04/03/2025
In April of 2010 after family and friends had not heard from Jacob for a few days they reported him as a Missing Person. The last contact with Jacob in Northern Michigan was on March 31, 2010, when he was with friends frisbee golfing at Hickory Hills.
Information gathered indicates Jacob was also in Mattawan, MI on 4/1/10 driving his 2002 silver Chevy Malibu, Michigan registration BKQ4107. Jacob was last seen on 4/2/2010 in West Fork, Arkansas. No information was identified that this was a planned trip for Jacob.
Jacob Cabinaw was 31 years old at the time he went missing. Jacob was a father to two boys, member of the Michigan National Guard and due to graduate with his mechanic certification in two weeks.
The Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office has continued throughout the years to investigate this unsolved missing person case with the goal to let the family know we will never forget their loved one.
The Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office has received assistance from the F.B.I. Violent Criminal Apprehension Program. VICAP assists Law Enforcement to track and correlate information on violent crime. The FBI VICAP has been a tool in solving many cases, including missing person cases decades old and cases in widely separated states.
If anyone has information related to the missing person case of Jacob Cabinaw, please call 231-995-5039 or 231-995-5012.
