Nia Imani Dameron was 16 years old when she was reported missing from Chesapeake, Virginia, in January 2026. Publicly available notices identify her as a female teenager and place her disappearance in the Chesapeake area, although the available records contain conflicting dates. One notice states that Nia was last seen on January 6, 2026, while another case listing records January 23, 2026.
The earlier notice reported that she was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black pants when she was last seen. Beyond those basic facts, authorities and public missing-person organizations released few details about where in Chesapeake she disappeared, who last saw her, or what may have happened during the hours surrounding her absence.
As concern spread, Nia’s name and photograph were circulated in appeals asking the public to help bring her home. The scarcity of confirmed information made the situation especially painful for those waiting for answers. No reliable public account describes whether she left a residence voluntarily, whether she was traveling with another person, or whether investigators identified a destination she might have been trying to reach. There is also no publicly confirmed description of a vehicle, companion, or specific neighborhood connected to this January disappearance. Those unanswered questions left loved ones and community members with little more than her photograph, her clothing description, and the knowledge that a 16-year-old girl had vanished from familiar surroundings.
The January 2026 report was not the first time Nia’s name had appeared in a missing-person investigation. In April 2025, when she was 15, Chesapeake police searched for her after she was last seen at her home in the 700 block of Cardover Avenue. During that earlier incident, she briefly contacted her mother by text before communication stopped, and police later announced that she had been located safely. That earlier outcome offered evidence that Nia had previously been found after a period without contact, but it does not explain the circumstances of the separate January 2026 report or establish what happened afterward.
The available online record therefore tells an incomplete but troubling story: Nia Dameron, a 16-year-old girl from Chesapeake, was reported missing in January 2026, possibly after last being seen wearing dark clothing, and only limited information was released about the circumstances surrounding her disappearance. Conflicting last-seen dates and the absence of a detailed public timeline make it difficult to reconstruct her movements or determine where she may have gone. At its heart, this case concerns a teenager whose unexplained absence prompted renewed appeals for information and left those who care about her hoping that someone would remember a sighting, conversation, or other small detail capable of providing answers.Last Seen: Jan 23, 2026
