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Joshua Jake Lampe
| Age Now: | 42 |
|---|---|
| Weight: | 280 lbs. |
| Height: | 6'4" |
| Race: | White |
| Hair Color: | Brown |
| Eye Color: | Blue |
| Sex: | Male |
| Incident Code: | Other adult missing |
JOSHUA JAKE LAMPE | Iowa Department of Public Safety
The Dakota County Sheriff’s Office say they were contacted on Wednesday by the Sioux City Police Department regarding an investigation into a missing person.
Sioux City polices say the missing person is Joshua Johnston-Lampe, 38, also known as “Shady,” who was reported missing in November 2017.
Anyone with information about Johnston-Lampe’s whereabouts is asked to cal the Sioux City Police Department at 712-279-6440.
UPDATE: Man arrested in search for missing person investigation in Dakota County
A man arrested while authorities were executing a search warrant for an investigation for a missing person.
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Law Enforcement doesn’t know NamUs exists
Medina Rahmanovic, who runs the Missing Person Information Clearinghouse for the Iowa Department of Public Safety, said local law enforcement agencies are responsible for sending information to NamUs.But, our KCRG-TV9 i9 Team found multiple local law enforcement agencies don’t know about the federal database, which the Department of Justice said helped resolved more than 3,000 missing person cases.
One example was the Carrol City Police Department, which has been searching for Joshua Lampe for about five years according to state records. His name isn’t located in NamUs, as of Thursday night.
Brad Burke, who is the department’s police chief, said he wasn’t aware the database existed when our i9 Investigative Team called to find out why Lampe wasn’t in the database.
Don Phillips (D), who is the Wapello County Sheriff, said the process to get Dennison Clark Stookesberry, who was reported missing in 1999, onto NamUs wasn’t complicated. However, he wasn’t aware of the resource until NamUs called his office looking for DNA.
“I had no idea,” Sheriff Phillips said. “I’ve seen it before, you know we had flyers before, but I didn’t know what they did for law enforcement.”
State not teaching officials about tool used to solve missing person cases; 67% not in federal database
About 200 missing people aren't in NamUs, which helps law enforcement solve missing person cases.
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