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Rio Boyd: Missing Since October 17, 2022

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Rio Boyd: Missing Since October 17, 2022​

Rio is missing from Spanaway, WA. If you have information or have seen this missing adult, please contact:

Pierce County Sheriff – (253) 798-3278
WSP Missing Persons Unit: 1-800-543-5678

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Rio Jina Boyd​

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Boyd, circa 2022
  • Missing Since 10/17/2022
  • Missing From Spanaway, Washington
  • Classification Endangered Missing
  • Sex Female
  • Race White
  • Age 21 years old
  • Height and Weight 5'6, 180 - 215 pounds
  • Clothing/Jewelry Description Blue jeans and possibly a black Seattle Sawhawks jacket.
  • Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Boyd has a scar on her left forearm and a small mole on her upper lip. Her ears are pierced.

Details of Disappearance​

Boyd was last seen in Spanaway, Washington at 6:00 p.m. October 17, 2022. She is believed to have been walking to a friend's house when she disappeared. Later that night, her brand new cellular phone was found on the side of the road in the 400 block of Field Road, near Mountain Highway, only about 400 feet from the trailer where Boyd lived with her father.

She has never been heard from again. She left behind her wallet, house keys and identification, as well as a pet dog she cherished.

Boyd's family describes her as a talented artist who was interested in drawing and glass blowing, and was considering a career in the arts. Little information is available as to her fate.

Last updated February 20, 2024; casefile added.
 
BethAnn777 said:
Video from 2023. What Rio’s father has to say is quite alarming.

‘We’ve got to move forward’: Family, friends hold vigil for missing Spanaway woman

Family and friends of 22-year-old Rio Boyd gathered Sunday for a small candlelight vigil. The event was held at the Mountain Valley Community mobile park where she was last scene almost a year ago.
www.fox13seattle.com www.fox13seattle.com
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“"It's been quiet at my house since she’s been gone," said Rio’s father Brian. "I’m just focusing on getting things together."

He said her disappearance has been rough, but that oddly enough, his daughter’s disappearance case has helped him reconnect and brought the community closer.

"It’s opened up life. It’s made things grow," he said. " It’s a weird way of looking at it, but instead of being negative, life goes on. We’ve got to move forward."

Just curious, @BethAnn777, are you alarmed by the fact that her father seems to have accepted that Rio’s not coming back, or is there something else about his remarks that alarms you? I would say the positive spin he is trying to put on her disappearance strikes me as little odd (which he acknowledges himself), but I also haven’t been in his shoes so I feel like I am not very qualified to judge how he is reacting.
 
realanastasia said:
“"It's been quiet at my house since she’s been gone," said Rio’s father Brian. "I’m just focusing on getting things together."

He said her disappearance has been rough, but that oddly enough, his daughter’s disappearance case has helped him reconnect and brought the community closer.

"It’s opened up life. It’s made things grow," he said. " It’s a weird way of looking at it, but instead of being negative, life goes on. We’ve got to move forward."

Just curious, @BethAnn777, are you alarmed by the fact that her father seems to have accepted that Rio’s not coming back, or is there something else about his remarks that alarms you? I would say the positive spin he is trying to put on her disappearance strikes me as little odd (which he acknowledges himself), but I also haven’t been in his shoes so I feel like I am not very qualified to judge how he is reacting.
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All of the quotes from the article/ video are from the beginning/middle. Closer to the end of the video, dad says, “It’s the past, you gotta let it go, personally I think that’s just the key to it all, you gotta move forward, and the future is more interesting, it’s better for us, you can’t live on the past.”

A very strange and alarming thing to say about one’s missing daughter, no?
 
BethAnn777 said:
All of the quotes from the article/ video are from the beginning/middle. Closer to the end of the video, dad says, “It’s the past, you gotta let it go, personally I think that’s just the key to it all, you gotta move forward, and the future is more interesting, it’s better for us, you can’t live on the past.”

A very strange and alarming thing to say about one’s missing daughter, no?
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What the.... his daughter has only been missing for a year-and-a-half. Who knows what has happened to her or what she could be experiencing. That is a shocking and unusual reaction, IMO.
 
smackdowncrime said:
This is so sad, the media doesnt like to talk about women who look like her.
I still cant figure what could have happened. STranger abductions are exceedingly rare, I wonder if someone she knew took advantage.
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But she is really beautiful (ETA: all good people are beautiful to me, but you know what I mean), not that looks should matter. I hope at least local media will keep featuring her case until it is solved and LE will continue to make appeals and investigate.
Part of me wonders if she was abducted or was the smashed phone staged?
 
ChatteringBirds said:
What the.... his daughter has only been missing for a year-and-a-half. Who knows what has happened to her or what she could be experiencing. That is a shocking and unusual reaction, IMO.
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Yes, very concerning. I know that people process things differently, but I would expect to hear that he has hired a private investigator, not that he has moved on and it's all behind him now. Such callousness makes me raise my eyebrows.

Do we know if her home had been forensically searched?
 
musicaljoke said:
Yes, very concerning. I know that people process things differently, but I would expect to hear that he has hired a private investigator, not that he has moved on and it's all behind him now. Such callousness makes me raise my eyebrows.

Do we know if her home had been forensically searched?
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Good question. I’m going too dig and see if I can find out
 
StrawberryFields said:
https://www.facebook.com/100067067284670/posts/449474853964754
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CastlesBurning said:
Still missing...

Missing Person / NamUs #MP97497
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Per NAMUS:
Circumstances of Disappearance
Last seen leaving a friend's trailer after dark. Rio's phone was recovered two days later on the side of a road 400 feet away from the trailer she shared with her father.

