MN MN - JoJo Boswell, 19, Owatonna, 11 July 2005

[Gardener1850]

Name: JoJo Boswell
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: July 11, 2005
Location Last Seen: Owatonna, Steele County, Minnesota

[h=2]Physical Description[/h] Date of Birth: September 1, 1985
Age: 19 years old
Race: Native American
Gender: Female
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 135-140 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Mole on left side of face, 8-inch long scar on right arm with possible staple marks, scar on right cheek, light freckles across face.
[h=2]Identifiers[/h] Dentals: Not Available
Fingerprints: Available
DNA: Available
[h=2]Clothing & Personal Items[/h] Clothing: Black skirt
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
[h=2]Circumstances of Disappearance[/h] Boswell was released from Steele County Jail on July 11, 2005 between 2:30-3:00 p.m. She was last seen walking on the frontage road in front of Mills Fleet Farm off of Interstate 35 in Owatonna, Minnesota. None of her family or friends have seen or heard from her since.
[h=2]Investigating Agency(s)[/h] Agency Name: Minneapolis Police Department Precinct # 3
Agency Contact Person: Sergeant Sandburg
Agency Phone Number: 612-673-5703
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 05-200813
NCIC Case Number: N/A
NamUs Case Number: 5197

[h=2]Information Source(s)[/h] NamUs
MN BCA
Nampn


http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/3724dfmn.html

 

[Tabirey]

Jacob Wetterling Resource Center

 

[Tabirey]

Find Missing JoJo Boswell!

 

[folieadeuxnola]

Anniversary Of An Owatonna Disappearance

Yesterday, July 11 marked the 13 anniversary of the disappearance of JoJo Boswell from Owatonna. The 19 year old disappeared on this date in 2003.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Lawmakers to discuss creating Task Force on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

In 2017 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS reported on JoJo Boswell, a 19-year old Native American woman from Minneapolis vanished in 2005.

"I just miss being able to give her a hug and give her a kiss," Boswell's mother, Geraldine Jackson, said. "She was only 19. She would just be beginning her life. She was just beginning. She was just starting out. She was just a child. She needs to come back so she can live and grow and be with us."

 

[CastlesBurning]

New report: The root causes and first steps to helping the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women crisis | kare11.com

 

[DS2021]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

 

[Pennysmom1]

JoJo Boswell – The Charley Project

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Boswell, circa 2005

• Missing Since 07/11/2005
• Missing From Owatonna, Minnesota
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race Native American
• Date of Birth 09/01/1985 (38)
• Age 19 years old
• Height and Weight 5'5 - 5'10, 130 - 140 pounds
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• Clothing/Jewelry Description A black skirt.
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• Distinguishing Characteristics Native American female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Boswell has a mole on the left side of her face and light freckles on her face. She has a scar on her right cheek and an eight-inch scar, possibly with staple marks, on her right arm.

Details of Disappearance​

Boswell was last seen in Owatonna, Minnesota between 2:30 and 3:00 p.m. on July 11, 2005, after she was released from the Steele County Jail. She was last seen walking in front of Mills Fleet Farm, off Interstate 35. An unidentified individual walked up to her and they started talking, then they walked away together. She has never been heard from again.

Boswell's interests include drawing, dancing and music. Prior to her disappearance, she frequented 31st Avenue and 4th Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Few details are available in her case. Minneapolis police are investigating.

Investigating Agency​

• Minneapolis Police Department
• 612-673-5373
• 612-673-5703

Source Information​

• Minnesota Department of Public Safety
• NamUs
• The Jacob Wetterling Resource Center
• Justice for Native Women

Updated 3 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated July 13, 2018; picture added, details of disappearance updated.

 

[SDMABEL]

Bumping ...

 

[Gatos82]

Why is there no info on the unidentified person she was seen with? Certainly if someone saw her with them they could estimate a height, weight, hair color, race, etc. Why is there just NO info on that?

 

[Pennysmom1]

https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/bca-divisions/administrative/Documents/BoswellJoJo.pdf

<<Details: JoJo Boswell was last seen in Owatonna after she was released from the Steele County Jail. Video shows her walking in front of the Mills Fleet Farm (Owatonna) off I-35, but where she went from there is unknown>>

An unidentified individual walked up to her and they started talking, then they walked away together. She has never been heard from again.

So if they have video of her talking with someone, has that person been interviewed and cleared? Which direction were they walking? I believe Mills Fleet Farm is very close to I-35 going north and south.

 

[Pennysmom1]

I'm hoping this is approved source, there is some more specific info here

Unsolved and Unknown

JoJo Boswell has been missing from Owatonna, Minnesota since July 11th, 2005. She was just 19. JoJo was last seen between 2:30 pm and 3 pm after she was released from the Steele County jail. She...

www.facebook.com

<<JoJo was last seen between 2:30 pm and 3 pm after she was released from the Steele County jail. She was walking in front of Mills Fleet Farm, off of I-35. An unknown white male walked up to her and they struck up a conversation as they walked away together. JoJo had been arrested on a warrant for failing to appear in court on a misdemeanor theft charge and spent a few days in jail as a result. She was released from jail at 2:36 pm.

JoJo had called her sister Dolly Boswell upon her release and told her she was on her way. JoJo never arrived. When JoJo's sister Dolly tried to report her missing she was told to wait 48 hours. When she waited the 48 hours she tried again but this time had to deal with a dispute on responsibility between Owatonna PD and Minneapolis PD. Valuable information and evidence was lost in that initial 48 hours and the days following while police fought. JoJo's family doesn't feel as if her disappearance was taken seriously.

JoJo is of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe White Earth Band with brown hair and brown eyes. She was 5'5-5'10 and 130-140 lbs at the time of her disappearance. JoJo was last seen earing a black skirt. She had a scar on her right cheek and an 8 inch scar on her right arm. JoJo is listed as # MP5197 in NaMus and there are 3 exclusions.>>

https://zeroabuseproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/a3f5293d-boswelljojo.pdf

Oct 8, 2021

Minnesota creates the country's first office dedicated to missing and murdered Indigenous people

One of their main goals is to create a data base for missing and murdered people throughout Minnesota, and eventually to partner with organizations to make it nationwide.

www.denver7.com

 

[Pennysmom1]

JoJo Boswell, Missing from Minnesota since 2005.

A blog about the many missing, murdered, and unidentified Native/Indigenous/Aboriginal women of the United States and Canada. Say Their Names!

www.justicefornativepeople.com

Tribal information: Jojo is enrolled White Earth band of Chippewa.