Disappearance of Jessie Foster
Jessie Foster | |
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Born | Jessica Edith Louise Foster May 27, 1984 |
Disappeared | 2006 Las Vegas |
Status | Missing for Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Residence | Calgary, Alberta, Canada Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, United States |
Nationality | Canadian |
Citizenship | Canadian |
Occupation | possible forced prostitute[1] |
Years active | 2005-2006 |
Parent(s) | Dwight Foster Glendene Grant |
Jessie Foster (born May 27, 1984),[2] full name Jessica Edith Louise Foster,[3] is a Canadian woman who disappeared in the Las Vegas Valley in Nevada, United States, in 2006.[4] Her parents are Glendene Grant and Dwight Foster[5] Jessie spent some time living in Calgary, Alberta.[6] In 2005, Jessie and a friend of hers visited Florida together, and then stopped by Las Vegas on the way back in May[7] where Jessie decided to stay.[8] Before disappearing the following year, Jessie entered prostitution, was arrested once for solicitation, and was the victim of battery on several occasions.[9]
Disappearance and investigation
Jessie is one of four prostitutes who disappeared in Las Vegas between 2003 and 2006. The bodies of the other three have been found.[10] Benjamin Perrin of Vancouver, British Columbia, received a George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature nomination for having written Invisible Chains, a book that prominently deals with human trafficking, and includes the disappearance of Jessie Foster.[11] The documentary "Trafficked No More", features her story and led to some tips to her whereabouts.[12]
On July 26, 2015, the Calgary Sun reported police are investigating if a man killed on July 18, 2015 in Charleston, West Virginia may be responsible for the four Las Vegas killings, including Foster.[13]
Aftermath
Her mother, Glendene Grant (born 1957) inspired by her daughter's disappearance founded Mothers Against Trafficking in Humans.[14] She hosts an internet radio show on BlogTalkRadio through Dreamcatchers for Abused Children, and has hosted such guests as Member of Parliament Joy Smith and Bobby Brown of Dog the Bounty Hunter fame.[15] She lives in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.[16] She had a common-law marriage with Dwight Foster, but they separated.[17][18] The last time that Grant saw her daughter was Christmas 2005.[19] Grant believes that Jessie became an unwilling victim of human trafficking,[20] and that Jessie thereby became a sexual slave.[21] Grant therefore created almost a dozen websites advertising the disappearance of her daughter.[22] In an effort to find her daughter, Grant has gotten in touch with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, bounty hunters, prostitutes, police officers, psychics, and private investigators.[23]
See also
- Human trafficking in Nevada#Sex trafficking in Nevada
- List of people who disappeared mysteriously
- Prostitution in Nevada
References
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