Jason Cannon, 2, Boise Idaho

[Idaho4Groenes]

http://www.charleyproject.org/images/c/cannon_jason.jpg
Missing Since: March 16, 1983 from Boise, Idaho
Classification: Non-Family Abduction
Date Of Birth: May 7, 1980
Age: 2 years old
Height and Weight: 3'0, 37 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian male. Dark blond hair, brown eyes. Cannon has a scar over his eye. He has two moles on his neck and possibly more on his back.
Clothing/Jewelry Description: A blue and yellow shirt, blue bib overalls and black tennis shoes.

Details of Disappearance

Cannon was last seen in the front yard of his family's residence in Boise, Idaho on March 16, 1983. His mother was supervising him outside, but she returned inside the house for a brief moment. When she came back outside, Cannon had disappeared. He has never been heard from again. Authorities believe Cannon was abducted by a non-family member. His case remains unsolved.

Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Boise Police Department
208-377-6606
OR

208-377-6500
Charley Project (http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/cannon_jason.html)

[jashrema]

Does anyone have any more info on this case? This should probably be moved to cold cases and maybe that would increase activity?

[jashrema]

Does anyone have anymore info on this case? I can't find anything except what is listed.

Jason Cannon (2) - Boise ID, 1983

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http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/cannon_jason.html


Missing Since: March 16, 1983 from Boise, Idaho
Classification: Non-Family Abduction
Date Of Birth: May 7, 1980
Age: 2 years old
Height and Weight: 3'0, 37 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian male. Dark blond hair, brown eyes. Cannon has a scar over his eye. He has two moles on his neck and possibly more on his back.
Clothing/Jewelry Description: A blue and yellow shirt, blue bib overalls and black tennis shoes.

Details of Disappearance

Cannon was last seen in the front yard of his family's residence in Boise, Idaho on March 16, 1983. His mother was supervising him outside, but she returned inside the house for a brief moment. When she came back outside, Cannon had disappeared. He has never been heard from again. Authorities believe Cannon was abducted by a non-family member. His case remains unsolved

[Boyz_Mum]

By using google, I searched "Jason Keith Cannon" and found a few links, none with more detail than the charleyproject page. Thanks for bringing his story here. Do you know if in 83 there may have been abductions near Boise?

[Mr. E]

There was Ricky Barnett the year before in Grangeville, which is 3 or 4 hours from Boise.

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/99dmid.html

Also Curtis Fair from Nampa, which is very close to Boise.

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/274dmid.html

[forthelost]

http://www.forthelost.org/calikids/JCannon.doc

[jashrema]

Do you know if in 83 there may have been abductions near Boise?

That's what I'm going to start investigating. Also, Thanks Mr.E! I'll be checking those out.
This one is extremely frustrating because of lack of information. They're treating it like a kidnapping, but why? Was everyone in the family ruled out? If they were, it's odd to me that they wouldn't have more posted info on this case. Was someone caught or charged and the case is "over" which would be another reason it seems to go nowhere.
At this point, I know nothing about the location per se...was it near an interstate? Water? Rural? Neighborhood? Was there any suspicious people in area? Did anyone SEE anything?
Where are the articles, the family?
This is going to drive me crazy...any help would be appreciated...

[jashrema]

Uh...THREE 2 year old BOYS missing in the span of 4 years? Why is there no more information on all three of these boys?
NEVER found bodies or bones? I'm inclined to think its because they were all buried. It doesn't seem like anyone has connected these boys..all the same age for Gods sake!
Have to do some more digging!!

[jashrema]

Plus, they have all three of them classified as non family abductions?! If 3 2yo boys have gone missing in a state now within 4 years there would be screaming from the rooftops wouldn't there?

[Mr. E]

I've been to both Boise and Grangeville, as I spent a lot of my youth in Idaho and had relatives who lived in or near both these places. Grangeville is an extremely rural town. Very small, surrounded by farms and ranches. It's the hub for a lot of nearby farming communities that are too small to have stores, schools, libraries, hospitals, etc. I remember when Ricky went missing; my granddad did not think he'd been abducted. My granddad thought he'd wandered off the property and been taken by a mountain lion, which is not beyond the scope of possibilities.

