Jodi Foster and her daughter Hannah moved into the Walnut Gardens apartment complex now known as The Villas at Chico on Parmac Road. in 2000. They lived in apartment 14 but moved out after a month because Foster had multiple cases of paranormal activity.
CHICO, California – Jodi Foster and her daughter Hannah moved into the Walnut Gardens apartment complex now known as The Villas at Chico on Parmac Road. in 2000.
They lived in apartment 14 but moved out after a month because several cases, Foster says, were related to paranormal activity.
“I thought I was going crazy because things would move around the apartment, lights would go off and on,” Foster said. “We had an electrician come out to see if it was anything electrical, but it wasn’t.”
After speaking to neighbors, she found out that a woman, Marie Elizabeth Spannhake, who went missing in 1976, lived in the same apartment as Foster.
Investigators have long suspected she was a victim of Cameron Hooker, the Red Bluff kidnapper who kept a girl in a box as a sex slave for seven years. His wife, Janice Hooker, confessed to his horrific acts and even hinted at another kidnapping attempt in Chico in 1976.
Spannhake’s mysterious disappearance has yet to be solved.
“That’s what I’m about,” Foster said. “Bring some resolution to this girl’s family, let them rest, and spread the word about the story.”
Since Foster moved out, many people have moved into Apartment 14 and have had similar experiences.
“I’ve had at least 10 people who have contacted me who have lived in this complex who have been haunted,” Foster said.
Netflix contacted Foster to make this story ahead of the pandemic, but she was initially reluctant.
“I didn’t really want to bring up any scary thoughts or spooks or anything like that, I’ve been doing other things in my life, you know,” Foster said.
She says she eventually got over her fear and if any information she has will bring authorities closer to solving this case, it will be worth it.
The Netflix show Unsolved Mysteries will air this Chico missing person case on November 1st at midnight.
Foster still lives in Chico but says she still tries to avoid that part of town. Since she moved out, she no longer suffers from haunted dreams.
Action News Now has reached out to the apartment complex owners for a statement on Apartment 14 but has yet to receive a response.
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