Ms Suzanne
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He's still in my prayers to find him.
Anniversaries are never easy for Harold Mackerley, especially the day his little brother vanished right off the street.
"Every day, every day," he said. "Not a day that doesn't go by that I don't think about him...
"This destroyed my parents," he said.
Like Ms.Suzanne, I'd like to know who were the boys that he was hiding from-and if any of them ever got into trouble later for physical violence. He certainly seemed to be a boy who wasn't getting enough positive attention, if there were older kids chasing him, and if there might have been an opportunity for him to have been molested. I am picturing a sad, lonely little boy
There is a sicko named Frank Wyant that may be a suspect. He lived in Allentown (don't know where) and was arrested in 1989 and 2010 for child *advertiser censored* charges. He is currently in prison. Does anyone know a way to find out where he lived in 84?
Hi Bethann,
I've been popping in to read this thread now again over time and I want to commend you for taking an interest in this sweet boy's case. It's nice to see someone finally giving him a voice!
I am a native to Louis's hometown, and am familiar with the area he disappeared from, and I was close to him in age at the time he disappeared and remember this case well.
I wanted to ask, is there something specific that makes Frank Wyant a possible suspect? I looked up his court records via the ujsportal website and only found the cases you listed.
A few random thoughts and memories....
The area he disappeared from and lived in is very blighted. It is completely overrun with drugs, crime, and gangs. One of the worst areas in the city. Back in the 80's, it was slightly better, as today we have so many NYC implants that have moved here that it went downhill fast. But even back then there was extreme poverty, drugs, and crime in that area. A lot of homeless too.
There was a state mental institution that was closed near the time Louis disappeared. While I am in no way blaming any patients, this may be worth noting. My mother worked at this institution in the 60's and early 70's. many of these patients were violent. In the 80's the government began ceasing funding for these hospitals, and as a result many patients were released. They were literally just sent off with no program or assistance in place. I remember driving down Hamilton Street with my mother as a child, and there would be homeless people camped out here and there. She would recognize several of them as former patients of the State Hospital, and in fact many of them were still wearing the uniform green pants that the hospital clothed them in! So around that time frame, many violent, mentally ill people were released on the city, some of them predators, some of them having committed sexual assaults previously. Just one possible alternative.
Also, with this Wyant man. There is/ has been another child predator in the Allentown area. He was convicted of child rape in the 70's, so may have been in jail at the time of Louis's disappearance, but I'm not sure. Here's a recent news article about this very special snowflake:
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/allentown/index.ssf/2014/12/man_73_stalked_boy_13_over_pas.html
There's a few more recent articles about him, he's currently in prison.
I'm not sure how to figure out if Wyant was in the area at the time, without either having Law Enforcement or a P.I. involved. None of the records during that time would have been online now. Maybe old tax returns?