Missing From: Vancouver, Washington
Missing: December 7, 1971
Age at disappearance: 16
Height: 5′ 4″
Weight: 125
Hair: Brown, sometimes bleached blonde
Eye: Brown
Distinguishing Characteristics: Scars, Marks, Tattoos: Caucasian female. She has hearing loss in one ear and a skin condition called “Dermographia.” Her ears are pierced and her #15 tooth is missing.
Details of Disappearance: Jamie went to school as usual on December 7, 1971, and left at approximately 1 or 1:30 p.m., as she had only two classes that day. She attended Ft. Vancouver High School in Vancouver, WA. The temperature was very low that day, and it snowed the next day. Jamie never made it home, and has not been heard from since then.Jamie’s purse, identification, and other possessions were found in May 1972, five months after her disappearance, in a wooded area alongside a road in the Dole Valley area of Northern Clark County, northeast of Vancouver.
Police eventually decided Jamie had probably not run away; she is now believed to be the first victim of a suspected serial killer, Warren Leslie Forrest, who is thought to have raped and killed at least six young women in the Vancouver area. In 1978, he was convicted of murdering nineteen-year-old Krista Kay Blake and received a life sentence. He is a person of interest in the 1974 disappearance of fourteen-year-old Diane Gilchrist.
Jamie remains missing and foul play is suspected in her case. A death certificate was issued for her in March 2009.
Investigative Agency: Clark County WA Sheriff’s Office, (360) 397-2024
If you have any information on this case, please contact CUE Center for Missing Persons at (910) 343-1131 or call the CUE Center 24-hour tip line at (910) 232-1687. All information submitted to CUE Center for Missing Persons is confidential.
Age Progressed Photo Below
