Damon Lee Boyd Remains Missing; Official Sources List Conflicting Disappearance Dates

Alert details

10/24/2026

MINNESOTA — Damon Lee Boyd remains missing, with an unresolved discrepancy between official sources about when he disappeared. A newer Minnesota Department of Public Safety flyer lists 04/30/2014 as his last-seen date, while the BCA bulletin and NamUs list 05/27/2014 as his date of last contact. The public accounts summarized here do not explain the difference.

Damon was 29 when he disappeared in spring 2014. Born on 12/17/1984, he would now be 41. He is an enrolled member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.

Before his disappearance, Damon had been receiving addiction treatment at Douglas Place in East Grand Forks. The BCA bulletin says he left a residential facility there at the end of May 2014. Early reporting and the newer state flyer instead place his last sighting in the Grand Forks–East Grand Forks area on April 30. Neither date is presented here as resolving the conflicting accounts.

Several communities appear in reports about Damon, each with a different connection to his life. East Grand Forks in Polk County was the location of the treatment facility. His grandfather kept a room for him in Squaw Lake in Itasca County, according to reporting. He spent time in Bemidji, and investigators later said he was believed to have been heading there.

The Charley Project says Damon had previously stayed at Northlands Rescue Mission in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Its profile also records a possible mid-July 2014 sighting in Fargo–Moorhead and mentions Rosebud, Montana, his father’s hometown, as a possible destination. The sighting is not presented here as confirmed, and the possible destination does not establish that he traveled there.

These connections help explain why sources variously associate his case with Itasca County, Polk County, East Grand Forks or Grand Forks. They do not establish his route after leaving treatment.

In a Grand Forks Herald report published on 01/28/2025, search advocate Lissa Yellow Bird Chase said she became Damon’s legal guardian and obtained medical records confirming an emergency-room visit at Sanford Medical Center in Bemidji shortly before his disappearance. She described recurring hospital treatment for severe alcohol withdrawal. The article did not give the visit’s exact date, so the account does not independently resolve the April-versus-May discrepancy.

The Herald also reported that Yellow Bird Chase and her organization, Sahnish Scouts of North Dakota, had conducted numerous searches with her cadaver dogs. She planned further research and searches around Bemidji in 2025. Those were reported plans; their subsequent results were not established in the public material summarized here.

The Charley Project describes Damon as a vulnerable adult with mental health concerns and a history of alcohol dependence and treatment. These circumstances explain concern for his safety but do not establish what happened to him.

Damon was raised by his grandfather, Louis “Louie” Boyd, who died in April 2024 without learning what happened to him. Yellow Bird Chase told the Herald that finding Damon had been his grandfather’s final wish. In January 2025, she described the case as “completely cold.” That was her assessment, not an official announcement that the investigation had closed.

On 09/25/2023, a large search in southwestern Bemidji sought clues in Nevaeh Kingbird’s disappearance and other missing-person cases. KAXE reported that investigators were also seeking information about Damon and Jeremy Jourdain. Damon was believed to have been heading toward Bemidji in 2014. Including the cases in the same search effort does not establish that their disappearances are connected; no verified announcement linking them was identified in the material summarized here.

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF DAMON LEE BOYD

04/30/2014: Last-seen date listed on the newer Minnesota Department of Public Safety flyer and used in early reporting.

05/27/2014: Date of last contact in the BCA bulletin and NamUs entry. The discrepancy with the April date remains publicly unexplained.

Mid-July 2014: The Charley Project records a possible Fargo–Moorhead sighting. Confirmation has not been established in the accounts summarized here.

09/25/2023: A Bemidji search effort included appeals for information about Damon.

April 2024: His grandfather died after years of searching for him.

01/28/2025: The Grand Forks Herald published an interview about his guardian’s continued efforts and medical-record research.

10/24/2026: Damon remains listed in Minnesota’s missing-person clearinghouse.

The newer state flyer describes Damon as 6 feet 4 inches tall and approximately 185 pounds, with brown eyes and black, curly hair. He sometimes wears glasses and was last seen with a thin goatee. The older BCA bulletin describes his hair as brown. His NamUs number is MP25171.

Key unanswered questions in the public reporting include the exact date he left treatment, the date of his Bemidji hospital visit, his transportation and intended destination, and whether the possible Fargo–Moorhead sighting was confirmed. No verified public resolution, identified suspect or arrest in his disappearance was identified in the material summarized here. These limits describe available public reporting, not the contents of the investigative file.

Anyone with information about Damon Lee Boyd is asked to contact the Itasca County Sheriff’s Office at 218-326-3477. The newer state flyer states that anonymous tips are accepted.

Sources: Minnesota Department of Public Safety missing-person flyer; Minnesota BCA bulletin and missing-person clearinghouse; NamUs MP25171; The Charley Project; Grand Forks Herald, 01/28/2025; KAXE reporting on the 09/25/2023 search.

Missing-person details

Name

Damon Lee Boyd

Date of birth

12/17/1984

Last seen date/time

Conflicting official dates: newer state flyer lists 04/30/2014; BCA bulletin and NamUs list 05/27/2014. No public explanation reconciling them was identified.

Last seen location

Grand Forks–East Grand Forks area; associated with Douglas Place treatment facility in East Grand Forks

Age

29 at disappearance; 41 as of 10/24/2026

Description and identifying details

Height

6 feet 4 inches

Weight

Approximately 185 pounds

Hair

Black and curly on the newer state flyer; brown in the older BCA bulletin

Eyes

Brown

Identifying marks

Sometimes wears glasses; last seen with a thin goatee

Contact information

Contact agency

Itasca County Sheriff’s Office

Contact phone

218-326-3477

Case number

NamUs MP25171

Additional details

Welfare concerns

The bulletin notes that police and his family were concerned for his welfare

Tip information

Anonymous tips accepted, according to the newer state flyer

Tribal affiliation

Enrolled member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe