80: MISSING: Jesse Warren Ross

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True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On November 20, 2006, 19-year-old Jesse Warren Ross called his mother and told her about the incredible time he was having in Chicago at the Model UN Conference. He and several classmates from the University of Missouri–Kansas City had made the trip just days earlier.

But Jesse never made it home.

At around 2:00 a.m. on November 21, a select group of students, including Jesse, were called in for a late-night crisis simulation at the Sheraton on East North Water Street, where the conference was being held. The simulation was expected to last for hours. But at around 2:30 a.m., Jesse stood up, said he needed a break, and walked out of the hotel. He was never seen again.

It has now been more than eighteen years since Jesse disappeared, leaving his friends and family still searching, and still wondering—what happened to Jesse Ross that night?

19-year-old Jesse Warren Ross was attending a Model UN conference in November 2006 in Chicago. On the night of the 20th, he returned to his hotel, the Four Points Sheraton on North Rush Street, with his classmates. After drinking for a few hours, they decided to attend the conference dance at the Sheraton on East North Water Street.

Surveillance footage captured Jesse walking from his hotel to the conference hotel at around 12:45 a.m. on what was now November 21st. He was wearing a white t-shirt, a green hoodie, blue jeans, and black sneakers. The last confirmed sighting of him was at 2:30 a.m., when cameras recorded him leaving the conference hotel. He has not been seen since.

At the time of his disappearance, Jesse was 5’10” and weighed 140 pounds. He had short red hair, blue eyes, and freckles, and often went by the nickname "Opie." He also wore glasses.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Chicago Police Department at 312-745-5206 or the Missouri State Highway Patrol Missing Persons Unit at 1-800-877-3452.

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0:00.0	On November 20th, 2006, 19-year-old Jesse Warren Ross called his mother and told her about the
0:14.0	incredible time he was having in Chicago at the Model UN conference.
0:18.0	He and several classmates from the University of Missouri, Kansas City had made the trip
0:22.0	just days earlier, but Jesse would never make it home.
0:26.0	At around 2 a.m. on November 21st, a select group of students, including Jesse, attended a late
0:31.7	night crisis simulation at the Sheridan on East North Water Street where the conference
0:36.3	was being held.
0:37.7	The simulation was expected to last for hours, but around 30 minutes in, Jesse stood up,
0:42.9	said he needed a break, and walked out of the conference room.
0:46.7	It has now been more than 18 years since Jesse disappeared, leaving his friends and
0:50.7	family still searching and still wondering, what happened to Jesse Perspective.
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