Missing Iowan Jade Colvin's story to be featured on Investigation Discovery TV show
Jade Colvin of Ames, who has been listed as missing since at least 2017, is set to be featured Wednesday on "In Pursuit with John Walsh," a show on the Investigation Discovery TV network that partners with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to try to find missing people.
Colvin, who was white with brown hair dyed red, green eyes and a lip piercing, first was reported missing on May 2, 2016. Ames police reports described her as being about 5-foot-4-inches tall and weighing around 128 pounds.
Police said she may have been a runaway teen. A few days later, Ames police put out a tweet stating she had been found in Des Moines.
But nearly a year later, on March 23, 2017, she was officially reported missing to the Des Moines Police Department. Colvin, who now would be 20, has not had any contact with her family since, according to the TV show, whose host, Walsh, originated and hosted the long-running "America's Most Wanted" TV series after the abduction and murder of his own son, Adam, 6.
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The show encourages viewers who believe they have any information on Colvin's whereabouts to call or text 833-3-PURSUE or visit its anonymous tip hotline at InPursuitTips.com.
The episode featuring Colvin's story will air at 8 p.m. Wednesday and also will be available for streaming on discovery+.
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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children open case files for Iowans
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has 10 other open case files for missing Iowans as of Aug. 26, 2022. If you have information about any of these cases, first contact local police then call the NCMEC's 24-hour hotline at 800-843-5678.
Xerxes Blaesing. Missing from Iowa City since Feb. 10, 2022. Age now: 5. He's about 3-foot-6 and 40 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes. He may be in the company of his mother.
Fatima Conteh. Missing from Des Moines since May 19, 2022. Age now: 16. She has tattoos on her chest, left forearm and right shoulder.
Fredrick Workman: Missing from Des Moines since Aug. 2, 2013. Age now: 24. He has a scar under his chin and may use last name Shields as an alias. He also may go by the nickname Fred.
Benjamin Roseland: Missing from Clinton since Feb. 9, 2008. Age now: 33. He was last seen at home. He has a vertical scar that extends from his lower lip to his chin and scars on the right side of his mouth, the left side of his nose and the upper left side of his chest. His nickname is Ben.
Erin Pospisil: Missing from Cedar Rapids since June 3, 2001. Age now: 36. She was last seen at home. She has a small scar above her left eye. When last seen, she had red highlights in her hair.
Marc Allen: Missing from Des Moines since March 29, 1986. Age now: 50. He was last seen leaving his home in Des Moines. He was on his way to a friend's home but never arrived.
Johnny Gosch: Missing from West Des Moines since Sept. 5, 1982. Age now: 52. A boy when he went missing, he was last seen delivering newspapers. He has facial freckles, a gap between his front teeth, a birthmark on his left cheek and a horseshoe-shaped scar on his tongue.
Eugene Martin: Missing from Des Moines since Aug. 12, 1984. Age now: 52. Like Gosch, he was a boy when he went missing and was last seen delivering newspapers. He has a scar on his right knee and has had suffered a broken right wrist.
Kimberly Doss: Missing from Davenport since Sept. 1, 1982. Age now: 56. She was last seen in Davenport. She may use the alias of Kimberly Kathleen Gardner. She has a gap between her front teeth.
Colleen Simpson: Missing from Bedford since Oct. 5, 1975. Age now: 61. She was last seen at home, where she disappeared during the night. She has a scar on her right forearm.
This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Investigation Discovery series features story of missing Iowa teen
