Found Deceased UT - Robby Lynn Peay, 17, Salt Lake City, Oct 7, 1982

[Murkywaters]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Robby ran from a juvenile treatment center in Salt Lake City, Utah on 10/07/1982.

 

[Murkywaters]

Cold Cases | DPS – Criminal Identification (BCI)

• Case Type: Missing Person
• Missing Since: 10/7/1982
• Race: Caucasian
• DOB: 8/2/1965
• Case #: 8306226

Robby ran from a juvenile treatment center.

Contact Provo Police (801) 651-6210

 

[CastlesBurning]

Includes age progression to 54:

Robby Lynn Peay – The Charley Project

 

[aThousandYearsWide]

1718UMUT - Unidentified Male

Date of Discovery: February 12, 1983
Location of Discovery: Moab, Grand County, Utah
Estimated Date of Death: Approximately two months prior to discovery
State of Remains: Not recognizable - Partial remains with soft tissues
Cause of Death: Gunshot wound to the back of the head

Physical Description
Estimated Age: 18-25 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 5'5" to 5'9"
Weight: 132-152 lbs.
Hair Color: Light brown, slightly curled with blond eyelashes, eyebrows and beard stubble.
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown.

Identifiers
Dentals: X-rays are available. Teeth #1,16,17 and 32 impacted. All
Fingerprints: Available. RT: AA TT 07 PM PM; LT: AA 01 07 10 13.
DNA: mtDNA and nucDNA available with UNT (ref #11-1131.1).

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Blue jeans (nothing in the pockets), white socks, white baseball cap, and a Van Hussen light blue or lavender colored shirt. No shoes were found.
Jewelry: Unknown.
Additional Personal Items: Partial pack of Camel brand cigarettes.

Circumstances of Discovery
A rancher hiking in the Arches National Park found the decedent's remains.

Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Utah Department of Public Safety / Bureau of Criminal Identification
Agency Contact Person: Gina McNeil
Agency Phone Number: (801) 965-4445
Agency Case Number: 198300156

Agency Name: Grand County Sheriff's Office (UT)
Agency Contact Person:N/A
Agency Phone Number: 435-259-8115
Agency Case Number: 2845

NCIC Case Number: N/A
NamUs Case Number: UP #8196 Former Hot Case Number: 2399

Information Source(s)
NamUs
Deseret News Archive

1718UMUT

Moab is a little under 4 hours from Salt Lake City. Estimated time of death fits. Robby disappeared Oct 1982. Doe estimated time of death is about two months prior to Feb 1983 discovery which would be early Dec 1982.

 

[aThousandYearsWide]

Reconstruction of the victim by Dan Marion; previous 1987 reconstruction.

Date of Discovery: November 3, 1986
Location of Discovery: Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado
Estimated Date of Death: 1982-1986
State of Remains: Not recognizable - Traumatic injuries
Cause of Death: Homicide - Shot once in the head and also suffered blunt-force trauma to the head.

Physical Description
Estimated Age: 30 - 40 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 5'4" to 5'8"
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown

Identifiers
Dentals: Available. No dental restorations. Several broken and/or fractured teeth. Missing teeth # 8, 10, and 32. Deep overbite.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Available.

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Calvin Klein denim jeans size 30/33 (manufactured in 1981); Light blue/green fragment of a sweater or sweatshirt; 1" wide brown belt which was fragmented and partially gnawed upon with yellow metal buckle.
Jewelry: Possible leather watch band or wrist band.
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Discovery
On November 3, 1986 at 11:13 a.m., the victim's skeletal remains were located in a field in southern El Paso County, four miles west of I-25.

Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: El Paso County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: Detective Jeff Nohr
Agency Phone Number: 719-520-7155 or 7225
Agency E-Mail: jeffnohr@elpasoco.com
Agency Case Number: 86-4787

Agency Name: El Paso County Coroner's Office
Agency Contact Person: Robert Bux
Agency Phone Number: 719-390-2450
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 86A-334

NCIC Case Number: U223901513
NamUs Case Number: 11472

Information Source(s)
NamUs
KRDO News
KTTV News
El Paso County Sheriff's Office
72UMCO

I looked at Colorado too because he had traveled there prior. I know the age is off but the skull was badly damaged. The recon looks really similar. The missing teeth could also be post mortem.

