Update 1 – Located - Missing St. Catharines Youth to Locate

Detectives with the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) 1 District (St. Catharines/Thorold) Criminal Investigations Bureau (CIB) have advised that 17-year-old Jada BALGOBIN had been located safe in St. Catharines by uniform officers.

Detectives would like to thank the public for their assistance in this incident.

The NRPS has removed Jada’s photo from the original media release and our social media for her privacy.  We ask the public and media outlets to consider doing the same.

Original Release

26-21137 - Missing St. Catharines Youth to Locate

Detectives with the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) 1 District (St. Catharines/Thorold) Criminal Investigations Bureau (CIB) are requesting the publics assistance in locating 17-year-old Jada BALGOBIN.

Jada was last seen in the downtown area of St. Catharines on Wednesday February 11, 2026, and was reported missing from a different region on February 20, 2026.

1 District detectives have taken over the investigation and their efforts to locate Jada have come up empty.  Detectives have a concern for her wellbeing and are appealing to the public for assistance in locating her.

Jada is described as follows.

• Female
• White
• 5’3” tall
• Thin build
• Dark brown/red hair

Anyone with information on Jada’s whereabouts is asked to contact the NRPS at 905-688-4111, option 3, extension 1009964.

Members of the community who wish to provide information anonymously can contact Crime Stoppers of Niagara online or by calling 1-800-222-8477(TIPS). Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards to people who contact the program with information which leads to an arrest.

NRPS Incident 26-21137