Halloween 2026 marks ten full years since 17-year-old Jeremy Jourdain vanished from the streets of Bemidji, and the case remains unsolved. He was last seen near Sixth Street Southeast and Wood Avenue Southeast on October 31, 2016, wearing a blue and gray hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and black-and-white Air Jordan shoes. He would be 27 years old today.
At the time he disappeared, Jourdain stood 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighed 175 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, according to FOX 9. The outlet reports that a reward of up to $10,000 remains available for information that helps advance the investigation into his disappearance, and that anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Bemidji Police Department at 218-333-9111, with anonymous tips also accepted through CrimeStoppers of Minnesota.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety flagged the anniversary in a Facebook post Saturday titled “This Halloween will mark 10 years since Jeremy Jourdain was last seen in Bemidji,” shared on behalf of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, which included an image of Jourdain and the sweatshirt he wore the night he went missing.
A Decade of Dead Ends and Persistent Searches
Over the past ten years, investigators have followed hundreds of leads, interviewed numerous people and searched vehicles, private properties and public lands, per the same FOX 9 account. Search efforts have included airplanes, helicopters, drones, search dogs, boats, canoes and ground searches, the station reports.
The Bemidji Pioneer similarly reports that the department has organized and conducted numerous searches by air, land and water over the years. The Pioneer has also reported, in earlier coverage, that the department continues to investigate Jourdain’s disappearance as an active investigation.
A Wide Web of Agencies Still on the Case
Bemidji police continue working with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, FBI, Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office, tribal law enforcement agencies and the Minnesota Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office, the station notes. The Pioneer has reported that the department has also worked with the Leech Lake Tribal Police, Red Lake Police Department and Cass County Sheriff’s Office over the course of the investigation.
The case has also drawn attention from the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs, which lists Jourdain among its missing and murdered cases. The breadth of agencies involved underscores how Jourdain’s disappearance has been treated not as a routine missing-persons case but as one demanding coordination across local, state, tribal and federal lines.
Community Vigil Marks the Milestone
Bemidji held a community vigil on October 24, where the gathering marked ten years since Jeremy Jourdain disappeared, according to MPR News. His mother, Theresa Jourdain, spoke at the event, the outlet reported.
The vigil took place alongside broader remembrances for missing and murdered Indigenous relatives in the region, a reminder that Jourdain’s case sits within a wider and painfully familiar pattern across Minnesota. The reward tied to his case falls under the state’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives program, which the Minnesota Department of Public Safety describes as a historic initiative offering monetary rewards of up to $10,000 for tips in eligible missing persons, suspicious death and homicide investigations.
Under the program’s rules, a case must complete the MMIR intake process and remain open with a law enforcement agency to qualify for reward consideration, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. The agency also states that the director of the MMIR office is authorized to pay a reward to anyone who provides relevant information in a missing or murdered Indigenous relatives investigation, consistent with its reward fund policy.
Ten years on, no arrest has been announced and no resolution has been reported in Jourdain’s case. Investigators continue to ask anyone with information, no matter how small it may seem, to come forward as the search for answers stretches into its second decade.
