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Missing Jamie E. Harper 
Harper, approximately 2007 Date reported missing : 03/10/2007 Missing location (approx) : Rantoul, Illinois Missing classification : Endangered Missing Gender : Female Ethnicity : White DOB : 11/29/1986 (34) Age at the time of disappearance: 20 years old Height / Weight : 5'0, 130 pounds Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A white jacket, blue jeans, and sandals. Carrying a black handbag. Medical conditions : Harper suffers from epilepsy and is required to take daily medication which she does not have with her. Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Harper's ears are pierced and she has a pierced left nostril; she wore a ring in it at the time of her disappearance. She has a tattoo of a tribal design on the small of her back. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Harper was last seen in Rantoul, Illinois on March 10, 2007. She left her mother's Paxton, Illinois home on March 9 to go to a party in the 1300 block of Laurel Drive in Rantoul with a male companion. Harper left the gathering early on the morning of March 10. She never arrived home and has never been heard from again. Her mother reported her as a missing person the following week. She waited because Harper had previously failed to return for several days at a time. All her possessions, including her medication, were left behind. After Harper's disappearance, an anonymous caller told police she had died of an overdose and her body was in an area of Paxton known as Dogtown. Dogtown contains three gravel pits and has been the site of many missing persons searches over the years, but no evidence relating to Harper's case was found there and the tip has not been verified. Another young woman, Heather Zimmerman, disappeared from the Rantoul area in 1997. Authorities stated there were similarities between the two cases, and they had also searched for Zimmerman in the Dogtown area. They have the same person of interest in both cases; he has not been publicly identified. The disappearances have not been conclusively connected, however. The friend Harper went to the party with is not being called a suspect in her disappearance. Authorities believe Harper disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Both Paxton and Rantoul police are investigating. Other information and links : ncy Paxton Police Department 217-379-4315 Rantoul Police Department 217-892-2103 September 2021 updates and sources Federal Bureau of Investigation The Crime Library Illinois Homepageheader The News-Gazette October 12, 2004. March 19, 2008; Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : and Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated. |