Investigators team up to solve mystery of missing Iowa teen

48 Hours When an Iowa teen goes missing, a determined group of investigators make it their mission to find her .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-48-hours.jpg'); } By Natalie Morales, Natalie Morales "48 Hours" correspondent Natalie Morales is a "48 Hours" correspondent based in Los Angeles. Read Full Bio Natalie Morales, Betsy Shuller April 18, 2026 / 11:00 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Cheryl Nablo, a mother of three, is a detective with the Des Moines, Iowa police department. She specializes in finding missing kids. Det. Cheryl Nablo: I myself have thought of Jade several times when not at work.Det. Cheryl Nablo: I think of my own children. … if you went a day not knowing where one of your kids … was at … you'd go crazy. … nobody wants to be living in a world where they don't know where their kid is … or if their kids' safe. Jade Colvin is missingIn 2022, Nablo joined forces with Deputy U.S. Marshal Justin Wallace, Detective Chris Wuebker and Special Agent Jon Turbett in the search for Jade Colvin. Jade was 14 when she was reported missing in June 2016 after she ran away from a local shelter for troubled youth. Deputy U.S. Marshal Justin Wallace: We are here to locate kids who run away. Jade Colvin was 14 when she went missing on June 10, 2016. She had been missing for more than four years when Operation Homecoming took on her cold case.  Jade Colvin/Instagram The U.S. Marshals Service had adopted Jade's case as part of a statewide effort to find missing children called Operation Homecoming. Natalie Morales: What are the challenges … in finding missing children?Det. Cheryl Nablo: … when somebody goes missing, they want to be missing. They don't want you to know where they are … it's hard to track 'em down. At that point Jade had been missing for more than five years. Natalie Morales: Where do you begin?Deputy U.S. Marshal Justin Wallace: You gotta...