Six-year-old Elle Ragin of Northfield, Minnesota, was last seen on June 19, 2022. Described as happy and well-cared-for and very close to her mother, Lisa Wade, Elle attended Prairie Creek Community School. A welfare check on July 2, 2022, found 39-year-old Wade dead from an apparent suicide and Elle absent.

Investigators believe Wade was involved in Elle’s disappearance; a suicide note attributed to Wade stated that Elle was dead. Cell phone records place Wade at Mississippi River County Park on June 21, where her phone was turned off that afternoon. On June 23 a deputy found Wade distressed in the same park. Searches concentrated on that park and the Mississippi River; Elle’s cell phone was found on land, while Wade’s phone, purse, and keys were recovered from the river. Surveillance footage from June 23 through July 2 captured Wade alone.

The case is active and no trace of Elle has been located. If anyone knew Elle’s routines, saw her after June 19, 2022, or has information about Wade’s movements in late June, please come forward.