Missing
Kevin Lee James Griebel
Griebel, approximately 2004
Date and time person was reported missing : 02/26/2004
Missing location (approx) :
Maquoketa, Iowa
Missing classification : Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 12/15/1967 (53)
Age at the time of disappearance: 36 years old
Height / Weight : 6'7 - 6'8, 235 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, hazel/brown eyes. Griebel may have a goatee. He has tattoos on both arms and shoulders, a scar on his abdomen, a scar on his forehead, a scar on his chin and a scar on his left leg. He may use the last name Briebel.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Griebel was last seen in Maquoketa, Iowa on February 26, 2004. He has never been heard from again.
He has a criminal history for burglaries committed in the 1990s, and the month he disappeared, he was indicted for conspiracy to manufacture and attempt to manufacture methamphetamine between April and June 2003.
A warrant was issued for his arrest on May 1, 2004. His alleged co-conspirator in the drug case, Jennifer Vorbeck, was sentenced to nine years in prison later that year.
It's not clear whether Griebel is running from the law or if something else caused his disappearance, but he's listed as a fugitive from justice as well as a missing person. His case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Jackson County Sheriff's Office
563-652-3312
September 2021 updates and sources
Iowa Missing Person Information Clearinghouse
Center for Hope
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The Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Gazette
October 12, 2004. July 1, 2015; middle name added, Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: and Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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