AL AL - Derrick Kucera, 23, Moulton, 29 Oct 1986

[Kat]

Derrick's NamUs page:

https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/show/7351

Dental: NA
DNA: NA
Fingerprints: NA

Case report:

Derrick was last seen October 29th as a passenger in a car with an unidentified male on Ivy Hollow Road. Wallet was left behind

http://news.google.com/newspapers?i...AIBAJ&pg=1379,4611411&dq=derrick+kucera&hl=en
14 NOV 1986

Article gives his age as 23, says he left home without his billfold or automobile. Last seen as a passenger in a early model LDT ford driven by blond man on 02 NOV 1986.

His keys and his wallet were found in the home of his parents (where he lived) on a piano. One car was there and the other was in the shop (both vehicles are his).

They put out an all points bulletin for him and searched woods and water bodies as well.

He was a student at Calhoun Community College.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?i...AIBAJ&pg=4405,6923101&dq=derrick+kucera&hl=en
22 NOV 1986

This article gives the date he was seen as a passenger in a car as 29 OCT 1986. Gives details about where LE searched for him. His parents were out of town but his brother was there and left to go to the store, when he returned Derrick was gone but this personal items were still there. (paraphrased from article).

http://news.google.com/newspapers?i...AIBAJ&pg=3249,7187977&dq=derrick+kucera&hl=en
25 MAR 1987

Governor offers $10,000.00 reward. (date of LKA varies yet again, probably just reporting error).

http://news.google.com/newspapers?i...AAIBAJ&pg=2811,297301&dq=derrick+kucera&hl=en
03 APR 1987

Derrick left behind his wallet, shoes, money and clothes. His Mother Violet Kucera wants to believe he's still alive (she was interviewed for article). The investigative file was reportedly lost. Mrs. Kucera and her Husband Rudy hired a PI. Brother (who was in the home with Derrick) says that he left to go get a pack of cigarettes and when he returned Derrick was gone. Reports of Derrick being seen after 29 OCT 1986 reported as "unconfirmed" per interview with LE. Derrick had a date on 31 OCT to play music with a woman (he was a musician) and never kept that date.

I don't find a picture of Derrick. Please add any additional articles or information you find for him to his thread.

Gone too long. Come home soon. Prayers for your family.

 

[DayLea]

Derrick Kucera – Missing from Lawrence County
July 8, 2013
http://whnt.com/2013/07/08/derrick-kucera-missing-from-lawrence-county/

There is no image available of Kucera.

 

[alb1on]

It appears there may be an image available at http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks...hool_En_Retrospect_Yearbook/1978/Page_82.html
Whilst I am surprised that someone age 23 in 1986 appears in a 1978 yearbook (it would mean he was 15 at the time) it is the right school and I cannot imagine there are 2 Derrick Kucera's of similar age in the same town. Unfortunately getting the image requires purchase but perhaps a local member of this site has access to past yearbooks?

 

[Gardener1850]

Here is a yearbook picture of Derrick:

This is from Lawrence County High School in Moulton, AL in 1978

It can be viewed on Ancestry for anyone who has a membership: https://www.ancestry.com/interactiv...src=TAF1&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true

 

[ADKGemini]

Derrick Vincent Kucera – The Charley Project

Details of Disappearance
Kucera was last seen in Hillsboro, Alabama on October 29, 1986. He was a passenger in a car driven by an unidentified man on Ivy Hollow Road. He behind all his belongings, including his car, clothes, shoes, wallet and money, and has never been heard from again. Few details are available in his case.

 

[UncoolNegated]

Had a look at this case tonight. Didn't find much, unfortunately. However, the photo with this case appears to be of Derrick from 1978 (ie. 15 years old). I found a better one at Ancestry.com. See the attachment. Also, Ivy Hollow Road appears to be Route 374 in the area of Bates Mountain.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Are there really no dental records / no DNA available?

He was just suggested by someone on this thread. (Warning- graphic. Sorry.)

KY - KY - Grant Co., WhtMale UP86, 25-35, GSW, hands cut off, in barn, Apr'89

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Derrick's current profile on NamUs:

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

Height: 5' 10" - 6' 0" (70 - 72 Inches)
Weight: 210 - 220 lbs

Distinctive Physical Features:
Piercing: Ear pierced.
Scar/mark: Scar on left eye
Scar/mark: Scar on abdomen

Clothing: Black t-shirt, blue jeans
Footwear: high top tennis shoes - one black and one red
Jewelry: necklace with silver cross

 

[Caring1]

Bump for Derrick

3 Unidentified Person Exclusions

 

[Atombudd]

Derrick Vincent Kucera​

• 

Kurcera, circa 1986

• Missing Since 10/29/1986
• Missing From Hillsboro, Alabama
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Male
• Race White
• Age 23 years old
• Height and Weight 5'10 - 6'0, 210 - 220 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry Description A black t-shirt, blue jeans, high-top sneakers (one black shoe and one red), and a necklace with a silver cross.
• Distinguishing Characteristics White male. Blond/brown hair, green eyes. Kucera was clean-shaven at the time of his disappearance, but he often has a beard. His ear is pierced and he has a scar on his abdomen and a scar near his left eye.

Details of Disappearance​

Kucera was last seen in Hillsboro, Alabama on October 29, 1986. He was a passenger in a car driven by an unidentified man on Ivy Hollow Road. He behind all his belongings, including his car, clothes, shoes, wallet and money, and has never been heard from again. Few details are available in his case.

Derrick Vincent Kucera – The Charley Project

Missing Person / NamUs #MP7351

View NamUs missing person case MP7351 for Derrick Vincent Kucera missing from Hillsboro, Alabama. Date of last contact: Oct 29, 1986. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=5191dmal

The Birmingham News
Birmingham, Alabama
Sat, Apr 4, 1987

REWARD FOR MURDER INFO JUST DOUBLED​

• By By Ginger Grantham Staff Writer
• Jan 30, 2008

Perhaps the oldest unsolved case is the disappearance of Derrick Kucera of Hillsboro. He was reported missing in the late 1980s.
"In 2006, we received a request from California about Kucera," McWhorter said. "A body had been found, and when they ran the information through NCIC, Kucera came up as a possible physical match."
All the case information Lawrence County had on Kucera was sent to authorities in California. But the trail ended there.
"We haven't heard back, which means the information we sent them didn't match their case," McWhorter said.

REWARD FOR MURDER INFO JUST DOUBLED

Alabama Gov. Bob Riley has honored a request by Lawrence County Sheriff Gene Mitchell to double the state reward money offered for information leading to an arrest in the murder

www.moultonadvertiser.com