AK AK - David Michael Borer, 8, Willow, 25 April 1989

[PrivateInspector007]

I wonder if David is the young man in the mysterious photo that was thought to be Tara Calico and the boy was never identified. The boy in the van and David look similar and the time frame from David going missing and the photo being found are close.

It is kind of weird that a 6 year old would 'hitchhike' so far away from home, I wish they gave a little more detail about that. Was the boy confused from his hometown name - Willow and accidentally stated Wasilla? Also, what about the person or people giving a little kid a ride so far away? Granted this happened two years before he disappeared, just seems odd.

mystery photo: Mysterious Polaroid Picture: The Disappearance of Tara Calico

charley project: David Michael Borer – The Charley Project

 

[John/Jane Doe]

David Borer has been missing for 32 years.

 

[JSolt1210]

It is kind of weird that a 6 year old would 'hitchhike' so far away from home, I wish they gave a little more detail about that. Was the boy confused from his hometown name - Willow and accidentally stated Wasilla? Also, what about the person or people giving a little kid a ride so far away? Granted this happened two years before he disappeared, just seems odd.

Even in 1989, there was already more awareness about child abduction, so I don't understand how he'd be allowed to hitchhike on his own at that young age. But maybe this was accepted in smaller towns because everyone knew each other?

But yes I agree. I wish we knew more. Did he hitchhike with or without parental permission/knowledge? Did he just want to go somewhere, or was he trying to run away? The Charley Project says his parents were separated when he disappeared. Was he upset about that? Was he trying to get to the other parent? Running away from the situation? I feel like we need more information.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Bumping up for David. He is not forgotten.
NamUs link:

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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www.namus.gov

 

[Megsc]

David Michael Borer – The Charley Project

David was last seen walking to Mile Marker 82 on Parks Highway, eleven miles north of his hometown of Willow, Alaska on April 26, 1989, at approximately 5:00 p.m. He was evidently en route either to go to a friend's home, or to play at a sandbar at the nearby Kashwitna River, which was iced over. He has never been seen again and was missed at 7:00 p.m. that evening.

There was no hole in the ice of the river, but the center of the river wasn't iced over. The Kashwitna River is shallow, but has a swift current. Search dogs traced David's scent to Parks Highway, but there was no sign of him afterwards.

David was a first grader at Willow Elementary School at the time of his disappearance. He is described as a very independent child who once hitchhiked 30 miles to Wasilla, Alaska. His parents were separated at the time of his disappearance and he lived with his mother and siblings. David's mother gave birth to another son less than a year after his disappearance, but the baby died in an accident at the age of four weeks.

David's case remains unsolved. For lack of evidence, police are treating it as an abduction.