Name: Jennifer Marie Wilmer
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: September 13, 1993
Location Last Seen: Willow Creek, Humboldt County, California.
Date of Birth: April 13, 1972
Age: 21 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'2
Weight: 100 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Jade
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Wilmer had her hair styled in dreadlocks at the time of her disappearance, which she usually wore piled on top of her head, Faint scar on left eyebrow.
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Available
Clothing: Blue jeans, black T-shirt.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Wilmer was last seen in California on September 13, 1993. Wilmer was hitchhiking the nine miles from the Hawkins Bar area of California to Willow Creek for a possible job opportunity at a farm, on September 13. She never arrived at the farm. She left all her identification, clothes, address book, Bible, bankcard and sleeping bag at home.
Wilmer led a counterculture hippie lifestyle. She span in the circles of the Deadheads.
Originally from New York, Wilmer moved to the seaside town of Arcata, 200 miles north of San Francisco, at age 20. There she worked odd-jobs. She also suffered from bouts of depression. Her mother had purchased a return plane ticket to New York for her, which she could have picked up and activated at any travel agency.
Wilmer then moved to Trinity County, CA. She moved in with her boyfriend in a rented house in Hawkin's Bar, which he shared with several friends.
Foul play is suspected.
Wilmer's mother, Susan, assisted in creating federal legislation aimed at requiring states to report information concerning unidentified bodies into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database. This procedure provides easier cross-referencing of missing persons and unidentified victims in the US. The legislation, titled Jennifer's Law, was signed into effect in 2000. She also founded FOCUS, a support group for the families of missing children.
Agency Name: Trinity County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: Detective Sergeant Joshua Ford
Agency Phone Number: 916-623-2611
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 9356740
Namus Case Number: 12190
NCIC Case Number: M-683675512
California Department of Justice
NCMA
Namus
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 08-13-2022 - By: Admin
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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