On January 31, 2025, the Quapaw Nation Marshal Service responded to a call regarding the discovery of human remains in rural Ottowa County, Oklahoma. The remains were found near South 565 Road and East 30 Road, north of Commerce, about a 40 minute drive from where Aubrey was last seen.
The remains were taken to the Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s Office and identified as 25 year old Aubrey Dameron, who was last seen in Grove, Oklahoma on March 9, 2019.
Neither the cause or manner of de*ath has been released, and the investigation into Aubrey’s case remains ongoing.
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. released the following statement:
“After nearly six years missing, our Cherokee Nation citizen Aubrey Dameron has been recovered today. Our thoughts and prayers are with her Aunt Pam and Uncle Christian, who always put Aubrey’s missing persons case, and all MMIP cases, in the forefront where it belonged. Aubrey, who was extremely proud of her Cherokee culture, had a bright future and her young life was cut too short. Our Marshals led many searches for her, erected billboards to help find her and helped raise awareness on her case, and that of many others over these past few years. We know her family is in mourning, and Deputy Chief and I, and the entire tribe, offer our condolences and support to her family and friends during this difficult time. Rest in peace dear Aubrey.” – Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr
If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Aubrey Dameron please contact Cherokee Marshals at (918) 207-3800 or call the FBI at (918) 664-3300.
The Disappearance of Aubrey Dameron
Aubrey Dameron was born on October 22, 1993. She is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Dameron began transitioning and identifying as female during high school.
Dameron previously lived with her ex-boyfriend, Jay C. Pierson, in New Mexico. During that time, she got breast augmentation surgery in Colorado as part of her transition.
On August 18, 2018, Dameron moved back to her family home in rural Oklahoma, citing a bad relationship that she needed to get away from.
At the time of her disappearance, Dameron was living with her mother, brother, and stepfather at her family’s residence on the outskirts of Grove, Oklahoma. She loved music and had dreams of becoming a singer.
Her last facebook post before she went missing reads “You’re never too important to be nice to people.”
Disappearance
On March 9, 2019, Aubrey Dameron was last seen leaving her mother’s house around 3:30 am, telling her family she was going to meet up with a friend.
Dameron never returned home and has never been heard from again. She left without her purse and anti-epilepsy medications.
On March 11, 2019, her family filed a missing person’s report with the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office when they couldn’t contact her.
Investigation
The area Aubrey disappeared from is rural, with no destinations she would have gone to within walking distance.
On March 16, 2019, unconfirmed sightings of Aubrey Dameron were reported at a casino owned by the Quapaw Nation in Joplin, Missouri.
On March 23, 2019, authorities conducted an extensive search in the wooded area behind Dameron’s family house. A sock with possible blood was recovered about a half mile away from her family home and sent for testing, but the results came back inconclusive.
Dameron’s cell phone last pinged to an area 100 yards from her mother’s house around 3:42 am on the night she disappeared before it died or was shut off.
During a search in the summer of 2019, a shallow grave with a black leather jacket was found near Kenwood. The results from the search came back inconclusive when compared with Aubrey’s DNA.
Crossroads K9 SAR of Louisiana conducted a search for Aubrey in November 2019, but turned up nothing.
Aubrey’s DNA has been submitted to the OSBI, the National Crime Information Center, and the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System databases.
Report of possible kidnapping result in arrest on extortion charge
On March 12, 2019, Dameron’s ex-boyfriend, Jay C. Pierson, received a phone call from a woman claiming Dameron “was being held against her will in Ketchum for drug money owed.”
42-year-old Deanette Rowbotham told Pierson that “if he would send some money she would put in some of her own money” and that “if they don’t get the money they’re gonna take him for a ride.”
Rowbotham later admitted to authorities that her claim of kidnapping and ransom was untrue and she was charged with extortion.
