Erin Kay Pospisil

Missing Person
Age at Report: 15 YOA
DOB: April 14, 1986
Weight: 130 lbs.
Height: 5' 03"
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Missing From: Cedar Rapids, IA (Linn County)
Missing Since: June 3, 2001

Case summary by Jody Ewing

Erin Pospisil was reported missing to the Cedar Rapids Police Department on June 3, 2001.

The [then] 15-year-old was last seen at a friend's home in the 100 block of 12th Street SE on late Sunday, June 3, 2001, getting into a dark-colored Chevrolet Cavalier with tinted rear windows. Friends said they didn't recognize the car, but that Erin seemed to know the people inside and went with them willingly.

According to "Curtis" -- a friend of Erin's older brother -- he was leaving the Pospisil home at the same time as Erin and agreed to give her a ride to her friend Brit's home, where Erin and Brit planned to watch movies or go to the movie theater. When they arrived at Brit's house at 8:45 p.m., no one answered the door. As Erin walked back to Curtis’s truck, a dark-colored Chevrolet Cavalier with tinted rear windows pulled up to the curb. Erin went up to the car and had a short conversation with someone in the vehicle. She then told Curtis, “These guys will give me a ride,” and got into the Cavalier's back seat.

No one has seen nor heard from her since.

Erin -- a freshman at Metro High School -- lived with her father and stepmother, Jim and Carolyn Pospisil, and three siblings when she disappeared. The family distributed fliers and posted billboards with Erin's photo and description, to no effect beyond a few tips that proved unfounded.

Erin has a small scar above one eye and had red highlights in her hair at the time she disappeared. She was last seen wearing a light-colored tank top and beige overall shorts.

Erin Pospisil age-progressed to 23 years of age

If you have any information concerning this case please contact the Cedar Rapids Police Department at 319-286-5400 or 319-286-5491.

Sources, References, and Other Articles on Erin Pospisil:

IDPS Missing Persons Clearinghouse
Help Find a Child: Erin's Story
The Charley Project
"Cedar Rapids Family Remembers Missing Girl," The Cedar Rapids Gazette - May 31, 2009
KWWL - A Mother's Search - November 12, 2008
Numerous Links to Feature Articles on Erin
Iowa News Hawk - Other Gazette Articles
"My Sister is Missing," Teen People, August 2006

Page last updated: April 13, 2010