Missing Child: Jewel Strong
Netlore Archive: Email flier seeks help locating Jewel Strong, a 3-year-old girl reported missing by her family in Panama City, Florida in May 2006
Description: Email flier
Circulating since: Feb. 2007
Status: True
Email example contributed by Holly P., Feb. 15, 2007:
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FW: Have you seen Jewel Mahavia Strong - missing 3 year old?
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Comments: Three-year-old Jewel Mahavia Strong was reported missing after a Memorial Day beach outing in Panama City, Florida with her family in May 2006. It was initially believed that she had drowned, and local authorities pronounced her lost at sea after searching unsuccessfully for her body for more than a week.
A year later, a Jacksonville resident reported seeing a child fitting Jewel Strong's description in the company of three adults at a local restaurant. After viewing surveillance video, her family became convinced that the child was, in fact, Jewel Strong, and launched an effort in conjunction with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to locate her. Though the NCMEC lists Jewel Strong as "lost, injured, missing," a website set up by her family lists her as "abducted."
As of February 2008, her whereabouts are still unknown.
Persons with information pertaining to the case are asked call The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (843-5678).
Sources and further reading:
Parents Continue Search for Missing Daughter
Panama City News Herald, 8 July 2007Video Gives Family Hope Daughter's Alive
WDIV-TV News, 13 September 2007Family Says Missing Girl Spotted on Surveillance Tape
ABC News, 14 September 2007Jewel Mahavia Strong
Info from the National Center for Missing & Exploited ChildrenLet's Find Jewel Strong Organization
Status reports and information about the Jewel Strong case
Last updated: 02/28/08
