Missing
Chris Michael Jennings
Chris, approximately 1980
Date and time person was reported missing : 09/07/1980
Missing location (approx) :
Kootenai County, Idaho
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 12/19/1963 (57)
Age at the time of disappearance: 16 years old
Height / Weight : 5'7, 150 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Chris has a light brown mole on the left side of his upper lip and half-inch scar on his right eyebrow.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Chris was last seen in Kootenai County, Idaho on September 7, 1980. He was active in the 4-H program at his school and went to the North Idaho State Fair that day, showing his pigs. He left to go to his family's home off Ramsey Road to feed his other animals. He supposedly went to a party later. He never returned home and has never been heard from again.
Chris disappeared at the start of his junior year at Lakeland High School. His parents were fighting and he didn't like it, and there was speculation at first that he had simply run away, but after time passed without anyone hearing from him, law enforcement began to investigate other theories.
There were rumors that Chris was racing cars with his friends that night, and there was an accident in which he was killed. One witness reported seeing a Ford Mustang, "wrecked with lots of blood inside." Police were never able to confirm the stories, however.
His case remains unsolved and the circumstances of his disappearance are unclear.
Other information and links : ncy
Kootenai County Sheriff's Office
208-446-1300
September 2021 updates and sources
Idaho Bureau of Criminal Investigation
KHQ Q6
October 12, 2004. September 11, 2019; .
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