MUS-2026-0033
Archive card
MUS-2026-0033
Missing person
- Incident
- 2006
- Indexed
- Oct 2, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Chicago Police Department
- Location
- Chicago IL
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Jesse Ross, 19, a University of Missouri-Kansas City student, walked out of a 2:30 a.m. Model UN crisis simulation at the Sheraton in Chicago, Illinois, in 2006. Lobby cameras caught him leaving. He never reached his hotel ten minutes away, and there has been zero phone or bank-card activity since. He was never found. Coverage includes Chicago Tribune anniversary pieces, the documentary 'When I Last Saw Jesse,' a CUE Center profile, and two books by his father on the case.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2006
Jesse Ross, 19, walks out of a 2:30 a.m. Model UN crisis simulation at the Chicago Sheraton. Lobby cameras catch him leaving.
- 2006
He never reaches his hotel ten minutes away. No phone or bank-card activity is ever recorded again.
- 2026
He was never found. The case remains unsolved.
Key people
The people in the file.
19, a UMKC student. Walked out of a Model UN event at the Chicago Sheraton in 2006 and never reached his hotel.
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Investigating agency
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