Disappeared 2006Las Vegas Nationality Canadian | Name Disappearance Jessie | |
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Full Name Jessica Edith Louise Foster Occupation possible forced prostitute | ||
Jessie Foster (born May 27, 1984), full name Jessica Edith Louise Foster, is a Canadian woman who disappeared in the Las Vegas Valley in Nevada, United States, in 2006. Her parents are Glendene Grant and Dwight Foster. Jessie had spent some time living in Calgary, Alberta. In 2005, Jessie and a friend of hers visited Florida together, and then stopped by Las Vegas on the way back in May where Jessie decided to stay. Before disappearing the following year, Jessie became involved in prostitution, was arrested once for solicitation, and was the victim of battery on several occasions.
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Disappearance
Prior to her disappearance, Jessie was 'recruited' in Calgary by a friend from California named Yvonne Hubrechtsen, to work in Las Vegas. She began dating her boyfriend, Peter Todd, who had a previous conviction for spousal assault. They rented a house at 1009 Cornerstone Place in Northern Las Vegas, where, according to the police, Jessie was living, and last seen.
Jessie kept in constant telephone communication with her mother and sisters. Unbeknownst to them, Jessie was forced into prostitution by Peter Todd and arrested a couple of times by Las Vegas Police. She was also hospitalized on one occasion for a broken jaw she sustained after a brutal beating by her boyfriend. Her last contact with her mother was on March 24, 2006, in a telephone conversation in which she discussed returning home to Canada for a visit. On March 28, 2006, Jessie spoke to her sister, Crystal, making plans for them to meet in Kamloops so they could drive together to Calgary for their step-sister’s wedding reception on April 29: she never made this trip, and this was the last time anyone spoke to or heard from Jessie.
Jessie’s mother contacted Peter Todd, who told her that Jessie took all of her belongings and drove off. Without much to go on, detectives in Las Vegas fear that Jessie may have become victim of an international human trafficking ring.
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. The Las Vegas Police Department launched an investigation of the person in question, bringing in a forensic scientist to spray luminol onto surfaces at crime scenes to detect invisible blood stains; but found nothing at Peter's property, nor has he been interrogated on her disappearance. 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. The documentary "Trafficked No More", features her story and led to some tips to her whereabouts.
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.
Aftermath
Her mother, Glendene Grant (born 1957) inspired by her daughter's disappearance founded Mothers Against Trafficking in Humans. 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. She lives in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. She had a common-law marriage with Dwight Foster, but they separated. The last time that Grant saw her daughter was Christmas 2005. Grant believes that Jessie became an unwilling victim of human trafficking, and that Jessie thereby became a sexual slave. Grant therefore created almost a dozen websites advertising the disappearance of her daughter. 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.