GA GA - Darron Glass, 10, Atlanta, 14 Sept 1980

[anthrobones]

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1297dmga.html

Darron Glass
Missing since September 14, 1980 from Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.
Classification: Endangered Missing



Vital Statistics

• Age at Time of Disappearance: 10 years old
• Distinguishing Characteristics: Black male.

Circumstances of Disappearance
On September 14, 1980, ten-year-old Darron Glass vanished. He was last seen at his home on Memorial Drive.
Shortly afterwards, his foster mother received an emergency phone call from someone claiming to be Darron, but when she answered the phone, the line was dead.
Darron may be a victim of a two-year-reign of terror in Atlanta, Georgia, that has been labeled "The Atlanta Child Murders." Wayne Williams was arrested and eventually convicted of two of the deaths in the area, however, it is not known if Darron was one of his victims.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Remembering Atlanta’s Missing & Murdered Children

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Ten-year-old Darron Glass, last seen leaving a church bus at Glenwood and Second Avenue on a Sunday evening in 1980, disappeared and has never been found.

[snip]

To this day, Williams, now 52 and serving two consecutive life terms in the murders of Cater and Payne, insists he is innocent, most recently to CNN.

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After Williams’ trial, authorities closed the books on 22 other killings, expressing confidence that Wayne Williams had committed them as well. Only five, including the vanished Darron Glass, remain officially open.

More: http://beforeitsnews.com/news/87/558/Remembering_Atlantas_Missing_Murdered_Children.html

 

[forthelost]

http://www.forthelost.org/calikids/DGlass.doc

 

[Kat]

Darron is not listed in NamUs at this time.

Darron has been missing 30 years this month. Come home soon sweetie.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

He's still not listed in NamUs and I don't know if his disappearance is still an active and open case for detectives. I hope they are still searching for Darron.

Find a Grave

Darron was a sweet little boy who just wanted to belong to a family of his own that would love him. He was living in a foster home when he suddenly disappeared, and was reported missing on Sept. 14, 1980. A few days later, his foster home received an emergency call from someone that claimed to be Darron. When his foster mother got to the phone, however, there was no one there. Darron's disappearance took place during the time of the Atlanta Child Murders, and he is considered to be one of those victims. It was thought that his remains were found years later when someone tipped the police about where two of the victims' bodies could be found. However, only one victim had been found and identified in that location during that time. And the identity of the other remains found much later could not be confirmed as Darron's. He still has no family to mourn him, and this has become little Darron's only place of remembrance.

Charley Project

 

[Jake479]

He's still NOT in NamUs.

 

[Jake479]

I wonder how sure they are about the date of his disappearance. Could he be this John Doe?

identifyus.org/cases/6893
websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?327894-LA-Orleans-Parish-BlkMale-Child-UP6893-8-10-drowned-Jun-79

 

[lstiff]

Anyone listening to the new Podcast by Payne Lindsey (Atlanta Monster)?

http://atlantamonster.com/

 

[CastlesBurning]

Updated 3/30/21:

Darron Glass – The Charley Project

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Darron Glass – The Charley Project

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping

 

[Caring1]

Darron’s NamUs was created 12/30/2015. Possibly just not visible until now. Modified today, 6/11/2024.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

 

[Nancy Drew RN]

Darron's case was extensively covered in the early 1980s, particularly as it was believed to be associated with the Atlanta Child Murders/Wayne Williams.

Darron had had a difficult life. His parents were both dead from "violent altercations," and he was in foster care. He had been living with Fannie Mae Smith since June 1980, after living with her for nine months in 1979, before being placed in another foster home (unclear why this move occurred). He had "half a dozen" other relatives in metro Atlanta that he would occasionally run away from foster homes to visit, including a sister and uncle ("Daddy-Uncle") close to his present foster home. He had reportedly told a friend the day before that he planned to run away to visit his "daddy," possibly the nearby uncle. However, he typically returned the next day. He was considered to be a troubled kid and was in a program for kids with behavioral issues at a nearby school, a program also attended by one of the ACM victims, Timothy Hill (they were not believed to have known one another). His foster mother described him as a "charmer, 'well-rehearsed' in the ways of the streets."

Darron had gone with a large Sunday school group (five buses) to a Braves baseball game, then had a dinner of hot dogs and Kool-Aid. The intersection where he was last seen was less than a block away from the last known location of yet another victim, Alford James Evans, who had disappeared 14 months prior. 5 of the 17 children who had disappeared as of Feb 1981 either lived on or disappeared near Memorial Drive, where Darron was living, but this is a large/long road. The intersection of Flat Shoals and Memorial is currently incredibly busy and basically overlaps with the intersection of Moreland and I-20. The address for Smith's home no longer exists; an article about searching describes the East Lake Meadows housing project, which has since been demolished.

Nine months without a trace

Clipping found in The Atlanta Journal published in Atlanta, Georgia on 6/28/1981. Nine months without a trace

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Article clipped from The Atlanta Journal

Clipping found in The Atlanta Journal published in Atlanta, Georgia on 11/28/1980.

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10 months later, hopes dim for finding Darron Glass

Clipping found in The Atlanta Journal published in Atlanta, Georgia on 7/26/1981. 10 months later, hopes dim for finding Darron Glass

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Darron Glass' mother still waits

Clipping found in The Atlanta Journal published in Atlanta, Georgia on 2/16/1981. Darron Glass' mother still waits

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Article clipped from The Atlanta Journal

Clipping found in The Atlanta Journal published in Atlanta, Georgia on 12/25/1980.

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Article clipped from The Atlanta Constitution

Clipping found in The Atlanta Constitution published in Atlanta, Georgia on 9/20/1980.

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