Missing Woman: Jessica Foster--NV--04/09/2006

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http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/...52944-sun.html



Thu, April 27, 2006

Daughter lost in Las Vegas
Private eye hired after woman, 21, disappears in U.S.

By SARAH KENNEDY, CALGARY SUN

His daughter's disappearance into the dark underworld of Las Vegas has a Calgary dad fearing the worst.

With little help from Las Vegas police, Jessica Foster's parents have hired a Sin City private eye to hunt down the 21-year-old, who disappeared a month ago.

And the family is getting some Hollywood help with news personality Geraldo Rivera set to do a piece on the disappearance.

Dwight Foster said his daughter -- once a straight-A student -- travelled to Vegas in search of adventure a year ago but got lured into the murky world of the city's sex trade.

"She moved out to Las Vegas with a girlfriend we didn't really know but she kept in touch with us daily, giving us updates on where she was and what she was seeing," said Dwight.

Dwight said he started to question his daughter's lifestyle when he learned she was living with a boyfriend named Peter in an expensive house but didn't seem to be working.

One month ago, all communication with Jessica stopped, leaving her panicked family wondering if she's still alive.

When contact stopped, Grant and Dwight, who are divorced, called the Las Vegas police department.

Dwight said the officers checked Peter's house.

When there was no evidence of foul play, cops told the family there was not much else to investigate.

The family took matters into their own hands and hired Mike Kirkland, a private investigator in Vegas who uncovered a darker side to the story.

Kirkland learned Jessica had been working as a prostitute -- a stark contrast from the young woman who had never been in trouble and graduated from John Diefenbaker high school four years ago with top grades.

The PI also found she had been badly beaten and hospitalized recently, as well as being charged with prostitution, said Dwight.

He said he fears his daughter is in danger.

"My deep-down thoughts is that she's not calling us because she can't. ... I feel it now that something bad has happened to her."

A field producer for Geraldo Rivera's syndicated news program Geraldo At Large interviewed the family this week.

Anyone with information can call Kirkland at 702-897-6820.

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LOOKING AT JESSICA'S TRAVELS

Timeline of Jessica Foster's disappearance

* February 2005 -- Left Calgary and moved in with her mother in Kamloops while working at a golf course and restaurant

* April 2005 -- Travelled to U.S.

* May 2005 -- Moved to Las Vegas

* Dec. 2005 -- Returned to Calgary to visit family

* March 27, 2006 -- Left a phone message for her stepmother

* March 28, 2006 -- Spoke to her sister on the phone; last time family heard from her

Print a poster: http://www.projectjason.org/aan/AAN_JessicaFoster.pdf

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http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Albe...58783-sun.html



'She just left'Las Vegas man puzzled about what happened to missing Calgary woman

By SARAH KENNEDY, SUN MEDIA

CALGARY -- Jessica Foster didn't seem to be in any trouble in Las Vegas before she vanished, says a man who lived with her.

James Todd said Foster had been dating his twin brother Peter and lived with them in Las Vegas before she disappeared more than a month ago.

"It's pretty sad the way she just left and no one seems to know where she went," he said. "I've been asking myself since this started, where is she? And why hasn't she contacted anyone?"

James said he hasn't heard from Jessica in more than a month and as far as he knows, neither has his brother.

While living with Todd for almost a year, Foster, 21, had daily contact with her father Dwight in Calgary and her mother Glendene Grant, who lives in Kamloops, B.C.




But communication completely stopped in late March.

Foster's phone records show she's made no calls and there's been no money taken from her bank account.

Dwight and Grant hired private eye Mike Kirkman to hunt down the missing woman in Sin City.

He discovered the disturbing news that the once straight-A student from a loving family had been working as a prostitute in Vegas and was, at one point, beaten so badly she was hospitalized.

James said when he moved in with the couple in order to save money to get his own place, he had no idea what Foster did for a living.

"My assumption was that she was a stripper," he said.

"I'm shocked but this seems to be a quick way to make a buck in Vegas and I'm not going to pass judgment on what she chose to do for a living."

James said he kept to himself while living with the tumultuous couple. "Jessica and Peter had a lot of arguments and that's not the environment I want to be in," he said.

Along with Kirkman, Las Vegas police are also investigating the situation.

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Father loses hope
21-year-old Calgary woman feared dead



UPDATED: Mon, May 22, 2006
By SHAWN LOGAN, CALGARY SUN

The father of a 21-year-old Calgary woman who became ensnared in the seedy Las Vegas underworld now believes his daughter won’t be coming home alive.

Dwight Foster said Monday his life has been a haze since all contact with his daughter Jessica was abruptly halted on March 28 and as each day goes by, his hope for a reunion fades.

“Hope is a funny thing,” said Foster, who believes the Las Vegas police department have put the case on the back burner.

“I’ve had a gut feeling from the very beginning that something was seriously wrong.”

Jessica was a straight-A student who gradually became caught up in the high stakes world of prostitution in Sin City, finally losing touch with her loving family.

Foster said answers have been few and he believes only “a miracle” will bring his daughter home safe.

