Jessie Foster Missing: Age-Progressed Drawing Released of Suspected Sex Trafficking Victim

An age-progressed drawing (left) of Jessie Foster (right) a young woman missing from Las Vegas since March 2006.

Coming up on the sixth anniversary of her disappearance, Glendene Grant has released an age-progressed portrait showing what her missing daughter might look like now.

Jessie Foster has not been seen since March 29, 2006.

According to her mother, Grant, Foster was living in Kamloops, British Columbia, in the spring of 2005, when she began traveling to the U.S. In May 2005, the then 21-year-old ended up going to Las Vegas, Nev.

While in Las Vegas, Foster met a man and the two were quickly engaged to be married. The man was reportedly wealthy and the two lived together in a million-dollar home.

In 2006, Foster stopped calling her family. Concerned, Grant contacted her daughter’s fiancee and he allegedly said Foster had left him in April 2006. Grant promptly reported her daughter missing to police, but with few clues to follow, the case quickly went cold.

With local law enforcement hitting a dead end, Grant hired a private investigator and launched her own investigation. It was during that time that she discovered her daughter had been beaten, hospitalized and forced to work at an escort service before disappearing.

"Jessie is known by all who know her as a good girl, a good person and certainly not one to go to another country and work in the illegal sex trade," Grant told The Huffington Post. "Jessie was forced into that life ... and beaten and brainwashed to do as she was told."

Today, Foster is considered Canada's most well-known missing human trafficking victim. She has become a poster-child for the crime both nationally and internationally.

"Jessie's disappearance has shed so much light on modern-day sex-slavery that it has helped us live with the pain of her being missing," Grant said. "It does not make up for it, but it allows us -- it allows me -- to continue on."

The new age-progression drawing of Foster was created by Canadian certified forensic artist Diana P. Trepkov. The portrait shows Foster at age 28. Grant said she hopes the drawing will help generate new leads in the case.

Meanwhile, Grant said she will continue to do everything she can to raise awareness about her daughter's disappearance. She is the host of a radio show about the missing and exploited and gives regular presentations on human trafficking awareness at high schools, colleges and organizations that combat human trafficking.

"[I'm] never giving up on Jessie," Grant said.

Foster is described as 5-foot, 7-inches and 120 lbs., with blonde hair and hazel eyes. Anyone with information is asked to call Las Vegas Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477. Foster's mother also maintains a website devoted to the case, which can be found at jessiefoster.ca. According to the site, a $50,000 dollar reward is being offered for information in the case.

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• Ray Gricar

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• Jason "J.J." Jolkowski

  Jason Jolkowski was 19 years old on June 13, 2001, the day he disappeared in Omaha, Neb. Jolkowski, an employee at a local restaurant, received a call from his boss that morning and was asked to come in early. Jolkowski's car was in the shop so he arranged to meet a coworker at Benson High School, only seven blocks from his home. It is believed that Jolkowski got dressed in his work uniform and then set off for the school. Somewhere along the way Jason vanished without a trace. Jolkowski's mother, Kelly Jolkowski, has since founded Project Jason, a nonprofit organization created to assist the families of missing adults and children. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.projectjason.org" target="_blank">Projectjason.org</a>.

• Carlos Diaz

  Carlos Diaz went missing from his Bronx, N.Y., home on Dec. 23, 1986. Diaz went to bury a family pet that had died and has not been seen since. He is described as a Hispanic male with brown hair and brown eyes. He is 5-foot-8-inches tall and weighed 170 lbs. at the time of his disappearance. He has a tattoo with the initials C.D. on his left hand. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.findthemissing.org/cases/59" target="_blank">Findthemissing.org</a>.

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Comments

[MemberOfSociety]

06:37 PM on 04/03/2012

slaverynomore.org

Check out this website and this organization! You will learn about modern day slavery. Yes, it exists and there are more slaves TODAY than there were during the Slave Trade.

[JNR]

01:23 PM on 03/31/2012

For an interesting Maryland case, please visit: http://www.bernadettestevensoncaruso.org

[maybesomeday]

06:08 AM on 03/30/2012

I will be the first to admit that I am very naive in the ways of sex trafficking and the world in which it exists. I have lived a sheltered life to the extent that I don't understand how these girls are taken and how they are held against their wills. How does it end for these girls? Do they die? Are they eventually released? I just can't understand it.........I know I would fight my way out even if it meant I would die doing it. I would never willingly allow myself to be held without fighting for my freedom to get away.

Reading these comments give me some understanding of it and I can't believe it is happening as much as I am convinced that it is from reading here. It's just unbelievable, shocking, disturbing, and awful, just dispicable what predators are allowed to get away with.

[l8r]

08:53 PM on 03/29/2012

It is sad to read posts where people imply that Jessie did something wrong, for this to have happened to her or imply that the family hasn't asked or questioned the same things people are asking in posts. Glendene has asked, asked and just about begged for help and answers to all the questions you all seem to ask. When you look into all the attention she has recvd in regard to her daughter, It is all Glendens work. The authorities haven't helped her the way they should, or how we would expect them to help. Instead of pointing fingers and saying hey why didn't you guys do this. Look into her story, and give a prayer and a ray of light and Hope to a mother who is stopping at nothing to find her daughter and As a mother with childred that Jessie has babysat and a friend of the family I pray for the safe return of Jessie and the world is Blessed to have a woman so dedicated to finding her daughter and bringing awearness to an issue that no one thinks happens or only happens in other parts of the world.

