On April 28, 2023, 21-year-old Nakeita D. Campbell, a Black / African American female, was last known to have contact in St. Louis, Missouri. NamUs lists her case as Missing Person / NamUs #MP103274, with St. Louis recorded as the place she was missing from and April 28, 2023 recorded as the date of last contact. Public case details describe Nakeita as 5 feet 7 inches tall and about 120 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair; her hair was further described as long and thick and possibly
honey-blonde in color.
The circumstances made public show that Nakeita had traveled through a deeply vulnerable situation before she disappeared from public view. According to NamUs case information, she was seen leaving her residence in Maplewood, Minnesota, with an unknown male and was later dropped off at the Greyhound Bus Station in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. At that point, she reportedly had no money and no cell phone. From the bus station, Nakeita walked to the St. Louis Police Department and asked for help on April 28, 2023. Police advised that she was provided an advocate, but the public case information says she never met with that advocate; she was also given information for St. Patrick’s, a homeless shelter.
After that contact with police, the publicly available record becomes limited. The available information does not clearly explain where Nakeita went after she asked for help, whether she reached the shelter, or what happened in the hours and days that followed. Her case was investigated by the Maplewood Police Department in Minnesota, with NamUs listing agency case number 23-010966. NamUs is a national information clearinghouse and resource center for missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases across the United States, and Nakeita’s entry there preserved the known facts of her disappearance for law enforcement, advocates, family members, and the public.
A later public update from the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center reported welcome news: Nakeita Campbell had been found in St. Louis County, Missouri. The exact date of that resolution is not clear from the available information, so the timeline should be understood as vague rather than tied to a confirmed recovery date. The update indicates that Nakeita was found alive, meaning this is no longer an active missing persons case. Her story remains a reminder of how quickly a person can become isolated when they are without money, a phone, or stable support, and how important public attention and coordinated assistance can be when someone is missing.
Nakeita Campbell’s case began with a 21-year-old woman last documented in St. Louis on April 28, 2023, after she had been dropped at a downtown bus station without money or a phone and then sought help from police. The public record left serious unanswered questions about what happened after that contact, and for a time her case stood as a frightening disappearance involving a young woman far from home and in need of support. In the end, the available update says Nakeita was found alive in St. Louis County, Missouri; the exact date is unknown, but the outcome changed the case from an unresolved disappearance into a resolved missing-person matter.Last Seen: Apr 28, 2023
