Colorado Missing Persons Day—February 2, 2024

Ceremony to be held at State Capitol

LAKEWOOD, Colo.) -- Colorado Missing Persons Day is being honored with a series of events at the state Capitol building (200 E. Colfax Ave.) beginning at 9 a.m. on Friday, February 2, 2024.

In addition to a Resolution being read at the Capitol, a prayer vigil will honor 606 individuals currently missing for a year or more in the State of Colorado. 

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will also post the list of those missing in Colorado to its website on the day of the event.  

Order of events at the State Capitol Building: 

8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.  – Family members are invited to meet in Senate Committee Room #357,  near the Senate Gallery.  

9 a.m. – Family members will join the Senate in their chambers to observe the ceremony to designate February 4 as Colorado Missing Persons Day. 

9:45 a.m.  - 10:30 a.m. – Family members will join the House in their chambers to observe the ceremony to designate Feb. 4, 2024 as Colorado Missing Persons Day. 

10:45 a.m. – 11 a.m. (or at the conclusion of the Senate/House Sessions): A Prayer Vigil and the reading of the names of the missing will take place on the West Steps of the Colorado State Capitol Building.  

The ceremony will conclude with a Bubble Release.  

*Order and timing of events are dependent on weather. All updates about Colorado Missing Persons Day will be on the Bureau’s Facebook and Twitter pages. 

“Events such as Colorado Missing Persons Day help communities across the state shed light on this important issue,” said CBI Director Chris Schaefer. “The CBI works tirelessly on cold case and missing persons investigations alongside our public safety partners, and provides resources to families of those missing here in Colorado, and throughout the United States.”