RBBM
imstilla.grandma said:
Her uncle posted this online: "A day an a half later as her father was calling and calling her new phone, that she had just received about four hours prior to leaving, a neighbor, while walking his dog, heard it ringing and found it on the side of 400 Field Rd. in Spanaway, less than a block from her home. No young lady would just leave her working phone on the side of the road! This raised huge suspicion, worry and fear."
komonews.com

Where is Rio Boyd? Spanaway woman still missing a year later

It's been a year since Rio Boyd disappeared. The 21-year-old left home on the night of Oct. 17, 2022, and never returned, according to sheriff officials.
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RBBM
PommyMommy said:

Rio Jina Boyd​

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Boyd, circa 2022
  • Missing Since 10/17/2022
  • Missing From Spanaway, Washington
  • Classification Endangered Missing
  • Sex Female
  • Race White
  • Age 21 years old
  • Height and Weight 5'6, 180 - 215 pounds
  • Clothing/Jewelry Description Blue jeans and possibly a black Seattle Sawhawks jacket.
  • Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes. Boyd has a scar on her left forearm and a small mole on her upper lip. Her ears are pierced.

Details of Disappearance​

Boyd was last seen in Spanaway, Washington at 6:00 p.m. October 17, 2022. She is believed to have been walking to a friend's house when she disappeared. Later that night, her brand new cellular phone was found on the side of the road in the 400 block of Field Road, near Mountain Highway, only about 400 feet from the trailer where Boyd lived with her father.

She has never been heard from again. She left behind her wallet, house keys and identification, as well as a pet dog she cherished.

Boyd's family describes her as a talented artist who was interested in drawing and glass blowing, and was considering a career in the arts. Little information is available as to her fate.

Last updated February 20, 2024; casefile added.
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RBBM

Ok, I hope I did this right. Long time lurker but only my 4th post. I remember reading about her on here when she first went missing and after reading through updates it got me to looking at her circumstances of disappearance a little closer. Sorry to quote so many posts, but IMOO I think there was confusion whether or not Rio made it to her friend’s place in the beginning. But with the Uncle stating that the dad was calling her phone a day and a half later and not that night, then maybe LE discovered something while initially doing their investigation that would make them believe that either her phone was placed there later or she was seen after she left her trailer at 6p.m. that night. And maybe that is why they were asking for the extended surveillance dates and times?

Also,The Charley Project’s circumstances of disappearance is different from NAMUS which makes me wonder if LE in charge of the NAMUS page updated where she was last seen at some point in there investigation? Would they be the ones to create the page and update it? The Charley Project also states her phone was found that night but it was not found until 2 days later according to NAMUS. NAMUS also clearly distinguishes the two trailers from being two different locations and says being seen after dark. How much is 6p.m. “after dark” in that area during that time of the year? Or could this be later in the night that they are referring to?

My heart breaks for Rio and I hope she is found (whether she is safe or for family closure)
 
MickeysVoice said:
Per NAMUS:
Circumstances of Disappearance
Last seen leaving a friend's trailer after dark. Rio's phone was recovered two days later on the side of a road 400 feet away from the trailer she shared with her father.

RBBM

RBBM

RBBM

Ok, I hope I did this right. Long time lurker but only my 4th post. I remember reading about her on here when she first went missing and after reading through updates it got me to looking at her circumstances of disappearance a little closer. Sorry to quote so many posts, but IMOO I think there was confusion whether or not Rio made it to her friend’s place in the beginning. But with the Uncle stating that the dad was calling her phone a day and a half later and not that night, then maybe LE discovered something while initially doing their investigation that would make them believe that either her phone was placed there later or she was seen after she left her trailer at 6p.m. that night. And maybe that is why they were asking for the extended surveillance dates and times?

Also,The Charley Project’s circumstances of disappearance is different from NAMUS which makes me wonder if LE in charge of the NAMUS page updated where she was last seen at some point in there investigation? Would they be the ones to create the page and update it? The Charley Project also states her phone was found that night but it was not found until 2 days later according to NAMUS. NAMUS also clearly distinguishes the two trailers from being two different locations and says being seen after dark. How much is 6p.m. “after dark” in that area during that time of the year? Or could this be later in the night that they are referring to?

My heart breaks for Rio and I hope she is found (whether she is safe or for family closure)
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Great post. You should post more often! :)

Since The Charley Project's source information includes NamUs, I think your suggestion that the NamUs entry was updated at some point is on point.

Although anyone can enter a case into NamUs (which must be verified by LE), Washington is one of 12 (?) states that require LE to enter missing person cases into NamUs. So, although there is no information under Case Contributors, it's probably safe to assume that it was entered by LE.
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The NamUs database fills an overwhelming need for a central repository of information related to missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases.
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Is NamUS Reporting Required In Your State? Here’s A Look At State Legislation On The Missing & Unidentified Persons Clearinghouse - Biometrica Systems, Inc.

By Charlotte Spencer It is estimated that more than 600,000 individuals go missing in the United States every year. While many of those missing are found relatively quickly, thousands disappear, for different reasons, whether by choice or not, for more than a year, becoming, in effect, what...
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Time and Date says sunset was at 6:18 pm on Oct 17, 2022.
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Sunrise and sunset times in Spanaway, October 2022

Calculations of sunrise and sunset in Spanaway – Washington – USA for October 2022. Generic astronomy calculator to calculate times for sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset for many cities, with daylight saving time and time zones taken in account.
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Where is Rio?! :(
 
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