CA CA - Patrick Wayne Mello, 13, Needles, 28 July 1995

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Missing Since: July 28, 1995 from Needles, California
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: August 5, 1981
Age: 13 years old
Height and Weight: 4'6, 100 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Mello has a scar under his chin. He has a small indentation below the outer edge of his right eye. Mello has facial dimples.

Details of Disappearance

Mello was last seen at his Needles, California residence on July 28, 1995. He has never been heard from again. Mello may be in the company of other males and may have left California voluntarily. Some agencies may classify Mello's case as that of a runaway.

Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
San Bernadino County Sheriff's Office

760-326-9200

Charley Project

NCMEC​

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[Atombudd]

Patrick Wayne Mello

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Patrick, circa 1995; Age-progression to age 31 (circa 2012)

• Missing Since 07/28/1995
• Missing From Needles, California
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Male
• Race White
• Date of Birth 08/05/1981 (40)
• Age 13 years old
• Height and Weight 4'6, 100 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Patrick has a scar under his chin. He has facial dimples and a small indentation below the outer edge of his right eye.

Details of Disappearance
Patrick was last seen at his Needles, California residence on July 28, 1995. Authorities stated he had been sighted in Laughlin, Nevada after his disappearance. They initially believed he had run away with other juvenile males.

Several days after his disappearance, the police found a duffel bag behind a casino in Mohave Valley, Arizona. They initially thought it was Patrick's, but the bag turned out to belong to Patrick's younger brother; he had left it there before Patrick disappeared.

Patrick was living with Jimmy Joe Cox at the time of his disappearance. In 2012, Cox was convicted of the 1982 murder of a young woman and sentenced to fifteen years to life in prison. His victim, Carole Spearman, had lived with him in Needles at the time of her disappearance. Her severed head and one hand were found in the Colorado River several weeks after she was last seen.

It isn't clear whether Cox is a suspect in Patrick's disappearance, but police now consider Patrick to be missing under suspicious circumstances. His case remains unsolved.
Patrick Wayne Mello – The Charley Project
Patrick Wayne Mello
Missing Person / NamUs #MP1844
The Doe Network: Case File 1207DMCA

 

[Savemecastiel]

13 is so young to be living with somebody. I wonder what lead to him living with Jimmy?

 

[Atombudd]

13 is so young to be living with somebody. I wonder what lead to him living with Jimmy?

I think Jimmy was Patrick's step father. More on Jimmy here
https://rosewritesallday.com/2217/

 

[Savemecastiel]

I think Jimmy was Patrick's step father. More on Jimmy here
https://rosewritesallday.com/2217/

Oh. Okay! Thanks for that!

 

[spartanx]

Jimmy Joe Cox was her stepfather or a friend? Why was he hanging out with someone like that at such a young age? Shouldn't he have been with his mother? I don't quite understand that part...
Whatever the case
Rest in peace

 

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