OK Broken Bow, OK - Johnny Archie, US Marine, Missing Summer 1984,

[subaw0067]

***TYPO IN TITLE He went missing in 1982, not 1984.

Hello Sleuthers,

This is another case not in NAMUS and I am waiting to hear back from the Broken Bow Police Department to ensure they have an open missing persons report. If they do, I will encourage them to list him in NAMUS.

Johnny Archie graduated from Broken Bow High School in May or June of 1982 and went into the United States Marine Corps. He came home on a 2 week leave after boot camp, and friends and family saw him during that time in Broken Bow. He got a ride to Dallas where he caught a flight back to California and was never seen again. After his disappearance, his paternal grandparents hired a private investigator who was able to see Johnny retrieving his luggage on a CCTV camera at an airport in California, and the trail went cold. I have searched public records and am not able to find anything about him except for the Broken Bow yearbook. His mother, a brother, and an uncle are still living in Broken Bow.

I will post any updates as I get them from Law Enforcement, but wanted to see if any other sleuthers could find proof of life of Johnny Archie after the summer of 1982. I would also love to hear Doe suggestions, but nobody seems to remember how tall he was or how much he weighed. I am hoping the police department can provide that information.

 

[Caring1]

Hello Sleuthers,

This is another case not in NAMUS and I am waiting to hear back from the Broken Bow Police Department to ensure they have an open missing persons report. If they do, I will encourage them to list him in NAMUS.

Johnny Archie graduated from Broken Bow High School in May or June of 1982 and went into the United States Marine Corps. He came home on a 2 week leave after boot camp, and friends and family saw him during that time in Broken Bow. He got a ride to Dallas where he caught a flight back to California and was never seen again. After his disappearance, his paternal grandparents hired a private investigator who was able to see Johnny retrieving his luggage on a CCTV camera at an airport in California, and the trail went cold. I have searched public records and am not able to find anything about him except for the Broken Bow yearbook. His mother, a brother, and an uncle are still living in Broken Bow.

I will post any updates as I get them from Law Enforcement, but wanted to see if any other sleuthers could find proof of life of Johnny Archie after the summer of 1982. I would also love to hear Doe suggestions, but nobody seems to remember how tall he was or how much he weighed. I am hoping the police department can provide that information.

Is there a date and city associated with the CCTV footage when he was retrieving his luggage at the airport in CA?

 

[DS2021]

Is there a reason the title says 1984?

 

[DS2021]

Because there was a serial killer that had a thing for Marines, operating in California from 1971-1983

 

[Warwick1991]

Because there was a serial killer that had a thing for Marines, operating in California from 1971-1983

Randy Kraft... Right place, demographics and time frame, as long as he wasn't seen after Kraft's arrest.

 

[DS2021]

After his disappearance, his paternal grandparents hired a private investigator who was able to see Johnny retrieving his luggage on a CCTV camera at an airport in California,

Do you know roughly where that airport was? Im looking into Does.

 

[carbuff]

Classmates.com says someone named Johnny Archie is in the 1983 Brown Bow yearbook:

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I'm not a member so I can't look farther.

 

[DS2021]

Classmates.com says someone named Johnny Archie is in the 1983 Brown Bow yearbook:

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I'm not a member so I can't look farther.

I logged in, it says hes in the 83 yearbook, but im not seeing him, however, he is in the 81 yearbook, listed as a junior, so id say he graduated 1982

 

[subaw0067]

Is there a date and city associated with the CCTV footage when he was retrieving his luggage at the airport in CA?

I asked and they didn't know. The grandparents who hired the PI are long deceased. I only found out about this case yesterday.

 

[subaw0067]

Is there a reason the title says 1984?

Because I don't know how to proof read. *Facepalm*

 

[subaw0067]

If he had just completed boot camp, he was likely going to Camp Pendleton. When my husband went there he flew into LAX, but he may have flown into San Diego. Camp Pendleton is right in the middle of both.

 

[DS2021]

Camp Pendleton

If he was based out of Pendleton, then Kraft definitely should be looked at. Kraft was linked to the murders of multiple Camp Pendelton Marines
Eta

THE KRAFT CASE : A SPECIAL REPORT : RANDY KRAFT'S Scorecard?

Prosecutors in the Randy Steven Kraft murder trial say a paper with 61 entries, found in his car trunk when he was arrested May 14, 1983, is a death list--Kraft's own score card of how many young men he had killed dating back to late 1971.

www.latimes.com

He was tied to the murders of 4 different camp pendleton Marines

 

[carbuff]

Could also have been Orange County (now John Wayne); a number of regional airlines flew there because it was cheaper. Hughes AirWest for one.

One of the shortest commercial runways in the country. Taking off from there was like you were evading sniper fire getting airborne as fast as you could.

 

[subaw0067]

If he was based out of Pendleton, then Kraft definitely should be looked at. Kraft was linked to the murders of multiple Camp Pendelton Marines
Eta

THE KRAFT CASE : A SPECIAL REPORT : RANDY KRAFT'S Scorecard?

Prosecutors in the Randy Steven Kraft murder trial say a paper with 61 entries, found in his car trunk when he was arrested May 14, 1983, is a death list--Kraft's own score card of how many young men he had killed dating back to late 1971.

www.latimes.com

He was tied to the murders of 4 different camp pendleton Marines

Does he have any unidentified victims that we know of?

 

[subaw0067]

Looks like Kraft was arrested in May of 1983, so almost a year after Archie was last seen.

Randy Kraft... Right place, demographics and time frame, as long as he wasn't seen after Kraft's arrest

 

[SimsGuy67]

Another photo of Johnny from the Broken Bow HS 1980 yearbook.

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[Warwick1991]

Does he have any unidentified victims that we know of?

There are several.

 

[lonewanderer]

Military disappearances and deaths can often be shrouded in mystery and also are usually quite conflicting with information. There are COUNTLESS examples of this.

Was he ever reported AWOL?

 

[subaw0067]

There are several.

I'm not well versed on Kraft, reading the thread now.

 

[subaw0067]

Military disappearances and deaths can often be shrouded in mystery and also are usually quite conflicting with information. There are COUNTLESS examples of this.

Was he ever reported AWOL?

I'm not sure but someone suggested filing a FOIA for his military record. Another person told me to contact NAVPERSOCO, planning on putting in a request tomorrow.