Rosalee Freddrica Gross was a 29-year-old female when she was reported last seen in Columbia, Missouri, on March 14, 2023. The publicly available information about the missing-person portion of her case is limited, leaving only a spare outline of the day she disappeared and few details about the circumstances immediately surrounding her last known whereabouts.
What can be confirmed through later memorial records is that Rosalee was rooted in Columbia and deeply connected to family, faith, school, and motherhood. Her obituary identifies her as Rosalee Freddrica Gross of Columbia, Missouri, born March 26, 1993, and describes her as a beloved daughter, sister, mother, aunt, niece, granddaughter, cousin, and friend.
As the uncertainty around Rosalee’s disappearance gave way to grief, online memorial records indicate that she was later deceased, and this is no longer an active missing-person case. Legacy and Tribute Archive, both carrying obituary information from Parker-Millard Funeral Service and Crematory in Columbia, state that Rosalee Freddrica Gross died on March 27, 2023, one day after her 30th birthday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s current active missing-person listing explains that its public missing-person data is derived from NCIC information through investigating agencies and is updated daily; a search of the current active list does not show Rosalee Gross listed among active missing persons.
Rosalee’s life, as remembered by those who loved her, was much fuller than the brief public record of her disappearance. She was a member of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church and was baptized there in 2008. She graduated from Hickman High School in 2011, trained as a Certified Carpenter Trainee through Job Corps in Golconda, Illinois, and studied Biomedical Engineering at the University of Missouri. Her obituary also notes that she worked various jobs before becoming a stay-at-home mother, a role described with tenderness as time spent cherishing her children. She was remembered for a loving and caring personality and for a smile that could brighten a room.
Rosalee left behind a large family and a community of people who knew her not as a case file, but as a mother, daughter, sibling, and friend. Her obituary names her mother Tonya Gross of Columbia, her biological mother Judy Young of Columbia, her children, siblings, grandmother, and many extended relatives and friends. It also notes that a memorial service was scheduled for April 15, 2023, at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church on Smiley Lane in Columbia, with arrangements handled by Parker-Millard Funeral Service and Crematory. In overview, Rosalee Freddrica Gross’s case began as the disappearance of a 29-year-old woman last seen in Columbia, Missouri, on March 14, 2023, and ended in the painful confirmation that she had died; the public record remains limited on the exact circumstances of what happened between her last known sighting and her death, but the surviving memorial record preserves the most important truth of the case: Rosalee was a loved woman, a mother, and a member of a family and community who mourned her deeply.Last Seen: Mar 14, 2023