[Boyz_Mum]

Plus, they have all three of them classified as non family abductions?! If 3 2yo boys have gone missing in a state now within 4 years there would be screaming from the rooftops wouldn't there?

I don't understand the lack of information on the case, newspaper articles, etc...

Mr. E, thanks for the information about the area you mentioned.

I wonder if we look further, we would find newspapers that were local to these communities "back then"? One little farm town I lived in back in the 80's had their own publication (not in Idaho) and I wonder if these towns had their own little newspapers that aren't running these days?

Does anyone know if archive searches of newspapers bring up articles from newspapers that aren't running any longer?

[jashrema]

Thanks Mr. E.! The thing that bothers me is still that all of them are listed as abductions, not endangered and that as for Ricky's case, bloodhounds could not pick up his scent. If he wandered, wouldn't the hounds pick it up? But if he was snatched, the bloodhounds would have no where to go and not pick up anything true?

Perhaps Mr. E. could help us regarding newspapers in the area at that time? Also, in the early 80's while there was kidnappings of course, it was still a relative anomaly to hear about them. Particularly when computer usage was at a minimum. I could be wrong, but in rural areas I would think that peoples minds (particularly then) would immediately gravitate towards getting lost moreso than kidnapping. I'm just finding it completely bizarre that 3 2yo boys could go missing in a short span of time and have them all just "wandering" away. I believe LE also believes it highly unlikely because of the listing "abducted"...

Still working on known pedophiles/killers in area at that time...

[The Green Hornet]

http://www.charleyproject.org/images/c/cannon_jason.jpg
Missing Since: March 16, 1983 from Boise, Idaho
Classification: Non-Family Abduction
Date Of Birth: May 7, 1980
Age: 2 years old
Height and Weight: 3'0, 37 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian male. Dark blond hair, brown eyes. Cannon has a scar over his eye. He has two moles on his neck and possibly more on his back.
Clothing/Jewelry Description: A blue and yellow shirt, blue bib overalls and black tennis shoes.

Details of Disappearance

Cannon was last seen in the front yard of his family's residence in Boise, Idaho on March 16, 1983. His mother was supervising him outside, but she returned inside the house for a brief moment. When she came back outside, Cannon had disappeared. He has never been heard from again. Authorities believe Cannon was abducted by a non-family member. His case remains unsolved.

Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Boise Police Department
208-377-6606
OR

208-377-6500
Charley Project (http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/cannon_jason.html)

This is the most horrifying case I've ever encountered for two reasons.

1) That child is a SPITTING IMAGE of me as a kid. The face, the eyes, the facial expression. I swear to God, when I looked at that picture for the first time, I nearly did a double take, I thought I was looking at myself. I'd give to see a compsite sketch of what this kid would look like now. If it comes out looking like me as I do now, I'm gonna be getting ahold of some people who will have some serious explaining to do.

2) My name is Jason.

3) I was a toddler around this time frame. I would have been slightly older than Jason Cannon, but...

4) I've had occurring nightmares and a strange kinship to the Pacific Northwest that I could never quite understand why.

I'm not insisting anything, that I AM Jason Cannon, or anything like that. However, I've viewed hundreds of threads on here and missing person reports galore since I discovered The Charley Project and DoeNetwork. I can honestly say, my heart did a double take when I saw this report and I have NEVER been spooked by a case as much as this one has spooked me.

[Idaho4Groenes]

Hi Green Hornet! Thanks for posting. As far as I know, there has never been an age progression done of Jason Cannon. But I will keep looking in case there is one lost in internet space somewhere.

Jason Cannon has two moles on his neck, and possibly more on his back. Do you also? Do you have pictures of yourself from when you are YOUNGER than 2? A birth certificate? A reason to believe that your "parents" are not really your parents?

[jashrema]

Ugh..so little information. Mr. Ed....do you have info on the newpapers of that time? I'm also wondering if there were any active "illegal adoption" agencies that were discovered in the 80's that we know of. Two would be a perfect age to kidnap, they would never remember who they really were, and the people that bought them would get a good idea on their "looks".
I've also been working on Morgan Nicks case and for instance, Morgan nick is the ONLY non family abduction in the state of Arkansas (as far as records go back) but yet we have THREE 2 yo little boys disappearing from Idaho in a 4 year period that are classified as abductions...something not right there...

