MO Clay Allen Foreman, 18, Lake Tapawingo, 28 May 1979

[Atombudd]

Clay Allen Foreman

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Foreman, circa 1979

• Missing Since 05/28/1979
• Missing From Lake Tapawingo, Missouri
• Classification Missing
• Sex Male
• Race White
• Date of Birth 12/27/1960 (60)
• Age 18 years old
• Height and Weight 5'8 - 6'0, 160 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Foreman has a birthmark on the center of his abdomen.

Details of Disappearance
Foreman was last seen in Lake Tapawingo, Missouri on May 28, 1979. He has never been heard from again. Few details are available in his case.
Clay Allen Foreman – The Charley Project
4399DMMO - Clay Allen Foreman
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[TheArtfulDetective]

Anniversary of disappearance today.

 

[wary]

Lake Tapawingo had a population of 730 in 2010, if I can trust Wikipedia. Tiny place. And his contemporaries are not all that old...someone must know something. Someone cared enough to declare him missing...

 

[TheArtfulDetective]

^ ^ ^ I always wondered about his case. How unfortunate that such few details were provided. Although Lake Tapawingo is a small community, it is in the midst of larger suburbs of Kansas City like Blue Springs, Lee's Summit, and Independence. Lots of remote areas, woods, and lakes in the area as well. Especially back then before it became really developed.

It says he was last seen in Lake Tapawingo. Did he live there? Was he visiting someone? I'm wondering if he is from Lake Tapawingo but beings how it's so small, he could have gone missing elsewhere. He could have even hitchhiked out of the state for all we know since that was a "thing" back then. Was he the type to even hitchhike? Did he have a vehicle? It looks as if those two photos are mugshots. Was he in trouble often? Did he have enemies?

He was 17 years old and probably still in school or perhaps just graduated. Surely he had family and a lot of friends that could have provided more information to his character. And yes, who reported him missing? Who saw him last in Lake Tapawingo? So many questions...

 

[MadMcGoo]

Refreshing the thread…

 

[HopeRains]

Noting last seen date is Memorial Day Monday, May 28 (1979). Often a long holiday weekend for both employment and school.

 

[MadMcGoo]

There are several more pictures here: Clay Allen Foreman - Missouri Missing Person Directory



I found these articles and wonder if it could be him. 31 May 1981, Page 14 - The Times at Newspapers.com

 

[MadMcGoo]

I can’t find anything else about the escaped trio. Whether or not they were recaptured. If it is this CAF, it would make something like this potential match more probable IMO: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

68(ish) miles down river from the prison.

 

[HopeRains]

I found these articles and wonder if it could be him.

Hmm ... interesting. Golly, reading those articles I'd say local LE was likely somewhat embarrassed by the escape through the "unbreakable window" and all; they also said they were non-violent offenders, but in the person referred to as Clay A. Foreman, he was serving 26 mos for illegal possession of weapons. Don't know what that means exactly. I do wonder about the photos of Clay and what appears to perhaps be mugshot photos, when and where those were taken.

 

[MadMcGoo]

Hmm ... interesting. Golly, reading those articles I'd say local LE was likely somewhat embarrassed by the escape through the "unbreakable window" and all; they also said they were non-violent offenders, but in the person referred to as Clay A. Foreman, he was serving 26 mos for illegal possession of weapons. Don't know what that means exactly. I do wonder about the photos of Clay and what appears to perhaps be mugshot photos, when and where those were taken.

I’ve been trying to figure out that exact thing; when and where those mugshots were taken. Maybe if we could find others like it, that would lend a clue. Maybe the background is unique to a certain state or jail/prison?

4399DMMO - Clay Allen Foreman

 

[Satch]

Clay Allen Foreman

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Foreman, circa 1979

• Missing Since 05/28/1979
• Missing From Lake Tapawingo, Missouri
• Classification Missing
• Sex Male
• Race White
• Date of Birth 12/27/1960 (60)
• Age 18 years old
• Height and Weight 5'8 - 6'0, 160 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Foreman has a birthmark on the center of his abdomen.

Details of Disappearance
Foreman was last seen in Lake Tapawingo, Missouri on May 28, 1979. He has never been heard from again. Few details are available in his case.
Clay Allen Foreman – The Charley Project
4399DMMO - Clay Allen Foreman
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

To me,

The two photos below look nothing like Clay in the one above.

Satch

 

[MadMcGoo]

To me,

The two photos below look nothing like Clay in the one above.

Satch

I thought so too at first. It’s all in his eyebrows. They’re pretty unique IMO. And very little forehead space (from brow to hairline). I think the angle they are taken makes them appear different.

 

[HopeRains]

I think the angle they are taken makes them appear different.

Yes, I agree, this often happens.

 

[Boredathome]

I have trouble with the distance and the demographic data here, but I think the reconstruction of this UID looks quite like Clay, and the timeline is a good fit. The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[TheArtfulDetective]