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Photos discovered on an old cell phone help solve the case of Jade Colvin's disappearance | 48 Hours

2026-05-10 News & Politics
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Watch "Jade Colvin is Missing" and then catch up with "48 Hours" correspondents Anne-Marie Green and Natalie Morales as they discuss the case of 14-year-old Jade Colvin on "Post Mortem," who went missing after running away from the Iowa foster care system. 00:00 Jade Colvin is Missing 41:59 Watch the "Post Mortem" podcast True crime. Real justice. "48 Hours" investigates the most intriguing crime and justice cases that touch on all areas of the human experience including greed and passion. "48 Hours," which premiered in 1988, has developed a rich history of original reporting and impact journalism that has helped exonerate wrongly convicted people, caused cold cases to be reopened and solved, and along the way changed lives. Subscribe to the "48 Hours" YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/48hours Watch full episodes of "48 Hours": https://cbsnews.com/48-hours/full-episodes/ Listen to the "48 Hours" podcasts: 48hourspodcasts.com Follow "48 Hours" on Instagram: https://instagram.com/48hoursCBS/ Like "48 Hours" on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/48hours Follow "48 Hours" on Twitter: https://twitter.com/48hours Subscribe to our newsletter: https://cbsnews.com/newsletter/ Download the CBS News app: https://cbsnews.com/mobile/ Try Paramount+ free: https://paramountplus.com/?ftag=PPM-05-10aeh8h For video licensing inquiries, contact: [email protected]

Top Comments (10)

@didine256 2026-05-10

The mother left her 13yo daughter to the farm of the dude she started dating 3 months ago. The place is isolated and the gentleman lives with his 2 young adults sons. She thought her daughter was in a "safe" environment? 😢😣

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@nb-user25 2026-05-10

38:08 The fact that LaDawn dropped her daughter off at that farm proves why she was deemed unfit to care for her daughter. LaDawn didn’t know this guy was dangerous? She didn’t try to find out! Jade was failed in so many ways.

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@barb-jm7990 2026-05-10

That poor girl would be here is her mother was not so messed up. Her mother's drug use and then taking her to that farm to live with a predator is why she is gone. Also, they need to arrest the person who did the terrible job on the aunt's lips!! Way over done! Clown like!

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@sarahshouse1890 2026-05-11

Basically, the mother blindly dropped her off at a farm in the middle of nowhere to live with a wayward predator who killed her. Shameful, reckless, and disgusting. Smh...

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@ohhipeter 2026-05-11

I love the aunts “we’re here for you Jade!” Meanwhile they let her go to foster care

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@Derek-4944 2026-05-11

Her mother ruined her life from the cradle right to her grave poor kid didn't have a chance with a mother like hers 😢😢

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@andystar3429 2026-05-10

Nobody really cared about that poor girl. She was abandoned by her own mother and the rest of her family. How could a child end up completely alone, bouncing between foster homes, when she clearly had relatives besides her mother? Her aunt didn’t take her in, and her own mother put her in a dangerous house with three men. It’s heartbreaking 😔

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@SimplySuspiciousShawna 2026-05-11

I couldn’t imagine dropping my daughter off in a remote location like that with a man I’ve only dated for 3 months!!!! That is INSANE…. INSANE!! I can only imagine how lonely and scared Jade must have felt. The message mom left her saying to stay there until she’s 18… 5 years? That poor girl never stood a chance in this world.

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@lindavance5526 2026-05-11

Pathetic family and friends left this little girl to live like this....... I wouldn;t show my face on this episode. WHY didn;t any of them take her in ! Disgusting!

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@karenkingrey6142 2026-05-11

Mom was clearly unfit on every level, but also, it’s a shame there weren’t “so many people” willing to help Jade BEFORE! Like bring her into their safe home. It’s also a shame he didn’t get “the chair”!

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