[Mr. E]

I'm on the other side of the country now, so I'm not sure how I could access newspapers from that area. However, I will talk to some relatives who still live in the area and see if they can come up with something.

[Boyz_Mum]

http://www.usnpl.com/idnews.php

A link to a list of Idaho's newspapers. Not sure if it helps, just wanted to post it for you.

[jashrema]

Thanks so much Mum! I'll give the link a shot!

[jashrema]

Went thru relevant newpaper sites. No dice. Furthest archive I could get was 2002...

See what you can find out mr. Ed!!

[jashrema]

Poor Jason isn't even listed on the National Center for Missing and Exploited Childrens WEbsite. I emailed them to tell them about him, and to also reply if there has been an update that we are unaware of..

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=usMapSearch&missState=ID&searchLang=en_US

[The Green Hornet]

Hi Green Hornet! Thanks for posting. As far as I know, there has never been an age progression done of Jason Cannon. But I will keep looking in case there is one lost in internet space somewhere.

Jason Cannon has two moles on his neck, and possibly more on his back. Do you also? Do you have pictures of yourself from when you are YOUNGER than 2? A birth certificate? A reason to believe that your "parents" are not really your parents?

Hi Idaho!

I have seen a few baby picture of me. Not too many though.

I have moles on my neck. Got one on my arm and back too.

As for reason to believe, I've always felt like I didn't quite fit in with my family.. I always used to tell my wife when my mother and I fought, or my father and I dropped out of contact (regularly) that I felt adopted of some sorts.

I doubt anything is of note with any of this but that picture... If I can get my hands on pictures of me at that age, it's eerie.

[jashrema]

Green Hornet...A few weeks ago, I posted a new thread in cold cases about Jason. Turns out, there were THREE 2-year-old boys that went missing in Idaho in a span of 4 years with two of the boys being close geographically. Come on over to cold cases and post there also, maybe we can get something moving.

[Idaho4Groenes]

Based on info posted in another thread, and the fact that Jason and the other boys were so young, let's not discount the possiblity that these boys were taken to be sold. Possibly adoption.

[Boyz_Mum]

Based on info posted in another thread, and the fact that Jason and the other boys were so young, let's not discount the possiblity that these boys were taken to be sold. Possibly adoption.

Could there have been a black market adoption ring or something of the like? Is that the type of possibility you speak of?

[jashrema]

Based on info posted in another thread, and the fact that Jason and the other boys were so young, let's not discount the possiblity that these boys were taken to be sold. Possibly adoption.

ITA...I mentioned that in this thread before..

Ugh..so little information. Mr. Ed....do you have info on the newpapers of that time? I'm also wondering if there were any active "illegal adoption" agencies that were discovered in the 80's that we know of. Two would be a perfect age to kidnap, they would never remember who they really were, and the people that bought them would get a good idea on their "looks".
I've also been working on Morgan Nicks case and for instance, Morgan nick is the ONLY non family abduction in the state of Arkansas (as far as records go back) but yet we have THREE 2 yo little boys disappearing from Idaho in a 4 year period that are classified as abductions...something not right there...

I still think this is an excellent possibility, you either have a serial killer that is local per se, or the black market adoption. No bodies were ever found and all three are listed as stranger abductions, not lost, missing, or endangered. I wish we could find more LOCAL info regarding these boys since the Idaho archives in newspapers related to the towns these boys were from do not go back that far!

[Idaho4Groenes]

No clues on missing boy

MARCH 23, 1983

BOISE, Idaho (AP)

Excerpts:

"Police here say they have no clues to the whereabouts of a 2-1/2-year-old Boise boy missing for a week."

"His mother, Janeane Cannon, told police she left the boy alone in front of the family's north Boise home for a few minutes, and he was gone when she returned."

"Authorities searched Sand Creek, behind the boy's apartment, and found no trace of him."

From: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VrQSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2141,2580806&dq=jason+cannon+missing
(Sorry for the format. Not sure how to change it.)

