FL FL - Paul Douglas Viars Jr, 14, Jacksonville, April 23, 2004

[Murkywaters]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Circumstances of Disappearance
HE WENT OUT TO WASH CLOTHES AND WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN

 

[Murkywaters]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Demographics
Missing Age: 14 Years
Current Age: 29 Years
First Name: PAUL
Middle Name: DOUGLAS
Last Name: VIARS JR
Nickname/Alias: JUNIOR
Sex: Male
Height: 5' 4" (64 Inches)
Weight: 120 lbs
Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian

Circumstances
Date of Last Contact: April 23, 2004
NamUs Case Created:October 9, 2018
Last Known Location
Location: JACKSONVILLE, Florida
County: Duval County
Circumstances of Disappearance: HE WENT OUT TO WASH CLOTHES AND WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN

Physical Description
Hair Color: Brown
Head Hair Description: SHORT SLIGHTLY WAVEY
Body Hair Description --
Facial Hair Description --
Left Eye Color: Hazel
Right Eye Color: Hazel
Eye Description --

Distinctive Physical Features
Scar/mark: HAS SCAR ON FORHEAD, HAS SCAR ON FOOT ABOVE THE TOES, HAS SCAR ON EYELID WITH A SKIN TAG

Clothing and Accessories
Clothing: LAST SEEN IN A PAIR OF CARGO KHAKI SHORTS

 

[PayrollNerd]

I wonder if they ever found the clothes he was going to wash.

 

[Savemecastiel]

Bumping

 

[PayrollNerd]

I wish they would have put an more accurate location. Jacksonville is huge. There’s probably dozens of laundry mats. Plus if he was living in an apartment building, it could have been a laundry room on site. A neighbor could have snatched him.

 

[Savemecastiel]

Bump

 

[Ciriii57]

Just bumping this because I feel this poor kid needs more attention. He went out to wash clothes 20 years ago and was never seen again. I couldn't uncover any info on this kid.

 

[hannah246]

bump

 

[scruffydog]

My question is-why is a a14 year old "going out to do laundry"? Who did he live with, what was his home life like and was the area dangerous?

 

[iusedtofloat]

My question is-why is a a14 year old "going out to do laundry"? Who did he live with, what was his home life like and was the area dangerous?

understandable question. i can think of a few reasons and these are just possibilities....

1. parents with many kids - perhaps jr was oldest or oldest boy. perhaps he simply got his hw done first that night so got first big chore.
2. he could've fibbed the way teens do to go out and do something else - take bag of clothes, say the machine was "broken", whatever.
3. punishment from parents - a possibility
4. trying to show parents he was responsible enough to take care of himself
5. neglectful parents
6. laundering clothes in order to have clean clothes to run away in