10/31/2026
This Halloween will mark 10 years since Jeremy Jourdain was last seen in Bemidji. Jeremy was last seen wearing a blue and gray hooded sweatshirt, jeans and black and white Air Jordan shoes.
The Bemidji Police Department continues to ask hunters and the public to check your land, abandoned vehicles and outbuildings for any signs of Jeremy or the clothing he may have been wearing at the time of his disappearance.
The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) Office is offering a reward up to $10,000 for information in Jeremy’s case. If you have any information, contact the Bemidji Police Department at 218-333-9111.
Each October brings a sad reminder of Jeremy Jourdain’s disappearance. This Halloween marks 10 years since Jeremy Jourdain went missing. As a community we need to remember him and work together to find answers.
Jeremy Jourdain went missing on October 31st, 2016. He was last seen on 6th Street SE and Wood Avenue SE in Bemidji. Jeremy was last seen wearing a blue and gray hooded sweatshirt (see attached photo), blue jeans and black and white Air Jordan shoes.
The Bemidji Police Department has received and investigated hundreds of leads in this case. We have interviewed many people, searched numerous vehicles, private properties and public lands. The Bemidji Police Department has organized and conducted numerous searches by air, land and water. We have utilized airplanes, helicopters, drones, search dogs, boats, canoes, large- and small-scale ground searches, excavations and drained bodies of water to find answers for his family.
We are actively working with several different agencies including the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, Leech Lake Tribal Police, Red Lake Police Department, Cass County Sheriff’s Office, FBI, BIA and the Minnesota Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office (MMIR). Additionally, many more agencies from across the state and country have assisted in this case.
As the Bemidji Police Department continues our investigation and search for Jeremy Jourdain, we are asking the public to check your land, abandoned vehicles and outbuildings. Hunters, as you head back out to your cabins, hunting lands and deer stands, please take time to search for Jeremy Jourdain or any of the clothing he may have been wearing at the time of their disappearance
The Bemidji Police Department has partnered with Minnesota’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office (MMIR) to offer a reward of up to $10,000 for information in this case. This reward is part of a historic state initiative to offer cash incentives for tips in eligible MMIR investigations including long-term missing persons, suspicious death and homicide cases. To be eligible for a reward, tips must provide specific and actionable information that advances the investigation. Anonymous tips are accepted.
Additionally, If you have information about this missing person case you can report it and stay anonymous by contacting Crime Stoppers of Minnesota at their website www.CrimeStoppersMn.org, by calling the toll-free phone number 1-800-222-TIPS [8477]; or by using the P3 Tip Submit app installable on all smartphones. All contact with Crime Stoppers is anonymous and you may qualify for a reward of up to $1,000. To be eligible for the reward the tip must be submitted through Crime Stoppers. The Bemidji Police Department encourages you to submit information to Crime Stoppers, so you are free of retribution and remain safe while ‘doing the right thing’.
(Image: photo of Jeremy Jourdain and the sweatshirt he was wearing on the night he went missing)
