LA LA - Wilson Demars Jr., 32, Natchitoches, 13 June 1988

[MadMcGoo]

• Wilson Demars Jr. – The Charley Project

Wilson Demars Jr.

Demars, circa 1988

Missing Since: June 13, 1988
Missing From: Natchitoches, Louisiana
Classification: Endangered Missing
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Black/African American
Date of Birth: June 17, 1955
Age: 32 years old
Height: 5’8”
Weight: 170 pounds
Hair Color: Black (At the time of Demars's disappearance, his hair was shoulder-length.)
Eye Color: Brown
Clothing/Jewelry Description: A beige pullover shirt with a patch on the left side of the chest, stonewashed jeans, red, black and white Nike sneakers and a black baseball cap.

Details of Disappearance: Demars was last seen driving his white 1981 Dodge pickup truck in Natchitoches, Louisiana on June 13, 1988. He is from Houston, Texas and disappeared while visiting a relative in Louisiana for the weekend. He has never been heard from again. Few details are available in his case, but foul play is suspected.

Investigating Agency: Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office 318-357-7832

 

[Caring1]

Wilson’s NamUs entry was modified today. There are no exclusions listed yet.

I don’t see a mention whether or not his white Dodge truck was ever recovered.

Head Hair Description: Shoulder length in 'gerri curls'

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[HopeRains]

The Town Talk, 30 Jun 88, pg 38

The Times (Shreveport), 30 Jun 88, pg 18

 

[renaebri]

The articles don't mention the vehicle, is it missing?
If anyone finds out please reply, i'm adding his case to a map of people missing with cars but as unverified until I get to it in June.

 

[JSolt1210]

I always think "water" whenever a person disappears along with their vehicle, and there are plenty of bodies of water along the 4-hour route from Houston to Natchitoches.

But I've heard that, even today, this part of the country isn't exactly the safest for a black or POC male to be driving solo. I wonder what it was like in the late '80s.

Could the suspected foul play be in fact race-related?

 

[renaebri]

Small bit of conflicting info- newspaper clipping says he was last seen around 2 a.m., LSU site says 2 p.m.

 

[bigb83]

The family story is that Wilson Jr was killed by his first cousin Freddy, who then fed his body to hogs out in Natchitoches...