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Status
Open case
Case type
Missing person
Person involved
Colleen Elizabeth Perris
Location
Plantation, FloridaBroward County
Date
Investigating agency
Plantation Police Department
Case number
0010000046Plantation PD case
Last checked

The story

In short: An open missing person case involving Colleen Elizabeth Perris from Plantation, Florida, September 30, 2000. Plantation Police Department is the investigating agency (case no. 0010000046). Tips: Plantation Police Department, 954-797-2100.

Our summary of the public record. The small numbers show where each fact comes from. Tap one to see the source.

Colleen Perris was 18 when she left her family's home in Plantation, Florida, on the afternoon of September 30, 2000. According to case summaries, she took a call on her cell phone around 3 p.m., told her parents she was heading to Coral Springs for a short while, and said she would be back in time to go to a Florida Marlins game with them that evening. She never came home.

Six days later, on October 6, 2000, her white 1994 Mazda MX-6 was found in a shopping-center parking lot in Tamarac. Case summaries say her phone and purse were not with the car. Investigators have not said publicly where she went after leaving home.

The case stayed open with the Plantation Police Department for more than two decades. In March 2026 the FBI's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) issued a new alert asking law enforcement and the public for help. It lists her tattoos (a butterfly on her lower back, a Chinese character on her right ankle and a band on her left ankle) and piercings, and asks anyone with information to contact Plantation police.

Timeline

What happened, in order.

  1. Perris takes a phone call around 3 p.m. at her family's home, says she is going to Coral Springs briefly and will be back for a Marlins game that evening. She is not seen again.14

  2. Her white 1994 Mazda MX-6 is found in a shopping-center parking lot in Tamarac.14

  3. Nearly 13 years on, her parents tell CBS Miami they still hope she will be found; NCMEC has released an age-progressed image.6

  4. The FBI's ViCAP unit releases a new missing-person alert (Alert 2026-03-11) for Perris on behalf of Plantation police.12

Key facts

What is known for sure. Each one is checked against a source.

  • She was 18, about 5'1" and 100 lbs, with sandy blonde hair with red highlights and hazel eyes when she disappeared.2
  • Identifying marks: a butterfly tattoo on her lower back, a Chinese character on her right ankle and a band/bracelet tattoo on her left ankle; pierced ears, navel and tongue.123
  • She had plans to go to a baseball game with her parents later that day.1
  • Her car was recovered in Tamarac, about six days after she was last seen.14
  • The case is listed in NamUs as MP8724 and with NCMEC as case 1068869.57

Still unanswered

What nobody knows yet.

  1. Where did she go after leaving home on the afternoon of September 30, 2000?
  2. How and when did her car end up in the Tamarac shopping-center lot?
  3. Did anyone see her or her Mazda between September 30 and October 6, 2000?

Photos & video

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View larger photo: Colleen Perris, as pictured on the FBI ViCAP alert (date of photo unknown)
Colleen Perris, as pictured on the FBI ViCAP alert (date of photo unknown)FBI ViCAP · Public domain
View larger photo: FBI ViCAP missing-person alert for Colleen Perris, released March 26, 2026
FBI ViCAP missing-person alert for Colleen Perris, released March 26, 2026FBI ViCAP · Public domain

Outside coverage and documents

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Sources

Everything on this page comes from these 7 public sources. News coverage is linked, never copied.

Official records

  1. 1Colleen Elizabeth Perris - Plantation, Florida (ViCAP Missing Persons)FBI, March 26, 2026
  2. 2ViCAP Alert: Missing Person - Colleen Elizabeth Perris (Alert 2026-03-11)FBI, March 26, 2026
  3. 3Florida Missing Person Flyer: Colleen Elizabeth PerrisFlorida Department of Law Enforcement

Databases

  1. 4Colleen Elizabeth PerrisThe Charley Project, May 5, 2026
  2. 5Missing Person / NamUs #MP8724NamUs
  3. 7Have you seen this child? Colleen Elizabeth PerrisNational Center for Missing & Exploited Children

News coverage

  1. 6Family Doesn't Lose Hope For Daughter Missing 13 YearsCBS News Miami, May 7, 2013

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