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Jennifer Long Missing Person Case

Last seen in Kansas City, Missouri on Jan 22, 1998

Victim Details

Jan 27, 2026

Jan 27, 2026

Jennifer

Long

44

16

5'9 inches

170 lbs

White

Female

Jan 22, 1998

Kansas City

Missouri

Kansas City

Kansas City Police Departmen

816-234-5000

07/17/2026

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On a cold January day in 1998, sixteen-year-old Jennifer Long was last seen in Kansas City, Missouri. A sophomore at East High School, she had attended her first couple of classes before getting into an altercation with other students and leaving the school grounds around 9:30 in the morning. Initially, Jennifer's disappearance was treated as a runaway case, a theory her family adamantly disputed. They knew her to be excited about an upcoming driver's license test and maintained that s ...
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