exact spot off Greenwell Ford Road where her body once lay. The tree-lined road winds over and around the Salt River's bends, past tossed tires and trash-covered hillsides to a white cross, adorned with fake flowers and a stenciled name. detective on finding evidence in Jessica Dishon case