Kateri Marie Mishow, a 22-year-old Native American woman, was last seen in Minneapolis on January 5, 2007. She was described as 5 feet 2 inches to 5 feet 3 inches tall, about 100 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. When last seen she wore a blue jean jacket and pants and an oversized black leather coat with fur lining; distinguishing marks include a Tweety Bird with angel wings tattoo on the back of her shoulder, multiple ear piercings, a nose piercing, a scar on her right elbow and a skin discoloration on her thigh. Her last known address was in the 2200 block of 11th Avenue South.

Family members say Kateri was close to her brother and sister-in-law and had a daily habit of calling her father that stopped suddenly. Friends checked on her and the family filed a missing persons report with the Minneapolis Police Department on January 23, 2007. A friend who was incarcerated later told Kateri’s mother he had overheard inmates saying Kateri was in the Mississippi River; her father searched the riverbanks for two years without finding her.

The investigation remains open with the Minneapolis Police Department. If anyone knew Kateri, where she spent time in early January 2007, or has information that could help her family, please come forward.