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Missing John Henry Jacobson 
John, approximately 1996; Age at the time of disappearance: -progression to Age at the time of disappearance: 24 (approximately 2015) Date reported missing : 11/16/1996 Missing location (approx) : Bismarck, North Dakota Missing classification : Endangered Missing Gender : Male Ethnicity : White DOB : 08/12/1991 (29) Age at the time of disappearance: 5 years old Height / Weight : 4'8, 75 pounds Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A hunter-green winter coat with blue cuffs. Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian male. Light brown hair, brown eyes. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : John was last seen on November 16, 1996 with his mother, Sandra. The two had made plans to eat dinner at Sandra's mother's home in the vicinity of the 1100 block of University Drive in Bismarck, North Dakota. While on her way back to her mother's, Sandra called the Bismarck Police Department on her cellular phone. She sounded very upset and said she believed satanic ritual abuse was taking place on a farm near Center, North Dakota. She said she called the Bismarck police rather than Center police or the Oliver County Sheriff's Office because she did not trust them. Sandra and John arrived at Sandra's mother's home at 7:30 p.m. Sandra appeared to be having mental health problems and she agreed to let her mother take her to the hospital. Before she went, however, she wanted to purchase gasoline. She and John were last seen leaving the residence in Sandra's gray 1990 Honda Civic. They did purchase fuel, but they never returned to Sandra's mother's home and have never been heard from again. Sandra's mother reported her daughter and grandson missing at 10:00 p.m. that same day. Sandra's car was found abandoned the next day, at the Centennial Beach parking lot near to the Missouri River in Bismarck. There was no sign of John or Sandra at the scene. The driver's side door of the car was wide open, the keys were in the ignition, and Sandra's purse was sitting on the front seat, its contents undisturbed. Police searched the beach and the river and found a shoe that might have belonged to John. Strong river currents and severe weather hampered the search efforts and investigators could not search the river as thoroughly as they would have liked to. One theory is that Sandra murdered John and committed suicide by going into the river, but there is no hard evidence to support this. Sandra separated from her second husband, John's father, three months before she disappeared. She was living in an apartment in Center, North Dakota with John and her sixteen-year-old son by a previous marriAge at the time of disappearance: , Spencer Nastrom. Sandra was very close to her oldest son, and her mother raised him after her disappearance. Nastrom's father was the victim of a homicide in 2005. He was run over by his own car and left to die in a ditch on a maintenance road north of Tuttle, North Dakota. His murder remains unsolved. Police stated there is no evidence pointing to foul play in the Jacobsons' cases, and they have never had a suspect. Sandra was employed with the North Dakota Department of Transportation at the time of her disappearance. The Jacobsons' cases remain unsolved. They were declared legally dead sometime after their disappearances. Other information and links : ncy Bismarck Police Department 701-223-1212 September 2021 updates and sources The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are not known. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2�5% of missing children in Europe. By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends. Several organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and imAge at the time of disappearance: s of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece. KFYR TV Jamestown USA The Bismarck Tribune The Doe Network KX News Spencer's Story |