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The original was posted on /r/unresolvedmysteries by /u/smpolushka on 2024-01-10 18:16:45+00:00.
I posted in this subreddit a while ago about Julia Potter, the girl who was kidnapped by her dad, Jason Potter, in November of 2014. You can read the original post down below as well as other additional edits that were made with updated details.
There has been an update on the case with new information released about Jason Potter. Fox 13 Seattle stated that detectives believe he is going out in public dressed as a woman.
Jason Potter could also be in the Himalayas, India, and Nepal.
To read the article and see a picture of what Jason Potter may look like dressed as a woman, click here.
If you are living in the Seattle area or happen to know any additional information about Jason Potter or Julia Potter, you can contact Seattle Police Det. Rande Christiansen at (206)615-0066.
You can also leave an anonymous tip to the Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound and can get a cash reward of up to $1000 by calling 1-800-222-TIPS or by using the P3 Tips app.
Let’s help get Julia home to her mother.
Original Post is down below.
This case has always stuck out to me, even 10 years later. I was 11 or 12 years old when the show Washington’s Most Wanted did a segment on Julia Potter. She was 6 years old at the time and she was abducted by her father, Jason Potter from her Seattle home. Julia’s mother created a facebook page dedicated to finding her daughter. (Since this community doesn’t allow Facebook links, the name of the page is “Finding abducted Julia Potter, 16 years old WA US”) Jason Potter, according to people who know him, has been known to be a weird guy. He has a nationwide warrant for his arrest and he called his private lawyer to let them know he will be living off grid. He also updated his profile picture to Lionel Richie saying “Hello? Is it me you’re looking for?”.
(EDITED) The only known sighting of Jason Potter was when he was seen visiting a nursing home in Olympia WA and a staff member recognized him. In 2021, Detectives say he tried to visit his father in a nursing home in Olympia where he was recognized by a staff member. He was not able to get access because of Covid. At that time, he had a beard and complained that he had driven a long way to get there. Detectives say there has been no contact between the two of them since then.
A possible sighting might have been in the North Olympic Peninsula. A woman suspects that the man she saw with a teenager during her time in the North Olympic Peninsula in WA was Jason Potter. She reported it to the federal marshal and felt as if the man she saw was Jason Potter after viewing the Finding Julia facebook page.
Another instance was someone finding a box of letters written by Jason Potter in a box at goodwill. This information was left as a comment in one of the posts that belonged to Julia’s mother on facebook (the comment cannot be found and it is presumed to be deleted: the only information known about the comment is that the letters were described to be strange and they were handed off to police). Ten years later, this case remains unsolved and not much coverage has been shined on it, limiting the amount of people to be informed on it in the PNW and beyond.
(EDITED PART) Detectives say Jason Potter is known to have an interest in boats and marinas, and could be working in that industry in Bellingham, Tacoma or Oregon City, Oregon.
To those living in the PNW and to those living outside of the PNW: Have you heard of the case? Is there any information you may know about both Jason and Julia Potter so we can give her mother answers?
Additional Links and info:
- Julia’s mothers Facebook page features her most recent posts that include AI generated images of what Julia may look like now.
- Julia’s missingkids.org Poster which features age progression images of both Julia and Jason Potter
- a KOMO news article relating to Julia’s case
- An Investigation Discovery article also detailing Julia’s Case