CA CA - Daniel Yuen, 16, Running Springs, 8 Feb 2004

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Includes video.

New clues emerge 15 years after teen's disappearance: 'We just want to know he's safe,' family says

Daniel Yuen was 16 years old when he disappeared in 2004.

abcnews.go.com

ByEmily Shapiro
January 19, 2019

 

[Diavola]

Includes video.

New clues emerge 15 years after teen's disappearance: 'We just want to know he's safe,' family says

Daniel Yuen was 16 years old when he disappeared in 2004.

abcnews.go.com

ByEmily Shapiro
January 19, 2019
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Years went by without a lead -- until December 2018.
Raymond said he received a voicemail last month from an unknown individual.
"Daniel Yuen is fine, Daniel Yuen is still in the same area where you originally searched," the message said. "He doesn't want to be found, he doesn't want you or his parents looking for him."
(...) A park office employee reported seeing a man who looked similar to Daniel Yuen. The man had been in the park that same day with a white woman and a baby girl, the employee told Raymond.

If it is him, why would he not want to reunite with his family? Does he blame them for sending him to the school?

 

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''Suspect No. 1: Inside Daniel Yuen's Missing Person Case​

The 2004 disappearance of a New Jersey teenager sent to a notorious San Bernardino County group home for depression treatment—and his alleged reappearance in San Diego—made national headlines. But was it all a web of lies?''

• DAVID SAFRAN MAR 1, 2023
• https://lamag.com/news/daniel-yuen-cedu-missing-person-san-bernardino
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• ''Daniel Yuen arrived at CEDU, a sprawling but thinly populated private, for-profit residential treatment facility, on January 26, 2004. Daniel’s parents, Lisa and Wayne Yuen, had sent their 16-year-old son across the country from their New Jersey home believing he would undergo basic treatment for adolescent depression. It was Daniel's first journey to the San Bernardino Mountains. 13 days later, he disappeared.
  
  Emerging in the mid-1960s deeply connected to the self-help cult, Synanon, CEDU marketed itself by Daniel Yuen's era as “the nation’s first emotional growth boarding school.” However, this “high school” was, in fact, licensed as a group home. And throughout four unsinkable decades, CEDU remained a law-flouting, scandal-plagued institution accused of rampant child abuse, misconduct, false marketing, and cultic behavior. The company that eventually bought CEDU Educational Services, Inc. declared bankruptcy in 2005.''

 

[fleshprison]

Hello all! I am a long-term lurker of WS, but just discovered Daniel's case. I do not have access to NAMUS exclusions but this Doe found in NYC in 2008 was sticking out to me based on the age, composite sketch, and height (since Daniel could have easily grown that much at his age). I also know alleged sightings of Daniel were in California, but wonder if he silently returned to the East Coast and possibly later passed away. The main issues are the time elapsed, and the Doe also seemed to be wearing Chinese brands- which indicates he could be a young Chinese immigrant/student as opposed to Daniel who had lived in the US since a young age.

 

[dotr]

Hello all! I am a long-term lurker of WS, but just discovered Daniel's case. I do not have access to NAMUS exclusions but this Doe found in NYC in 2008 was sticking out to me based on the age, composite sketch, and height (since Daniel could have easily grown that much at his age). I also know alleged sightings of Daniel were in California, but wonder if he silently returned to the East Coast and possibly later passed away. The main issues are the time elapsed, and the Doe also seemed to be wearing Chinese brands- which indicates he could be a young Chinese immigrant/student as opposed to Daniel who had lived in the US since a young age.

Welcome to Ws @fleshprison, thanks for the intriguing suggested match!
ETA, started a thread..

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NY Thread 'NY- recovered from the East River/South St & Market St., Male,16-23, 5'9'',139 lbs, Asian, #UP5228, gray/orange Northface sneaker sz9, 24, April 2008.'

Nov 13, 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

Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP5228Male, Asian
Date Body FoundApril 24, 2008
Location FoundNew York, New York
Estimated Age Range16-23 Years

Case Numbers​

NCMEC Number1184316
ME/C Case NumberM08-02428

Demographics​

Biological SexMale
Race / EthnicityAsian
Possible First Name--
Possible Middle Name--
Possible Last Name--
Nickname/Alias--
Estimated Age GroupAdult - Pre 30
Estimated Age Range (Years)16-23
Estimated Year of Death2008
Estimated PMI--
Height5' 9"(69 inches) , Measured
Weight138 lbs, Estimated...

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2 Unidentified Person Exclusions

 

[Aurora90]

5228 wasn't ruled out? I wonder why.