[Idaho4Groenes]

November 1980 - 2 year old Curtis Fair missing from neighbors yard in Nampa, ID

August 1982 - 2 year old Richar Barnett missing from farm in Grangeville, ID

March 1983 - 2 year old Jason Cannon missing from front yard in north Boise (Garden City area)


Further away and in another state, but similar circumstances. Doubts about the story, but still classified as Non-Family Abduction, nontheless.

March 1991 - 2 year old Thomas Gibson missing from front yard in Glendale, OR


14 years after first abduction...but also very similar circumstances:

February 1997 - 2 year old Ruben Felix missing from front yard in Shoshone, ID


All 5 boys between 2 years 2 months and 2 years 9 months old. All 5 boys between 32-35 pounds.

[Sleuthster]

I think that it is a possibility that they where taken by a black market adoption ring.

I did quite a bit of research for many years about blackmarket adoption rings because of my ex, he was adopted but there was alot of coverup over his records and Florida was never able to verify that his adoption was legal or find records because they where mysteriously destroyed in a fire.

Anyways, blackmarket rings did exist, for how long I am not sure. They where rampent from the 1940's and well into the 1960's. People would drive around looking for small children playing by themselves in their yards, pull up and throw them in the car. These people, and there where a few famous ones in the midwest area where these boys disapeared, felt in many cases that they where doing the children a service by taking them from poor families who where neglectful in their opionion by leaving their children unsupervised. They would then sell the children.

It is possible that this was still going on in the 80's.

[StealthTheory]

This may seem like a weird questions, but is there any evidence in any of these cases( or similar ones) where the parents may have give the child up for adoption with an adoption ring like this on purpose? and then pretended they were kidnapped because it was less scandalous for tragedy to strike your family than to have given up kids?
It probably sounds farfetched, but the idea of leaving a 2 year old unattended outside also sounds far fetched to me.

[forthelost]

There are a bunch of toddler abductions from the Northwest in the early eighties.

Christopher Abeyta - http://doenetwork.org/cases/153dmco.html

Kevin Ayotte - http://doenetwork.org/cases/156dmmn.html

Tyler Inman - http://doenetwork.org/cases/157dmwa.html

Megan Ginevicz - http://doenetwork.org/cases/178dfmt.html

Nyleen Marshall - http://doenetwork.org/cases/266dfmt.html

Wallace Guidroz - http://doenetwork.org/cases/279dmwa.html

I wonder if these could be added, but have doubts.

Robert Bowling - http://doenetwork.org/cases/91dmco.html (if he was indeed taken by a non-family member)

Robert Fritz - http://doenetwork.org/cases/101dmwi.html (he's old for it though)

I didn't add any from Canada in that area or California because my geography of those is not always that good. Northern California and western Canada cases could be added, though.

[Sleuthster]

I looked on the major adoption reunion website and compaired with the 3 missing from Idaho in the 80's and I didnt find anyone with those exact b'days searching for their birth parents but I did find a few who's bdays where a couple weeks off. One of them was only a week different then Curtis Fair dob and he had blond hair/green eyes but didnt have much info to go by on his birth kind of weird.

[Sleuthster]

Oh, and another coincendence? The adoptee guy put Boise as he place of birth, Nampa is right outside of Boise. Did some sleuthing and according to classmates he went to high school 2 1/2 hours away in Idaho. I84 runs through Nampa, The town this guy went to highschool I84 runs through. By the way his dob is exactly 1 week before to the exact day of the week of Curtis dob. Probably coincedence or is it.

[Idaho4Groenes]

Very interesting, Sleuthster. Can you post a link?

The birthday thing is very interesting, but probably a coincidence. If these kids were abducted at such a young age, they would not remember their birthday. And their abductor would not know it. The abductor and/or adoption agency would likely have "assigned" one that would have been close.

[Sleuthster]

http://registry.adoption.com/records/422991.html

Your not going to believe this, there are atleast 4 sibblings, one of them a boy graduated in 1999 which would make him the right age for Jason Cannon

I also found a group photo of them all from christmas 2005 on one of their myspace. I dont know if I should post a link to that because this may not have anything to do with this but I would think that if the one is adopted the other one who is younger would be also.

http://www.intelius.com/search-summary-out.php?ReportType=1&qf=luke&qmi=&qn=Mayes&qs=ID&trackit=74&focusfirst=1

[jashrema]

I'm sure there are still black market adoption rings going on today! Big money in it, and greed has always been a great motivator.