Gold bless you Jessie and we pray for your safe return xoxoxox

[Autora]

05:35 PM on 03/27/2012

I agree with the people who are saying there is a lot of information missing, here. The story implies that the millionaire husband might have had something to do with it, then backs away from that.

Then the girl is forced into an escort service (by whom?) and nobody says what happened to her after that.

It's a horrible story, but some actual reporting would be nice.

[elanna068]

09:53 PM on 03/27/2012

It really isn't rocket science here. And it isn't not a case of "not having all the facts" either. When a mother says her child was married to a supposed millionare and then one day up and dissappeared just who the heck do you supposed forced her into prostitution? The reporter can only report what we know so far. I believe as do others that what we do know is enough to investigate the husband. Las Vegas is a perfect place for a lecherous animal of prey to hide. He has only to lure a pretty young girl in with a fake engagement then sell on the black market~simple. The police at best treat prostitution like its a crime perpetrated by women~ they always have~

[Autora]

10:56 PM on 03/27/2012

Let me take it one step at a time for you. 'She was married to a supposed millionaire.' Was she, or wasn't she? Who says she was, and who says she wasn't-- or that her husband was not a millionaire, and all the questions that leads to. Does it matter? Did she marry him because she thought he was a millionaire?

Then: who says she was forced into prostitution? The article says she disappeared, but I have not read anything that supports the assertion that she was forced into prostitution by her husband. I am not saying she was not-- she may have been-- but again I have not read any proof that she was. If her husband was so rich-- or was not-- is there any proof that he forced his wife into prostitution?

Yes, of course her husband should be investigated in her disappearance, but you are pre-supposing all kinds of things that are sheer guess work.

And it would definitely take a kind of science we don't usually use, to jump to the conclusion that because a young woman married someone who appeared to be a millionaire, she was instantly forced into black market sex. Tell me how that follows.

[Monica Elisabeth Sacco]

03:18 PM on 03/27/2012

I'm a reader from Argentina. We also have a disastrous "cold-case", that of Marita Beron, whose mother, Susana Trimarco, rallied the whole country desperately seeking for her daughter, who dissapeared in broad daylight at the age of 22, leaving a 2-year-old daughter behind. Since Marita dissapeared, her mother raised an investigation which led to several brothels where young women (in some cases, even minors) were held in captivity, forced to work as sex-slaves. A month ago, Susana Trimarco succeeded in bringing several policemen, attorneys and Goverment officers to the Courts and the trial will be long and painful both for the offenders and the victims. Mrs. Trimarco could rescue more than 50 girls and young women from their otherwise black doom as sex-slaves. Marita Beron was reported to be seen in different places but is still missing and her mother seeks her relentlessly, as relentlessly as domestic Justice never did. Mrs. Trimarco and Mrs. Grant suffer from the same indifference form police and local authorities, who seemingly don´t care about these cases, or else, are accomplices in forced prostitution and sex-slavery.

[Autora]

05:26 PM on 03/27/2012

I am so sorry, Ms. Sacco, that these cases don't seem to get the attention they certainly deserve. Many years ago I used to live in Argentina (Calle Estrella in Buenos Aires, will always have a fond place in my memory)-- it is truly horrible that women all over the world are forced into the sex trade.

I sincerely hope that Susana in Argentina, and Jessie Foster's mother here, can get to the bottom of these cases. And hopefully, bring their daughters home. I know that I sound simple and unhelpful- but I don't know what I can do. If I could do something, I would.

[puppynip]

06:41 PM on 03/27/2012

Truely sad how jessie was munipulated ( so young ). My prayers to Grant;the mother & Jessie: courage , Hope and Faith for each passing day. I truely hope Jessie is found and rescued.
These Monsters prey on vulnerable young pretty women,children,teenage boys.These cases need more attention-papers,media and they should plague the face of Jessie's fiancee' all over the place, as a ' Suspect ' so it may save someone else from being a victim.

[Monica Elisabeth Sacco]

07:22 PM on 03/27/2012

Thanks for your comment. And do not think that your wish is unhelpful: we all can help in these cases by bringing awareness about them.

[skooli]

02:32 PM on 03/27/2012

Im all for voluntary deep RFID implants.

[elanna068]

02:10 PM on 03/27/2012

I know the world is getting smaller but now the Third World encroachth on the Western World and not in a "Good" way. The East is the problem here; it's attitudes about women, it's lack of regard for life. Law enforcement already having a difficult time with the South American organized crime factions had no idea how rough it could get until Russians. Slovaks and Middle Easterners came to town. The movie "Taken" barely scratches the surface of the nasty underbelly of what these nasty retches are capable of. They already had the groundwork in their own part of the World. I don't think with our "read him his rights" and nice guy approach, we stand much chance of finding a girl like this one, who I agree will never reclaim the life she knew. She's lost, drug addicted, with no hope. We must get serious if we are to tackle these crimes. Sexual slavery is more lucrative than drugs..DOES ANYONE GET WHAT THAT MEANS?? in a male dominated society such as ours??>>>?? DO YOU??? It your daughters and wives and sisters and moms even are not SAFE!!!