Mike Kirkman, a veteran Las Vegas private investigator hired by Foster and his ex-wife Glendene Grant of Kamloops, said his experience tells him this case won’t have a happy ending.

“This is a murder case,” Kirkman said.

“There’s no question in my mind this girl is not alive.”

He said many details of the story that suggest Jessica left the home of her boyfriend with all her possessions the day she went missing don’t add up.

“My belief is that he’s been untruthful with police,” Kirkman said, adding Jessica didn’t own a car and was ill-equipped to strike out on her own.

Kirkman said he was concerned that a pair of female bodies found Saturday morning in the desert in Henderson, Nevada, southeast of Las Vegas may bring the news he had been dreading.

But Det. Dave Molnar of Las Vegas Police said an autopsy has revealed neither of the bodies is that of Jessica.

He said police continue to pursue the case but he admitted the trail is quickly becoming cold.

“We will keep it as an open case but the leads are becoming less and less,” Molnar said, adding Vegas cops have a heavy workload but they treat every missing persons case seriously.

Meanwhile, Dwight Foster continues to carry on without the answers he so desperately wants.

“There’s nothing in my life that it hasn’t touched or crept into and ruined,” he said.

“She has fallen off the face of the earth.

“It’s almost like she didn’t exist.”

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Missing woman's father thankful for help

UPDATED: 2006-06-25

Still holding out hope his missing daughter can be found, a Calgary man says he and his family have been overwhelmed by this community's support.

Dwight Foster, whose 21-year-old daughter Jessie got drawn into the Las Vegas sex trade and was last seen March 28, said he's been able to raise close to $3,000 over the past few months to pay a Nevada-based private investigator working on the search.

And the family is hoping that kind of giving continues during a two-day fundraiser, which wraps up today.

"That's just the generosity of Calgary coming out -- it's just amazing," Foster said, adding by noon yesterday the bake sale and silent auction had raised about $200.

The event runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, at 10431 Wapiti Dr. S.E.

Items up for sale in the silent auction include an autographed Jarome Iginla jersey and a Total Gym home-fitness system.

Foster said he'll be happy if they can match the $700 raised at a similar fundraiser last week.

"About 20 percent of that was money from people who'd read the poster about Jessie and felt compelled just to give us a donation," he said.

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Family website: http://www.jessiefoster.ca/

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More information about Jessie Foster [/hr]There are Jessie Foster sites at:
www.jessiefoster.ca
www.findjessiefoster.com

Geraldo video is at http://www.geraldoatlarge.com/video-...=2006#th eTop under Sin City Mystery

Printable Missing Person Posters are available at http://www.jessiefoster.ca/Missing%20Posters.html she could be anywhere so please post them everywhere.

Thanks for all the help!

[Kathylene]

We'd like to welcome Jessie's friend to the forum.

We're so sorry the family is going through this. Hopefully, there will be answers soon.

Kelly

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Thank-you Kelly. All the support is really helping the family to cope.

To date Jessie's family & friends have not heard from her and there has been no activity on her bank account, credit cards or her cell phone. Her boyfriend, Peter Todd, has maintained occasional contact with her family.

We are looking for both Dutch & Spanish translators for Jessie's posters so they can be posted in more locations throughout the world.

Thanks
administrator@jessiefoster.ca

[Kathylene]

Let me know if you do not have the translators. I believe I can find them for you, even the Dutch one.

Kelly

[Kathylene]

We have located a Spanish translator but could use some help finding a Dutch translator. There are three posters at the following link http://www.jessiefoster.ca/Missing%20Posters.html
The third on is the one we would like to have translated.
Thanks

[Kathylene]

Do you have it in a Word Doc format? Please email it to me in that format.

Thanks,
Kelly

[Kathylene]

I have included word documents of Jessie's posters at:

http://www.jessiefoster.ca/Missing%20Posters.html

Please feel free to print and post them all over the world. She could be anywhere!

[Kathylene]

4 languages

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We now have Jessie's posters in 4 languages. Post them where you live and take some on vacation to post. We want to post them throughout the world. Places of special interest include Nevada and Amsterdam.
http://www.jessiefoster.ca/Missing%20Posters.html

Thanks

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http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/...44220-sun.html

Fri, August 11, 2006

FBI looks into disappearanceUPDATED: 2006-08-11 01:55:08 MST


By SARAH KENNEDY, CALGARY SUN


The FBI is now involved in the case of a young Calgary woman who mysteriously vanished in Sin City. Jessica Foster, 21, disappeared in March after travelling to Las Vegas, allegedly in search of adventure. FBI agent Robert Guerra said federal investigators have spoken with Jessica's mother Glendene Grant and are in the process of writing a report..........

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http://www.kamloopsnews.ca/news.html

FBI joins search for missing woman
by Melissa Lampman

The FBI are joining the search for a Kamloops woman who went missing in Las Vegas more than five months ago. That comes as a relief to her family, especially her mother, who has been off work since the 22-year-old disappeared. Glendene Grant has not for one moment given up hope that daughter Jessica (or Jessie) Foster will be found alive. Sitting in her kitchen Friday, Grant was overcome with emotion. “We just want her home,” she said, crying.............

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