Seventeen-year-old Elexia Donna Jean Ridell has been listed in online missing-child records connected to Iowa. Publicly available online information identifies her as a missing female teenager and gives her full name as Elexia Donna Jean Ridell. The requested case details identify her as last seen from Des Moines, Iowa, on February 12, 2026; however, the non-video online sources located outside of the excluded site provide limited and somewhat inconsistent public details, with earlier indexed
records also associating Elexia with other Iowa locations and dates. Because of that, the most careful synopsis is that Elexia’s case appears in public missing-child reporting as an Iowa case involving a 17-year-old girl, but the exact publicly documented timeline is not fully clear from the available non-video sources.
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children poster indexed online lists Elexia Donna Jean Ridell as missing from Sioux City, Iowa, with a missing date of September 10, 2025. That source also notes that both photos shown on the poster are of Elexia, and that she may go by the names Lexi or Xia. It further states that she may travel to Iowa City, Belmond, Mason City, Fort Dodge, or Garner, Iowa, suggesting that investigators and child-safety organizations considered the possibility that she could be moving between communities within the state.
Other online listings show that Elexia’s name appeared in Iowa missing-person alert coverage before the Des Moines date provided for this synopsis. One indexed report listed “Elexia Ridell, Age Now: 17,” missing from Sioux City, Iowa, on September 10, 2025, and directed anyone with information to contact the Sioux City Police Department. Another earlier indexed report connected her name to Fort Dodge, Iowa, with a June 14, 2025 missing date. These separate public entries suggest a history of missing-child alerts involving Elexia across multiple Iowa jurisdictions, but they do not provide a complete narrative explaining whether the entries represent separate incidents, updates, or reposted alert information.
The Iowa Missing Person Information Clearinghouse is the state program responsible for compiling, coordinating, and sharing information related to missing persons and unidentified persons in Iowa. The Clearinghouse is housed within the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and says it assists in locating missing persons through public awareness, cooperation, and education for law enforcement and the public. That context matters in Elexia’s case because online case references indicate involvement of Iowa missing-person reporting systems, and the Clearinghouse is the state-level resource used to support awareness and coordination in these matters.
At the human center of the case is a teenage girl whose name, face, possible aliases, and possible travel destinations were circulated so that people in Iowa communities could remain alert and share information. The available online information does not provide detailed circumstances about where she was going, who she may have been with, or what may have happened after she was last seen. In cases involving minors, that lack of public detail is common, but it also means the safest and most respectful approach is to avoid speculation and focus on verified identifiers: her name, age, Iowa connection, possible names Lexi and Xia, and the communities named in public missing-child materials.
Anyone with credible information about Elexia Donna Jean Ridell should contact the appropriate law-enforcement agency listed in the relevant missing-child alert or call 911 in an emergency. Public missing-person alerts exist to help bring a child home safely, and even small details can matter when they are provided directly to investigators rather than spread as rumor.Last Seen: Feb 12, 2026
