Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 02/11/1988
- Missing From:
- Missing From Honolulu, Hawaii
- Classification:
- Classification Non-Family Abduction
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race Asian
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 04/10/1975 (49)
- Age:
- Age 12 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 4’11, 75 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Asian female. Black hair, brown eyes. Jie Zhao’s teeth were slightly crooked at the time of her 1988 disappearance, and her eye teeth were only partially grown in. She may use variations of her name as follows: Jiezhao Li, Jie-Zhao Li, Li Jiezhao and/or Li Jie Zhao. She was born in China.
- Details of Disappearance:
- In Honolulu, Hawaii, on February 11, 1988, 8-year-old Jie Zhao disappeared. She was selling raffle tickets for her school fundraiser near her home on Nuuanu Avenue. She left around 4:45 pm, promising to be back by 6:00 pm. Witnesses saw her talking to people near a 7-Eleven, and some think she might have gotten into an older Chevrolet car (a 1955, 1956, or 1957 model).
Jie never came home. Her family and police searched, but she was never found. Investigators believe she was kidnapped and that something bad happened to her. Police have sketches of a man who might be connected, but they haven’t been able to identify him.
Jie had moved to the US from China three years earlier. Her family has kept their phone number the same since 1988, hoping she might contact them someday. Her disappearance remains a mystery.
- Agency:
- Honolulu Police Department 808-529-3115
- Source Links:
This person was missing Missing Since 02/11/1988