Jamie Peters Cold Case

UP TO $1000 REWARD

San Diego County Crime Stoppers along with investigators from the El Cajon Police Department’s Cold Case Unit continue to look for leads to help locate 19-year-old James Ronald Peters (Jamie).

Jamie Peters was last seen by his mother on September 2, 1988. Jamie had moved in with a roommate in El Cajon. His roommate denied any knowledge of Jamie’s whereabouts and said he left the apartment and didn’t say where he was going.

Three months later Jamie’s 1970 green Volkswagen bug was found abandoned on Mussey Grade Road in Ramona. His car had been stripped and vandalized. Jamie has not made contact with anyone and/or his remains have never been discovered.

Please copy and paste the link below into your internet browser to view a video statement from Jamie's sister (Kamryn Peters).

*** https://youtu.be/W3-9VKeq-eg ***

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Jamie Peters is asked to call the El Cajon Police Department’s Cold Case Unit at (619) 593-5774 or email coldcase@elcajon.gov. You can also call the Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at (888) 580-8477. Visit the Crime Stoppers website at www.sdcrimestoppers.org for more information on how to send anonymous web and mobile app tips.

  • Media inquiries about this case can be directed to El Cajon Police Department's Investigations Division Lieutenant Keith MacArthur at (619) 593-3320 or email at kmacarthur@elcajon.gov.


  • Media inquiries about Crime Stoppers can be directed to Officer Mark Herring at (619) 531-1500 or email at msherring@pd.sandiego.gov or Deputy Marcial Lopez at (619) 531-1547 or email at marcial.lopez@sdsheriff.org .