MISSING PERSON
CASE #: 2011-53
Jamie Gregory Lee
Status:
Open
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Missing From:
Grande Prairie, Alberta
Summary:
In the early morning hours of September 4, 2011, 19-year-old James Gregory Lee, known to his loved ones as Jamie, disappeared from the Smoky Flats Campground, an area located south of Grande Prairie, Alberta. An argument resulted in Jamie hitting his head then storming off in anger. He was never seen again. The case remains unsolved and Jamie is still missing.
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Circumstances of Disappearance:
He walked away from the Smoky Flats Campground south of Grande Prairie around 4:30 or 5:00 in the morning after an argument with friends who prevented him from driving while intoxicated. A piece of Lee's identification was later found on the access road into the campsite. Police searched on foot, by airplane and boat.
Additional Details:
The family offered a $10,000 reward for his return. Details on how this reward will be paid out were to be announced in the near future. His mother Julie DeWinter says the family has received thousands of tips over the years, some of which are plausible. A promising tip came in that Jamie Lee had been seen at a homeless shelter in Surrey, B.C., but when authorities tracked the man down, he had died of a drug overdose. It wasn't Lee. DeWinter believes the most likely theory for Lee's disappearance is a dissociative fugue, which is a form of amnesia in which the affected person can't remember their past or suddenly forms a new identity away from home.
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The family of the missing 19-year-old from Grande Prairie hired a professional search team to help find the young man.
Grande Prairie RCMP said they will release important information on September 16 in the case of the missing teen.
James Gregory Lee was reported missing on Sunday.
A piece of Lee's identification was later found on the access road into the campsite.
Last seen walking away from a campsite at Smokey Flats at approximately 5:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 4, 2011.
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