Nine-year-old Jevanni Meither was taken from his Warm Springs, Oregon, home in the early morning hours of December 27, 2020. He is a member of the American Indian / Alaska Native community, about 4 feet 4 inches tall at the time, weighed 60 to 75 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He is known by the nicknames Papa, Lil Man, Qwik, and Vanni.

Reports indicate Jevanni was taken sometime between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. Investigators believed non-custodial family members may have taken him and that he could be in the Portland area. The Warm Springs Tribal Police Department took the case, entered his information into national missing-person databases, and circulated his photo and description, but no confirmed sightings had produced a break in the case.

The investigation remained active with the Warm Springs Police Department, which asks anyone with information to call 541-553-3272. Does anyone have information about Jevanni’s possible whereabouts or contacts in the Portland area?