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JASON K JENSEN, LPI, MCJ

Licensed Private Investigator, Criminologist & Profiler
Serving UT, AZ, WA, ID, CO, WY, IN, GA
(UT PI licenses #G101978, #P101979 / AZ PI Licenses #1814915, #1814916 / WA PI Licenses #25017420, #DOR00032777 / IN PI Licences #PI22300017, #PI22300031 / GA Licenses #PDC003014, #PDE052799)

Phone: (801) 596-2455
Toll Free: (877) 648-8046
Fax: (888) 964-1924
jason@jenseninvestigations.com

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Private Investigator, Criminologist & Profiler (self-employed, contract-for-hire)

JENSEN Investigations
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
(801) 596-2455
December 2007 to Present

• Oversees daily operations
• Conducts investigations for prelitigation and litigation clients, both constructive and reconstructive, including suspected fraud claims
• Leads criminal defense investigations
• Performs research, evidentiary and missing persons, including legal research
• Conducts and Manages surveillances
• Performs interviews and interrogations of suspects and witnesses
• Conducts cold case investigations
• Conducts background checks and other services relating to civil and criminal cases

Field Private Investigator

G4S Compliance & Investigations (formerly MJM Investigations)
Utah – Idaho – Wyoming
May 2008 to April 2009

• Conducted insurance surveillances
• Suspect and witness interviews for suspected fraud claims

Private Investigator – Director, Special Investigations Unit

Warmsley & Jensen Investigations and Recovery
West Valley City, Utah 84120
877-648-8046
Dec 2007 to Sept 2008

• Directed SIU (special investigations unit)
• Conducted Surveillances
• Managed criminal defense interviews

Office Manager – Lead Paralegal – Civil Rights Investigator

The Law Offices of D. Bruce Oliver
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
801-328-8888
May 1994 to May 2007 (13 Years)

• Supervised daily operations, including: Accounts payables and accounts receivables, attorney advertisement, and all other non-attorney office functions; delegated and supervised two other non-attorneys
• Case duties: Supervised cases; conducted interviews and background investigations; performed legal research; prepared appellate briefs and court motions and memoranda and petitions for writ of certiorari (including U.S. Supreme Court)(which included civil rights practice); represented clients in non-adjudicative proceedings (including DUI per se hearings before the Driver License Division)

Intern

Salt Lake District Attorney’s Office
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Nov 1993 to Apr 1994
Salt Lake Community College Sponsored Internship

EDUCATION

Colorado Technical University
Master of Science in Criminal Justice, August 2013
4.0/4.0 GPA

Colorado Technical University
Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, May 2012
3.89/4.0 GPA – Magna Cum Laude

Crime Scene Reconstruction I
Aug 2012 - Certificate

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis I
Feb 2017 - Certificate

Salt Lake Community College Aug 1992 to Sep 1994
Certificate of Paralegal
3.84 GPA

Storekeeper "A" School - U.S. Navy, Meridian, MS
Apr 1987 to Jun 1987 - Certificate
3.91/4.0 GPA

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Tel Aviv Online - Biblical Hebrew

PUBLICATIONS

Jensen, J.K. (2024, Jul-Aug). "Don't Hold Back" – The Last of the four-part series on the JonBenét Ramsey case. PI Magazine (vol. 24, #194), 06-10

Jensen, J.K. (2024, May-Jun). JonBenét Ramsey Case – "Making the Case" – Part 3 of the four-part series. PI Magazine (vol. 24, #193), 22-25

Jensen, J.K. (2024, Mar-Apr). JonBenét Ramsey Case – "Can a Private Investigator Make a Difference?" – Part 2 of the four-part series. PI Magazine (vol. 24, #192), 16-21

Jensen, J.K. (2024, Jul-Aug). JonBenét Ramsey Case – "Can It Be Solved" – Part 1 of the four-part series. PI Magazine (vol. #191), 14-16

Jensen, J.K. (2014). The Dilemma and Debate over Confession Evidence Strategies. J. Forensics Res. Crime Stud. 1:1-10

Jensen, J.K. (2018, Jan-Feb). Cold Case Checklist and "How To" for PIs in the Digital Age. PI Magazine (155), 20-25

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & LECTURES:

American Journalism Historian's Association – President's Panel – Family History Secrets: DNA, Genealogy, Privacy and the Past – 37th Annual AJHA Convention 10/06/2018

TELEVISION & SHOW APPEARANCES:

Court TV – "Closing Arguments with Vinnie Politan" (periodical appearances)
July 27, 2021 to present

Court TV – "Vinnie Politan Investigates" (VPI) (periodical appearances)
2024 to present

Paramount + – "Murder 360" Season 1, Ep. 2 "Murder in Moab"
August 5, 2025

Fox Nation: "Killings on King Road – Convicting Kohberger"
July 6, 2025

Japanese documentary – Kaitlin Armstrong
filmed March 2025

Vinnie Politan Investigations (Parts 1 & 2) – Who Killed JonBenet Ramsey? Court TV Special Report
January 16-17, 2025

世界の謎: ジョンベネ・ラムジーを解く (Japanese film – translated "World Extreme Mysteries - JonBenét Ramsey" part 2)
2024

Unsolved with James Patterson (S.1, Ep.2). "The Canyon"
April 1, 2024

Fox Nation: "Savage Instincts – The Mind of Bryan Kohberger"
March 18, 2024

"Love You to Death: Mommy's Missing" [Susan Powell]
February 21, 2024

世界の謎: ジョンベネ・ラムジーを解く (Japanese film – translated "World Extreme Mysteries - JonBenét Ramsey" part 1)
2023

Love You to Death: Gabby Petito
June 21, 2023

Storm of Suspicion (S.4., Ep.15). "Snowpack Stabbing"
April 30, 2023

In Pursuit with John Walsh (S.4, Ep.6). "Unforgotten"
Sept. 14, 2022

On the Case with Paula Zahn (S.18, Ep.2). "She's Gone"
March 3, 2019

ORGANIZATIONS

Founding Member & Chairman of Board – Cold Case Coalition (formerly Utah Cold Case Coalition)
March 2018 – Present

Active Member – Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction (ACSR)
May 2018 – Present

Board Member – Private Investigators Association of Utah (PIAU)
December 2015 - August 2022

Active Professional Member – International Homicide Investigators Association (IHIA)
August 2018 - February 2022

Member – American Investigative Society of Cold Cases (AISOCC)
August 2017 – February 2022

Member – International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts (IABPA)
September 2017 – February 2022

Associate Member – International Association for Identification (IAI)
October 2016 – February 2022

Associate Member – Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
June 2012 – February 2022

Non-Attorney Member – Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (UACDL)
2008 – January 2018

MILITARY HISTORY

United States Navy / U.S.S. Juneau (LPD-10)

Combat Veteran, Persian Gulf War - Desert Shield / Desert Storm (155 days)

Highest Rank: E-5, Enlistment: Nov 1986 – July 1991

Accomplishments: Distinguished Three Times Navy Achievement Medal Recipient; Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist (ESWS); Officer of the Deck (In Port); Managed $1.2 Million ship OPTAR

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