It probably sounds farfetched, but the idea of leaving a 2 year old unattended outside also sounds far fetched to me.

WEll, as a previous poster who grew up in the area stated, boys were in a rural area in Idaho back in the 80's. That's not to farfetched to me. Particularly if they were farm people, country people.

No clues on missing boy

MARCH 23, 1983

BOISE, Idaho (AP)

Excerpts:

"Police here say they have no clues to the whereabouts of a 2-1/2-year-old Boise boy missing for a week."

"His mother, Janeane Cannon, told police she left the boy alone in front of the family's north Boise home for a few minutes, and he was gone when she returned."

"Authorities searched Sand Creek, behind the boy's apartment, and found no trace of him

Thanks so much for that article! One of the few that anyone can even find regarding jason's disappearance. I wish someone was on the board that knew this family!
I too, think it's no coincidence that they were all just snatched from yards and such and do concur that the black market rings did just that. Just remember, back then, there were no security cameras, no internet, no cell phones, no mass media coverage per se....it was still an ideal time to snatch little ones and not get caught.
The geographical location of the boys suggests either black market or a local serial killer who stopped after the last abduction. Did he die? is he in jail? Is there a way you can search for criminals that went to prison say up to 5 years after the last boy was snatched for sex crimes against children?

[Sleuthster]

Woah! The adoptee guy I found with the brother thats the same age as Jason Cannon, they grew up in Burley. Check out this old newspaper article that I found on google, there where sightings back then in Burley
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VbQSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5027,2401516&dq=jason+cannon

[Sleuthster]

Curtis Mackeever Fair http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/274dmid.html

Richard Ray Barnett http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/99dmid.html

Jason Keith Cannon http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/130dmid.html

Thought I would add these for reference

[Sleuthster]

Oh, and another coincendence? The adoptee guy put Boise as he place of birth, Nampa is right outside of Boise. Did some sleuthing and according to classmates he went to high school 2 1/2 hours away in Idaho. I84 runs through Nampa, The town this guy went to highschool I84 runs through. By the way his dob is exactly 1 week before to the exact day of the week of Curtis dob. Probably coincedence or is it.

I sent this guy an email through myspace and he was nice enough to email back and let me know that he had found his birth mother 4 years ago and wishes us luck.

I'm still thinking along the lines of black market adoption for these 3 boys. Thinking about past cases of abduction in the US, usually the kids are a little older if it's a SO.

[The Green Hornet]

TTT for answers.

[jashrema]

Sleuthster..you are phenomonal!! Great work, even with the newspaper article! It's somewhat amazing to me that per the article they had given up physically searching for Jason after only a week! Poor little boy...I still feel like there is something missing here also...we certainly can't be the only ones that ever thought "hey..3 little boys in 4 years?" the lack of press is hindering investigation..I'm assuming since they are listed as abducted they have r/o family, friends, etc...or with LE not searching anymore after ONE week, did anyone even give a D***??

I'm also intrigued with Idahos sleuthing about all the 2 year old boys also, particularly with the circumstances...and in all my checking, have never found anywhere thusfar in the US where 3 2 year olds have gone missing (abducted) in the same state, close geographically, in 4 years time...

[jashrema]

TTT for answers.


I must be dense GH...what does this mean?:crazy:

[jashrema]

bump for the boys...

[Boyz_Mum]

I'm bumping. Praying someone here has some more input! :blowkiss:

[jashrema]

Ugh! These 3 little ones are really getting to me. Info is SPARSE!

[Idaho4Groenes]

Bumping for these boys. I know some/most of this info has already been posted. But I found some other articles and wanted to get it all together. Maybe someone can pick up some similarities between the cases. But to me, I just see the boys all vanishing with no trace. I still think it's likely that the cases are connected, though, IMO.


JASON CANNON

OLDER ARTICLES
No clues on missing boy
MARCH 23, 1983
BOISE, Idaho (AP)
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VrQSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2141,2580806&dq=jason+cannon+missing (http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VrQSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2141,2580806&dq=jason+cannon+missing)

"Police here say they have no clues to the whereabouts of a 2-1/2-year-old Boise boy missing for a week."

