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Jan 28, 2026
Jan 28, 2026
Jamie
Rochelle Grisim
16
16
5'4 - 5'5 inches
125 lbs
White
Female
On a cold December day in 1971, sixteen-year-old Jamie Rochelle Grisim left her high school in Vancouver, Washington, expecting to walk the two miles to her foster home, but she never arrived. It was December 7th, and Jamie, a student at Fort Vancouver High School, had attended her two classes for the day. She had informed her foster mother she would be home between 1:00 and 1:30 p.m. Jamie was a talented artist and writer who was known for her bubbly personality. At the time of her disappearance, she was described as being 5'4" to 5'5" tall and weighing around 125 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair that had been bleached and was in the process of growing out to its natural color. She was last seen wearing a red and white horizontally striped blouse with puffed sleeves, blue hip-hugger jeans, and white sneakers on which she had written the words "peace" and "love" and drawn pictures. She may have also been wearing a long brown corduroy coat and dangling earrings. Jamie had hearing loss in one ear and a missing tooth. Initially, law enforcement treated Jamie's disappearance as a runaway case, a theory her loved ones never believed. She was a good student, had a positive relationship with her foster mother, and was very close to her sister. Jamie and her sister had been wards of the state from a young age. The initial runaway theory delayed the official missing person report until January of 1972. Hopes of her voluntary return were tragically diminished in May 1972 when her purse, identification, and other personal belongings were discovered in a wooded area in the Dole Valley region of Northern Clark County. This discovery shifted the focus of the investigation towards the possibility of foul play. The location where her items were found was near a trail where the remains of two other young women would later be discovered. Years later, the investigation into Jamie's disappearance would become linked to a suspected serial killer, Warren Leslie Forrest, who is believed to be responsible for the deaths of at least six young women in the Vancouver area. Forrest, a former student of the same high school Jamie attended, was convicted in 1978 for the murder of another young woman. While he has never been charged in connection with Jamie's case, authorities consider her to be his first victim. Despite the lack of charges, the circumstances of her disappearance and the discovery of her belongings in an area associated with Forrest's other presumed victims have led investigators to believe she was abducted and murdered. A death certificate was issued for Jamie in March 2009. The case remains the oldest cold case in Clark County, a source of enduring pain for her surviving family who continue to hope for justice.
Dec 07, 1971
Vancouver
Washington
Vancouver
Clark County Sheriff's Office
06/15/2026
