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

[chaddylex]

So sad, but glad his family can have some closure. Now I hope they can find out who murdered him.​

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Robby Lynn Peay – The Charley Project

Robby Lynn Peay​

RESOLVED​

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Robby, circa 1982

• Missing Since10/07/1982
• Missing FromSalt Lake City, Utah
• ClassificationEndangered Missing
• SexMale
• RaceWhite
• Age17 years old
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsCaucasian male.

Details of Disappearance​

Robby escaped the Youth Diagnostic Center (YDC), a juvenile detention center in Salt Lake City, Utah, on October 7, 1982 and disappeared. He was identified in January 2025. Robby's remains had been found in 1983, buried in a shallow grave in the Three Gossips Area of Arches National Park near Moab, Utah. He had been shot in the head.

Investigating Agency​

• Provo Police Department 801-852-6210

Source Information​

• The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• Utah Department of Public Safety
• The Provo Daily Herald
• The Unidentified Wiki
• ABC 4

Updated 2 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated February 12, 2025; case resolved.

 

[summergirl1]

Body of Provo boy missing nearly 43 years confirmed to be 'John Doe' buried in Moab

Provo police on Wednesday confirmed that an unidentified body buried in Moab, who was believed to be the victim of a homicide, is that of a Provo boy who went missing in 1982.

www.ksl.com