Lori Lee Jealous of Him was a 13-year-old Native American girl who disappeared from Porcupine, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Online missing-person sources list her as missing since September 1, 1989, though at least one source notes that her date of last contact is approximate and another describes her as last seen “at some point in September of 1989,” so the exact date appears to be uncertain.
She was from the Porcupine area of Oglala Lakota County, and her case is classified as endangered missing.
At the time she vanished, Lori was described as a young Native American female with black hair and brown eyes. Reported estimates of her height and weight vary slightly by source: The Charley Project lists her as between 5 feet 1 inch and 5 feet 5 inches tall and between 120 and 130 pounds, while The Resource Center for Cold Case Missing Children’s Cases gives a specific estimate of 5 feet 4 inches and 125 pounds. Both sources note that Lori had pierced ears.
The known circumstances are limited. Lori reportedly left her residence on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and may have been headed toward Rapid City, South Dakota. She did not return home, and sources state that she has not been seen or heard from since. Because the publicly available information is sparse, there is little confirmed detail about who she may have been with, how she planned to travel, or what happened after she left.
The case has remained especially difficult because so few facts have been released publicly. The Charley Project states that “few details are available” in Lori’s case, and The Resource Center for Cold Case Missing Children’s Cases similarly notes that very little information is available and that foul play is possible. Those descriptions leave the public record with more questions than answers, while still making clear that Lori was a child whose disappearance warranted serious concern.
NamUs lists Lori’s case as Missing Person case MP65729, connected to Porcupine, South Dakota, with a date of last contact of September 1, 1989. The case is also referenced by Uncovered, which repeats the NamUs-based summary that Lori left her residence on the Pine Ridge Reservation, was believed to be headed to Rapid City, and has not been heard from since.
Lori’s disappearance is a painful and unresolved loss for those who knew and loved her. She was only 13 years old, at an age when she should have been safe, protected, and able to grow into her future. The available online sources do not state that she has been found alive or deceased, so her case should be understood as an unresolved missing-person case based on the information currently available from those sources. The listed investigating agency is the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety, which The Charley Project and The Resource Center for Cold Case Missing Children’s Cases both identify as the agency to contact with information.Last Seen: Sep 1, 1989