"His mother, Janeane Cannon, told police she left the boy alone in front of the family's north Boise home for a few minutes, and he was gone when she returned."

"I took a couple calls last night: One put him in Horseshoe Bend and another in Burley."

"Authorities searched Sand Creek, behind the boy's apartment, and found no trace of him."

RECENT ARTICLES
None found.

FACT SITES
Doe Network - http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/130dmid.html (http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/130dmid.html)
ISP Missing Persons - http://www.isp.state.id.us/mp_viewer/showMissingPerson.action?id=M646822685 (http://www.isp.state.id.us/mp_viewer/showMissingPerson.action?id=M646822685)
Charley Project - http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/cannon_jason.html (http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/cannon_jason.html)



CURTIS FAIR

OLDER ARTICLES
Psychic yard sale to be held
MARCH 27, 1981
NAMPA, Idaho (AP)
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DNYRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z-4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6900,4379859&dq=curtis+fair+missing (http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DNYRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z-4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6900,4379859&dq=curtis+fair+missing)

"A unique yard sale starts in Nampa Saturday. It’s goal will be to raise $1,000 to pay for a Connecticut psychic to come to Idaho to help search for a 2 year old boy missing since last November."

"Police say they think the boy tumbled into nearby Indian Creek, but numerous searches have turned up no leads."

RECENT ARTICLES
None found.

FACT SITES
Doe Network - http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/274dmid.html (http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/274dmid.html)
ISP Missing Persons - http://www.isp.state.id.us/mp_viewer/showMissingPerson.action?id=M062561931 (http://www.isp.state.id.us/mp_viewer/showMissingPerson.action?id=M062561931)
Charley Project - http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/f/fair_curtis.html (http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/f/fair_curtis.html)
NCMEC - http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewChildDetail&caseNum=601233&orgPrefix=NCMC&seqNum=1&caseLang=en_US&searchLang=en_US (http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewChildDetail&caseNum=601233&orgPrefix=NCMC&seqNum=1&caseLang=en_US&searchLang=en_US)


RICHARD BARNETT

OLDER ARTICLES
Bloodhounds try to find lost child
SEPTEMBER 3, 1982
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BsYSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=afkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4807,1236546&dq=ricky+barnett+missing (http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BsYSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=afkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4807,1236546&dq=ricky+barnett+missing)

“A spokeswoman for the Idaho County Sheriff’s Department, which organized the search, said foul play is not suspected.”

“Two bloodhounds […] were not immediately able to pick up the boy’s scent.”


Case of missing tot mystifies police
SEPTEMBER 20, 1982
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QKYSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a_kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4977,981006&dq=ricky+barnett+missing (http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QKYSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a_kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4977,981006&dq=ricky+barnett+missing)

“Ricky was chasing chickens at Hillcrest Farms near here when he vanished about 8:30 that morning […]”.

“After noticing the boy was gone, family members and farm employees searched the large farm compound of barns, sheds and waste pits. The search grew to include a large area around the farm seven miles northwest of Grangeville.”

No clues despite huge search. Planes and helicopters helped in the search.

“The dogs picked up one trail through a pasture that led to a fence adjacent to a wheat field – and stopped, Mrs. McCoard said.”


Four persons still missing in Palouse
SEPTEMBER 23, 1982
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jNoRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5e4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7034,3162657&dq=ricky+barnett+missing (http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jNoRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5e4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7034,3162657&dq=ricky+barnett+missing)

"In Grangeville, 2-year-old Ricky Barnett disappeared Aug. 31 while playing near a chicken coop on a farm where his grandparents work.”

“About 100 volunteers searched a three-square mile area around the farm but found no clues as to the boy’s whereabouts.”

“Searchers have dredged several ponds in the area looking for the boy and a large pond was being emptied Wednesday.”

“The boy was staying with his grandparents, Waldow and Martha McCoard. His mother, Judy Barnett, 29, is from Ontario, Ore.”

RECENT ARTICLES
Idaho detectives look to solve missing child case
OCTOBER 30, 2008
http://www.kxly.com/global/story.asp?S=9270633 (http://www.kxly.com/global/story.asp?S=9270633)

“Now, more than two decades later, his case remains open and very much active.”

