Donna Jou Missing Since June 23, 2007:John Steven Burgess Convicted Sex Offenders Sought (Met on CraigsList.org)
19 year old, San Diego State University student Donna Jou has been missing since June 23, 2007. Donna Jou was last seen at a party held at a Los Angeles home rented by John Steven Burgess. Burgess is a registered sex offender.
Investigators believe Burgess, a registered sex offender, picked Jou up on a motorcycle earlier that day near her Rancho Santa Margarita home, Amormino said.
Jou met the man on the Web site Craigslist.org, Amormino said.
The day after Jou left for the party, her mother received a text message from Jou’s cell phone saying she was coming home, Amormino said.
Jou, however, never arrived. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Men Sought In Case Of Missing Teen
Police said they are looking for a man named Kyle who is also known as Skinny Puppy. One of Jou’s family members identified him as the man who rode away with Jou on June 23, according to authorities.
The other man they are looking for is John Steven Burgess, a registered sex offender who rented the house where Jou was last seen.
Family members are very worried about Jou’s well-being.
Sex Offender Sought for questioning in the disappearance of Donna Jou
On Friday, Sheriff’s investigators narrowed their search to John Steven Burgess, a convicted sex offender who calls himself SinJin Stevens. He drives around in a blue 1998 Ford Ranger pickup with the vanity plate SINJIN 1 – and a 1981 Yamaha motorcycle with license plate of 14X1224. He disappeared the same day Donna did – and authorities want to talk to him.
“He’s wanted for questioning in the disappearance of Donna Jou,” Sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino said.
Burgess, who was convicted of lewd and lascivious acts with a child and of sending harmful material to a minor using the Internet, never registered as a sex offender. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. (OC Register)
Missing Persons Forum: Donna Jou
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i just read they made an arrest of the suspect
Comment by nancy | July 26, 2007
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Pingback by Scared Monkeys Missing Persons Site | July 26, 2007
I am not sure but I had a vision of the girl,if she was wearing a white shirt. She was lying on her face in a ditch in relatively wooded area
Comment by c | August 2, 2007
Please visit http://www.donnajou.com and leave a comment for the family if you have any information regarding Donna’s whereabouts.
Comment by Michelle | August 5, 2007
I met this shady character a few years ago when I was a voter initiative sub-manager for a political consulting company. He responded to an ad I put on Craigslist. Rather than do the signature gathering legitametely, he himself posted an ad on Craigslist and hired circulators. Rather than pay the circulators of the petition the full paying price, he decided to cheat them by promising to pay them half of what they were owed. I had found out about this and confronted him. He got angry about this and wanted to have a physical altercation. Later, I found out he never payed any of the dozen or so circulators a dime for their work. I am not surprised that he is a drug addict, thief, and possibly a killer. He is a real scum bag who deserves to be in jail the rest of his life.
Comment by Ray | August 22, 2007
The texas equu search team will find donna, and when they do, there will be forensics. Slim jim dirt bag burgess isn’t going anywhere. He is going too prison for good, as soon as this search team finds donna, alive or dead. My every breath of hope goes out too the jou family, your neighbor Mark
Comment by mark mcallister | October 28, 2007
TES wasn’t allowed to come in and search around for LAPD told them the area was full of homes and apartments, no vacant land and they didn’t want TES to come in. Also that CA and LA had lots of search and r. teams. Some of vacant land near the suspect’s house now has buildings on it so who knows if it is too late around in Palms (West Los Angeles)
See the Donna Jou thread under http://scaredmonkeys.net under Missing Persons for current info and pictures. The most current would be the family’s site….http://www.donnajou.com
There is a search scheduled for Dec. 29/30 by Trinity Search and Rescue. http://www.trinitysearch.org
Any info should be reported to American Most Wanted and/or the links on the Donna Jou site or to Orange County (CA) sheriff’s office where the missing persons file was placed.
The party she went to was in the Palms area of West Los Angeles near the Culver City border.
Comment by just moma | December 29, 2007
TES wasn’t allowed to come in and search around for LAPD told them the area was full of homes and apartments, no vacant land and they didn’t want TES to come in. Also that CA and LA had lots of search and r. teams. Some of vacant land near the suspect’s house now has buildings on it so who knows if it is too late around in Palms (West Los Angeles)
See the Donna Jou thread under http://scaredmonkeys.net under Missing Persons for current info and pictures. The most current would be the family’s site….http://www.donnajou.com
There is a search scheduled for Dec. 29/30 by Trinity Search and Rescue. http://www.trinitysearch.org
Any info should be reported to American Most Wanted and/or the links on the Donna Jou site or to Orange County (CA) sheriff’s office where the missing persons file was placed.
The party she went to was in the Palms area of West Los Angeles near the Culver City border.
Jim Amormino is media spokesman for Orange County (CA) Sheriff’s Dept.
Comment by just moma | December 29, 2007