 

[Gourami Watcher]

Here's a link to his NCMEC page. I've also attached a larger version of the age progression.

The Charley Project also updated the circumstances of his disappearance; he left with a companion who was located and stated they separated. Although Robby initially ran away, it's believed he was possibly murdered for failing to claim a "substantial inheritance," and he was never seen or contacted family after he disappeared.

 

[Atombudd]

Zion's Lost : Robby Lynn Peay - Podcast

Sadly Robby's mother passed away Sept. 18 2020. In her obituary Robby is listed as preceding her in death. He has 4 sisters surviving. LaVerne Carter Peay Hancock - View Obituary & Service Information
Robby Peay Obituary - Utah - Tributes.com

Missing: Robby Lynn Peay – The Names That Matter
Missing: Robby Lynn Peay
by Amanda | Posted on August 2, 2020

Today is Robby’s 55th birthday.

Robby Lynn Peay disappeared from a juvenile detention center on October 7, 1982, with another minor and was never seen again. He was 17 at the time. Although he did have a history of elopement, this time was especially strange because on his 18th birthday that next year, Robby became entitled to a substantial inheritance that he never came back to claim.

In September of 1982, only a month before his disappearance, he was arrested for a tobacco violation and a pickup order by the Youth Diagnostic Center in Salt Lake City. It was under their custody that he escaped. His mother believes that he escaped because of the Boy’s Ranch program he would possibly end up at – he was adamant about not wanting to go there.

In past elopements, Robby has used the alias Bobbert Casper and traveled as far as Colorado to work as a roofer. There have been few and far-between leads that haven’t panned out. Unfortunately, Robby’s fingerprints are not on file with the state because the law used to not require prints on juvenile cases. This makes it much more difficult to compare his case with unidentified bodies.

The other minor escapee was questioned by police according to Provo Police Captain Mike Mock and said that the two of them split up as soon as they left the youth facility. Robby’s mother, LaVerne Hancock, had him declared dead as of January 1991. Captain Mock was quoted at the time as saying “My feeling all along is that he’s dead”, and that was the general opinion of the police in this case.

Robby was 5′ 9-10″ and 150 lbs when he went missing. He has brown hair and blue eyes. He has faint scarring on his back caused by crawling through a broken window when he was 15.

If you have any information on Robby’s case, please contact us at admin@thenamesthatmatter.org or the Provo Police Department at (801) 852-6210.

 

[Savemecastiel]

Bump

 

[TSL7584]

Coming up to 40 years missing

 

[HopeRains]

The Daily Herald (Provo, UT), 22 Feb 90, pg 12

 

[dotr]

Lengthy article more detail at link..
Oct 7 2022 rbbm.

Could upside-down dental records tie '83 Utah cold case killing to missing Provo teen?

Provo police are investigating whether an unidentified homicide victim found in 1983 in Grand County is connected to a 40-year-old case of a missing teenager in their city.

www.ksl.com

''Now, Provo police are trying to determine if the remains of John Doe should be moved to Peay's empty gravesite.

Detectives strongly suspect that John Doe is actually Robby Lynn Peay, 17, of Provo, who hasn't been seen since 1982. This week, police received information that they hope will put them a step closer into solving the cold cases in both Grand and Utah counties.''

''On Oct. 7, 1982, Peay ran away from a youth treatment center in Salt Lake City. Because his home was in Provo, the Provo Police Department was called to handle the missing persons case.

Chambers said after Peay ran away, detectives received information that he was still communicating with other people, even though police could not locate him. One person who detectives believe Peay was with was a 56-year-old man with whom he was having a relationship with, according to Chambers.

"We believe that they were living together," he said.''

