Missing Child Alert – Jayc Aerron Priest, Jayriq Orion Rupert, And Jerriyah Darron Rupert Are Missing And Are Believed To Be In Danger (Photo) - 08/07/26
EDITOR’S NOTE: ODHS does not have a photo of Jerriyah Rupert. Pictures of Jayc Priest and Jayriq Rupert are attached.
(Salem) – The Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS), Child Welfare Program, asks the public to help find Jayc Priest, age 12; Jayriq Rupert, age 9; and Jerriyah Rupert, age 4; who went missing from Prineville on Aug. 4. They are believed to be in danger.
ODHS asks the public for help in the effort to find Jayc Priest, Jayriq Rupert, and Jerriyah Rupert and to contact 911 or local law enforcement if they believe they see them.
They are suspected to be in Central Oregon.
Sometimes when a child is missing, they may be in significant danger and ODHS may need to locate them to assess and support their safety. As ODHS works to do everything it can to find these missing children and assess their safety, media alerts will be issued in some circumstances. Sometimes, in these situations, a child may go missing repeatedly, resulting in more than one media alert for the same child.
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Child Legal Name: Jayc Priest
Child Preferred Name:
Pronouns: He/Him
Age: 12
Hair color: Brown
Prineville Police Department report #26000887
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) Report #: 2097536
Date Missing: Aug. 4, 2026
Suspected and/or frequented location(s): Prineville, OR, Bend, OR, and Stillwater, OK
Child Legal Name: Jayriq Rupert
Pronouns: He/Him
Age: 9
Hair color: Brown
Prineville Police Department report #26000887
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) Report #: 2097536
Date Missing: Aug. 4, 2026
Suspected and/or frequented location: Prineville, OR, Bend, OR, and Stillwater, OK
Child Legal Name: Jerriyah Rupert
Pronouns: He/Him
Age: 4
Hair color: Brown
Prineville Police Department report #26000887
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) Report #: 2097536
Date Missing: Aug. 4, 2026
Suspected and/or frequented location(s): Prineville, OR, Bend, OR, and Stillwater, OK
