SheWhoMustNotBeNamed
Former Member
Gone in the blink of an eye
No trace ever found of 12-year-old Jefferson City boy missing since 1983
David Warner was a slender kid with buck teeth, blond hair, dark eyes and an odd mix of personality traits.
He was 12 years old and still in fourth grade at Jefferson City Elementary School. Yet he was more intelligent than suggested by the report cards that had held him back.
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He vanished March 2, 1983. His fate remains Jefferson City's greatest mystery.
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The day "Little David" disappeared, he had received a rare A on his report card - for physical education. That afternoon, Bob Mabe's wife Joyce said, he planned to go to a function at a small independent church a few doors up the street from his Beeler Avenue home.
David walked up to the church. "He stopped and looked inside, but didn't go in," Joyce Mabe said. "Then, he went on up the street. I never saw him again."
He went to Druther's Restaurant in Jefferson City, and got the free hamburger the restaurant always gave to kids who made an A.
Later, he watched TV at a friend's house until 7 p.m. then told the friend he was going to his house, about 30 yards away.
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Authorities launched a massive search.
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No trace of David was ever found.
More: http://www.knoxnews.com/photos/2010/may/08/86876/
No trace ever found of 12-year-old Jefferson City boy missing since 1983
David Warner was a slender kid with buck teeth, blond hair, dark eyes and an odd mix of personality traits.
He was 12 years old and still in fourth grade at Jefferson City Elementary School. Yet he was more intelligent than suggested by the report cards that had held him back.
[snip]
He vanished March 2, 1983. His fate remains Jefferson City's greatest mystery.
[snip]
The day "Little David" disappeared, he had received a rare A on his report card - for physical education. That afternoon, Bob Mabe's wife Joyce said, he planned to go to a function at a small independent church a few doors up the street from his Beeler Avenue home.
David walked up to the church. "He stopped and looked inside, but didn't go in," Joyce Mabe said. "Then, he went on up the street. I never saw him again."
He went to Druther's Restaurant in Jefferson City, and got the free hamburger the restaurant always gave to kids who made an A.
Later, he watched TV at a friend's house until 7 p.m. then told the friend he was going to his house, about 30 yards away.
[snip]
Authorities launched a massive search.
[snip]
No trace of David was ever found.
More: http://www.knoxnews.com/photos/2010/may/08/86876/