Father of Missing Woman Organizes Search Party for Today

The father of the missing Ross Township woman, Jamie Nichole Peterson, is organizing a search party Saturday to comb the area near where she lived. 

"I've got a funny feeling," he said. "I can't just sit still." 

 are still investigating the disappearance of Peterson, 30, who hasn't been seen by friends or family since early afternoon Monday, Sept. 26. Her mother, Darlene Peterson, reported her missing after her children, a 9-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl, returned home from school and couldn't find her.

Peterson and her children live in the area of North Fremont Avenue, near Bellevue Borough. A car Peterson was using for transportation was still parked in front of the home, police said. 

The last person to see Peterson was an ex-boyfriend who came over that afternoon to pick up clothing he had left behind, said her father, Jim Peterson.

She had broken off the five-year relationship three weeks earlier, he said. 

Witnesses said she and the ex-boyfriend talked outside in the yard and that she did not get in his car, her father said. 

Peterson disappeared once before, about eight years ago, he said. 

"Each day that goes by, it gets harder and harder to stay positive," he said. 

A former state constable in Ross Township, from 1995 to 1998, Jim Peterson said the search he has planned for Saturday has about 20 volunteers so far. It will  at 10:30 a.m. today at the Giant Eagle at 4110 Brighton Road.

Jamie Peterson bought groceries at the Giant Eagle before returning home to meet her ex-boyfriend, he said. 

He is asking volunteers to wear long pants and closed toe shoes and to bring a cell phone and camera. Maps and instructions will be distributed on site, he said.

Peterson attended Rosedale Technical Institute in 2004 and graduated in 2005 with an automative. A mechanic, she was on disability leave from a . 

"She is exceptionally skilled," said her mother, Darlene Peterson who also described Jamie as outgoing and helpful.

Jamie Peterson attended  and graduated from Northgate High School. 

Peterson is white, 5'3" tall and of stocky build. She has shoulder-length brown hair with blond streaks and green eyes. She wears black glasses with pink speckles. She also has multiple tattoos, including a butterfly tattoo on her neck, a purple bear on her left arm, a cross on her left shoulder, a daisy on her right shoulder and a purple rose on her right breast.

Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to contact the at 412-931-9070.