[Autora]

05:41 PM on 03/27/2012

Seeing as nobody knows where she is, how do you know she is drug addicted?

[elanna068]

06:34 PM on 03/27/2012

Because they already traced her to escorts which probably means forced prostitution...Drugs come with the turf. They get them addicted to CONTROL THEM. These girls are first drugged then raped and beaten repeatedly to break their spirits ~ (Her mom already had hospital reports of beatings by the way ) That is the best scenario for this poor girl..The worse is that she is probably already dead. GOD help her if she is not.

[ZANDALEE]

01:07 PM on 03/27/2012

I;m sure the house was a rental and the man is gone!

[funflirtyvixen]

02:03 AM on 03/28/2012

he owned it and it went up for sale shortly after and u r right he is GONE and dont wanna be bothered by anyone requesting information bout jessie!!

[ZANDALEE]

01:04 PM on 03/27/2012

If she has been missing for 6 years she may not be dead yet. She is a drug addict for sure. She was young when they took her. I'm sure if she isn't dead she is in very bad shape...They transport these girls around so much it is hard to keep track of them. The truck stops should surely be checked... The truth needs to come to the surface on these people who take these girls and use them. Now they are taking them as young as 12-13. We need media coverage on this and others who have disappeared.

[nnnpw]

12:38 PM on 03/27/2012

How about somebody hunts down the guy that married her and, I don't know, question him? Perhaps remove a finger or two? Maybe help his digestive system with a long sharp object? Or help the effeciency of his circulatory system with a rope like object tightly surrounding the area in which major arteries are kept?

[retromoderne]

12:33 PM on 03/30/2012

she was engaged, not married

[caramelosdos]

12:31 PM on 03/27/2012

The story does not say anything about the "millionaire". Who is he, where was this mansion,
was the home searched, where is this guy now??????????? To me it is obvious that the
"millionaire" was the perpetrator yet the story does not discuss this aspect at all. What if anything
did the private investigator turn up about this guy? Is he American, foreign, ? Too many unanswered questions in this story.

[funflirtyvixen]

01:56 AM on 03/28/2012

Investigator didnt turn up much except that he has alot of money and no record for where it came from. He is Jamaican. He was question with no help, not very cooperative and moved out the house shortly after. put it up for sale. apparently back in texas now.

[xxeminemx39]

12:15 PM on 03/27/2012

The guy was interested in her to make a profit (the only thing republicans care about). He was probably well connected and continues to make money off of her today.

[flagag]

02:00 PM on 03/27/2012

you are what is wrong with liberal progressive secular america
despicable comment

[Greg Gorelick]

08:24 PM on 03/27/2012

Are you saying Republican policy does not involve profit over humanity? In most cases, it does. Same with organized religion.

[morekare]

11:48 AM on 03/27/2012

. . . . "While in Las Vegas, Foster met a man and the two were quickly engaged to be married. The man was reportedly wealthy and the two lived together in a million-dollar home" She was DUPED. The guy was the front-man for the sex slave operation in Vegas and she fell for the scheme hook line and sinker. Don't be greedy ladies. Be leery of the men who have the most money to offer you in return for your attention. Get a decent job and then marry a man who might not have a lot of money but who sincerely cares for you. Don't be seduced by a man's bank roll.

[xxeminemx39]

12:15 PM on 03/27/2012

EXACTLY

[funflirtyvixen]

02:09 AM on 03/28/2012

Trust me she was not seduced by his "bank roll", she did not want anything to do with him at first. he was very persistant and she had a mutual so-called friend who by the way was a woman telling her differently. that he was "nice". they work as a team to lure these girls in!

[SouloAngels]

08:11 AM on 03/31/2012

I don't think you realize these men make 100's of thousands of dollars or more a year on each girl by "being smooth" and getting them hooked on love first, then on drugs, controlling them physically and mentally and breaking them down with severe beatings. Usually not in the face but sometimes breaking their nose or cheeks and paying for plastic surgery to alter their looks. Fighters don't last long. They isolate the girls from friends and family, they only get phones when they are on out calls and are watched like any other valuable piece of property, and the phones are taken away again. Once contact has been broken off with one of these missing women and the family can't get in touch they've already been on the move, traveling on a circuit to maximize profits on big conventions circuits and in big cities, they use false names and when the girls are of no use anymore, they end up in the desert somewhere in an unmarked grave. They don't leave witnesses who can testify. The only women that make it are sociopaths who recruit and run their own crew of women and believe it or not they are every bit as vicious if not more so than their male pimp counterparts. They can spot a girl with low self esteem who is needy with men right away and all of a sudden they are with their "finacee" and then never heard from again.

[Melanie OBrien]

11:43 AM on 03/27/2012

So, where's "Peter Todd"?

[funflirtyvixen]

02:09 AM on 03/28/2012

sold the house and fled...back to texas they believe.