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Jasmine Kirlissa Collins










Missing Person Case September 2021



Missing Person Case September 2021



Missing Person Case September 2021


Jasmine, approximately 1991; Age at the time of disappearance: -progression to Age at the time of disappearance: 19 (approximately 2009); Raymond "Sweet Pea" Smith




Date reported missing : 08/08/1991

Missing location (approx) :
Akron, Ohio
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Biracial, Black, White


DOB : 12/29/1990 (30)
Age at the time of disappearance: 7 months old
Height / Weight : 1'6, 15 pounds
Medical conditions : Jasmine has asthma and requires medication to treat her condition.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Biracial (African-American/Caucasian) female. Black hair, brown eyes. Jasmine has a birthmark on her right leg. Her nickname is Jass Jazz.





Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Jasmine and her mother, Melissa, were last seen in Akron, Ohio on August 8, 1991. At 4:00 p.m., Melissa's mother dropped her daughter and granddaughter off at Melissa's apartment in the 100 block of Westwood Avenue. At around 7:30 p.m., Melissa and Jasmine left to walk to a grocery store four blocks from their residence. Neither of them has been seen again.
It's uncharacteristic of Melissa to be out of touch with her family; she usually spoke to her mother daily by phone. Even when she ran away for a month while she was pregnant with Jasmine, Melissa called her parents to let them know she was safe. Her mother described her as a very trusting teenAge at the time of disappearance: r. She didn't have a driver's license in 1991 and relied on her mother for rides.
When her mother went to Melissa's apartment after the disappearance, she found no indications that Melissa had planned to leave with her baby. Her purse was in the bedroom, her clothes were freshly washed and folded, and there was a stock of diapers for Jasmine, as well as baby bottles already filled with formula and waiting in the fridge. Melissa's mother doesn't believe she would have left without taking her belongings and Jasmine's baby supplies. She also never cashed her last welfare check.
The last person to claim he saw Melissa and Jasmine is also the prime suspect in their cases. Raymond "Sweet Pea" Smith Jr. was staying with a woman who sublet her apartment to Melissa at the time. A photo of him is posted with this case summary. Smith said he saw Melissa and Jasmine leave the apartment that evening, and he himself left shortly after they did. When he returned to the apartment a day or two later, his clothes were stained. A witness thought the stains looked like blood, but this wasn't reported to the police until after it was no longer possible to locate the clothes for testing.
Smith had a history of violence, drug abuse and mental illness, with prior convictions for crimes ranging from drug offenses, Gender : ual imposition and aggravated assault. Melissa had told her mother she was afraid of him and that he had made unwanted advances towards her. Shortly after Melissa and Jasmine disappeared, Smith and the woman whose apartment Melissa sublet moved to a new home on Raymond Street.
In February 1992, six months after Melissa and Jasmine disappeared, Smith died by suicide in the basement of his Raymond Street residence, at the Age at the time of disappearance: of 37. He left behind a note which said only "To whom it may concern" on it; the rest of the paper was blank. The motive for his suicide is unclear, but he was facing serious criminal charges and didn't want to return to prison. He was never charged in connection with the Collinses' disappearances; in fact, the police never even interviewed him about it.
The Collins cases are still unsolved, but foul play is suspected due to the circumstances involved.


Other information and links : ncy

Akron Police Department
330-375-2530



September 2021 updates and sources

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Akron Police Department
Child Quest International Inc.
The Akron Beacon Journal




Updated 5 times since October 12, 2004. May 29, 2021; Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.