As for why his department is putting so much effort into a missing person's case that is now four decades old, Chambers said it's for the victim's family.
If anyone has information about the disappearance of Peay, they are asked to contact the Provo Police Department at 801-852-6210.''

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

Lengthy article more detail at link..
Oct 7 2022 rbbm.

Could upside-down dental records tie '83 Utah cold case killing to missing Provo teen?

Provo police are investigating whether an unidentified homicide victim found in 1983 in Grand County is connected to a 40-year-old case of a missing teenager in their city.

www.ksl.com

''Now, Provo police are trying to determine if the remains of John Doe should be moved to Peay's empty gravesite.

Detectives strongly suspect that John Doe is actually Robby Lynn Peay, 17, of Provo, who hasn't been seen since 1982. This week, police received information that they hope will put them a step closer into solving the cold cases in both Grand and Utah counties.''

''On Oct. 7, 1982, Peay ran away from a youth treatment center in Salt Lake City. Because his home was in Provo, the Provo Police Department was called to handle the missing persons case.

Chambers said after Peay ran away, detectives received information that he was still communicating with other people, even though police could not locate him. One person who detectives believe Peay was with was a 56-year-old man with whom he was having a relationship with, according to Chambers.

"We believe that they were living together," he said.''

As for why his department is putting so much effort into a missing person's case that is now four decades old, Chambers said it's for the victim's family.
If anyone has information about the disappearance of Peay, they are asked to contact the Provo Police Department at 801-852-6210.''

I am so, so heartbroken for Robby and his loved ones but also happy that the investigators are putting this much effort into getting him home.

I mean, if he really was taken advantage of as a 17 -SEVENTEEN!- -year-old by the then-56-year-old, and was shot dead in the back of his head by the said whatever … WTF!?

In any case, kudos to LE here, definitely. Thank you so much for sharing.

 

[DS2021]

Here is the John Doe's WS thread
Thread 'UT - Moab, Three Gossips area of Arches Nat Park, WhtMale 18-25, UP8196, Camel cigs, clothes, Feb'83'

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Robby Lynn Peay – The Charley Project

 

[Pennysmom1]

Oct 13, 2022

https://www.abc4.com/news/top-stories/missing-in-utah-a-breakthrough-in-40-year-old-disappearance/

<<A judge recently signed an order to unseal Peay’s birth records, according to the search warrant. They now have the name of his biological family and are searching for them in hopes of obtaining his DNA that could solve this 40-year-old mystery.>>

https://www.abc4.com/news/missing-in-utah/missing-in-utah-a-possible-break-in-the-1982-disappearance-of-robby-peay/

<<“I know that they got a call and said that there was an 11th month old boy that they could adopt,” said Chris Skowran, an older sister.

Peay became the son his parents had always wanted. The adopted boy grew up in a house full of girls. Peay was told of his adoption early in life, but did not quite fit in with his dad’s lifestyle.

“It was a little bit not what we expected because my dad was into farming and animals and Robby ended up having hay fever really bad,” said Skowran.

But after his adopted father died in a car wreck with his own mother, Peay’s life took a turn for the worse.>>

Robby Lynn PEAY

Robby ran from a juvenile treatment center. Contact Provo Police (801) 651-6210

bci.utah.gov

 

[iulia]

Robby's NamUs page has been removed.

I think he was officially identified as UP8196, who was removed from NamUs last week.

 

[HopeRains]

Robby's NamUs page has been removed.

I think he was officially identified as UP8196, who was removed from NamUs last week.

I sure hope so.

 

[Mysteries1974]

Doe Network has him listed as recovered as well, i’m assuming they are waiting to announce his identification

 

[John/Jane Doe]

"Robby Lynn Peay (6250DMUT) missing since October 07, 1982 has been recovered."

Located & Identified Persons

 

[bettyboop]

It's so sad that it took so long to link the missing Robby to the unidentified John Doe. I realize he was adopted so that is another complication in matching DNA, but the fact that the dental exrays were initially read UPSIDE DOWN, is a ridiculous mistake that should never of happened!! RIP ROBBY LYNN PEAY