"We never found any sign of him," said Clemons. Not a shoe, nor piece of clothing, not even a hair.”

"They felt the grandmother acted maybe inappropriate at the time," said Renshaw. "They felt she would've had reason not to want Ricky to go back to his mother." The boy's grandmother took a polygraph test and failed. She was never arrested. Decades passed and nothing, no leads, no Ricky. Detective Renshaw picked up the now cold case in 1993. "I have to find the person that knows something," she said. A few years ago, hoping for closure, Detective Renshaw gave Ricky's grandmother another polygraph test. She passed that test and is now no longer a suspect.”

FACT SITES
Doe Network - http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/99dmid.html (http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/99dmid.html)
ISP Missing Persons - http://www.isp.state.id.us/mp_viewer/showMissingPerson.action?id=M090053509 (http://www.isp.state.id.us/mp_viewer/showMissingPerson.action?id=M090053509)
Charley Project - http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/barnett_richard.html (http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/barnett_richard.html)
NCMEC - http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewPoster&caseNum=600215&orgPrefix=NCMC&searchLang=en_US (http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewPoster&caseNum=600215&orgPrefix=NCMC&searchLang=en_US)

[Idaho4Groenes]

There are a bunch of toddler abductions from the Northwest in the early eighties.

Christopher Abeyta - http://doenetwork.org/cases/153dmco.html

Kevin Ayotte - http://doenetwork.org/cases/156dmmn.html

Tyler Inman - http://doenetwork.org/cases/157dmwa.html

Megan Ginevicz - http://doenetwork.org/cases/178dfmt.html

Nyleen Marshall - http://doenetwork.org/cases/266dfmt.html

Wallace Guidroz - http://doenetwork.org/cases/279dmwa.html

I wonder if these could be added, but have doubts.

Robert Bowling - http://doenetwork.org/cases/91dmco.html (if he was indeed taken by a non-family member)

Robert Fritz - http://doenetwork.org/cases/101dmwi.html (he's old for it though)

I didn't add any from Canada in that area or California because my geography of those is not always that good. Northern California and western Canada cases could be added, though.

Great list. I added to it and put it chronologically. I put some 1990s cases that are very similar, too. Might not be connected to the '80s abductions, but perhaps a different "group" of abductions. Not all of them fit exactly, but it can't hurt to take a look.

1980 - Curtis Fair, IDAHO - Age 2 yrs
Megan Ginevicz, MONTANA - Age 2
1982 - Richard Barnett, IDAHO - Age 2
Tyler Inman, WASHINGTON - Age 2
Kevin Ayote, MINNESOTA - Age 2
1983 - Jason Cannon, IDAHO - Age 2
Wallace Guidroz, WASHINGTON - Age 2
Roland Spencer, WASINGTON - Age 3
Nyleen Marshall, MONTANA - Age 4
Robert Fritz, WISCONSIN - Age 5
1985 - Robert Bowling, COLORADO - Age 3mths
1986 - Christopher Abeyta, COLORADO - Age 7mths
Francillion Pierre, NEVADA - Age 3
1989 - Aaron Anderson, MINNESOTA -21mths
Anthony Moya, COLORADO - Age 2

1992 - Randi Evers, NEVADA - Age 3
1995 - Lenoria Jones, WASHINGTON - Age 2
1997 - Ruben Felix, IDAHO - Age 2
1999 - Teekah Lewis, WASHINGTON - Age 2

[not_my_kids]

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Garden/2313/geobook.html

Don't know if this will help in any way, but I found it interesting.

[Idaho4Groenes]

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Garden/2313/geobook.html

Don't know if this will help in any way, but I found it interesting.

Very interesting indeed! I'm going to do some searching later on with the "registry" portion of the site. Thanks!

[Boyz_Mum]

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Garden/2313/geobook.html

Don't know if this will help in any way, but I found it interesting.

Thank you for posting this link. I'm not sure if it will help in the search with these cases, but definately an interesting link to look into.

[jashrema]

That link is showing no longer valid...what was in the link? Has it moved? Great work to both Idaho and Sleuthster!

These little boys weigh heavily on my heart. Where did they go??

Also, has anyone heard from the poster Green Hornet, who posted that he was the spitting image of Jasons photo and felt like he didn't belong with his family??