lester jones

Missing since: January 11, 2010

Black male

Hair: Black

Eyes: Brown

Height: 6’0’’

Weight: 205 lbs.

Age (at time of disappearance): 25

Last seen wearing: blue shirt and blue jeans

Tattoo(s): “LJ” (chest), “JESUS” (back), pit bull (left arm), “To live is to suffer, to survive is to find meaning in the suffering” (possibly on his back)

case details:

Jones disappeared from Starkville, Mississippi on January 11, 2010. He was en route to Jackson, Mississippi to visit friends. At the time Jones disappeared, he was driving a blue 2002 Ford Expedition with Mississippi tag KTW 714.

Jones and his vehicle were seen on surveillance video at a Sprint Mart gas station in Flowood, Mississippi at 10:18 p.m. This was the last known sighting of Jones. His cell phone was found in the restroom at this gas station as well.

At the time, Jones was pursuing a degree in biomedical engineering at Mississippi State University and was a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity. Jones was living with a roommate on Collegeview Street in Starkville, Mississippi. No further information is available regarding Jones’s disappearance; however, both he and his vehicle remain missing at this time.

Investigating Agency Information:

Starkville Police Department

(662)324-4019

NamUs ID#: MP5358


Additional Resources:

Penny 4 Our Thoughts (May 9, 2016)

The Charley Project