Name: Jaisle Elizabeth Thomas
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: April 12, 1998
Location Last Seen: Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia
Date of Birth: March 3, 1981
Age: 17 years old
Race: Asian (South Indian)
Gender: Female
Height: 5'5 - 5'6"
Weight: 115 - 120 lbs.
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Thomas has an oval-shaped birthmark on the shin of her left leg and a black mole on her left shin just below her knee. Her ears are pierced. She is right-handed.
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: A blue blouse with a white dot design, blue pants, and a small chain around her neck.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Thomas was last seen in Richmond, Virginia on April 12, 1998. Witnesses observed her walking away from her vehicle.
She planned to drive to the University Of Richmond and visit the school's library on the day of her disappearance, to do some research for school.
Her vehicle was discovered abandoned on the Willey Bridge between Henrico County and Richmond at 15:20 that day. Thomas's keys were missing, but the remainder of her personal belongings, including her wallet and driver's license, some cash, her work uniform, her paycheck, a camera, her Bible, and her sneakers were inside the car.
She was a good student and had a part-time job at Ukrop ’s grocery store; she was supposed to report to work on the evening of the day she vanished but did not. That Sunday she was supposed to give an announcement at her church. Thomas's family was planning a trip to New York for the Easter Weekend following her disappearance and she was supposed to go along. She is described as an intelligent, well-behaved and religious person.
Thomas was born in Brooklyn, New York. She was an eleventh-grade student at Tucker High School in Richmond at the time of her disappearance.
Agency Name: Henrico County Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Detective Tim Morris
Agency Phone Number: 804-501-4113
Agency E-Mail: mor03@co.henrico.va.us
Agency Case Number: 98-0412012
NCMEC Case Number: NCMC846511
Added: 5-15-2007; Last Updated: 05-18-2022 - By: Htmlcnvtr
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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