WA WA - Archer Johnson, 42, Brooklyn, 1 April 1986

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The Doe Network:
Case File 1092DMWA



Archer Ray Johnson
Missing since April 1, 1986 from Brooklyn, Grays Harbor County, Washington.
Classification: Missing

Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: April 26, 1943
Age at Time of Disappearance: 42 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'9"; 175 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White Male. Brown hair; brown eyes. Johnson has a mole on his right cheek.
Dentals: Not Available
DNA: Available in CODIS
Circumstances of Disappearance
Johnson was cutting firewood with his brother, and then left to go home. The brother left 10 minutes later, and found Johnson's truck parked a few miles down the road. The truck was partially in the roadway, the drivers door was open and the keys were in the ignition.

A search of the surrounding woods was conducted without success. The family has had no contact with Johnson since.

Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Grays Harbor Sheriff's Department
Detective Lane Youmans
360-249-3711

Agency Case Number: OR86-575

NCIC Number: M-715605657
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source Information:
WASPC

Return to the Unexplained Disappearances' Index

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1092dmwa.html
 
Here's another link:

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/j/johnson_archer.html
https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/5503

This whole thing seems really strange. A grown man, obviously backwoods savvy was cutting firewood with his brother, left early, a little while later the brother left, and saw his truck on the side of the road with the door open and keys in the ignition? I can see the whole thinking he was scouting in the woods, i.e. firewood, deer, elk, someone's pot plants, etc.....This area is really remote! I'm not in the business of pointing fingers at people, but something doesn't smell right. I've spent a lot of time in the woods of SW Washington, and met some shady characters, maybe he met some? That's not a whole lot of time to go missing, and an unlikely spot to be the victim of a kidnapping.
 
Here's another link:

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/j/johnson_archer.html
https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/5503

This whole thing seems really strange. A grown man, obviously backwoods savvy was cutting firewood with his brother, left early, a little while later the brother left, and saw his truck on the side of the road with the door open and keys in the ignition? I can see the whole thinking he was scouting in the woods, i.e. firewood, deer, elk, someone's pot plants, etc.....This area is really remote! I'm not in the business of pointing fingers at people, but something doesn't smell right. I've spent a lot of time in the woods of SW Washington, and met some shady characters, maybe he met some? That's not a whole lot of time to go missing, and an unlikely spot to be the victim of a kidnapping.

I agree something about this doesn’t seem to add up.
 
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Missing Person / NamUs #MP5503
Archer Ray Johnson,
Male, White / Caucasian
Date of Last ContactApril 1, 1986
Missing FromBrooklyn, Washington
Missing Age42 Years
Current Age76 Years
Height5' 9" (69 Inches)
Weight172 lbs
Brown hair
Brown eyes

Distinctive Physical Features
Item
Description
Scar/mark
Archer has a mole on his right cheek and a large scar on his left arm

Other distinctive physical characteristic
MP has large scar from operation on his left arm-Archer has some Native American ancestry. He has a dark complexion.

Clothing and Accessories

Item
Description
Jewelry
Archer was wearing a Black Hills gold ring.

Circumstances of Disappearance
Archer had been cutting firewood with his brother. Archer left to head home, and approximately 10 minutes later, his brother found Archer's truck on the side of the logging road, door open, keys in ignition.

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Archer Ray Johnson – The Charley Project
 
The Doe Network:
Case File 1092DMWA



Archer Ray Johnson
Missing since April 1, 1986 from Brooklyn, Grays Harbor County, Washington.
Classification: Missing

Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: April 26, 1943
Age at Time of Disappearance: 42 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'9"; 175 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White Male. Brown hair; brown eyes. Johnson has a mole on his right cheek.
Dentals: Not Available
DNA: Available in CODIS
Circumstances of Disappearance
Johnson was cutting firewood with his brother, and then left to go home. The brother left 10 minutes later, and found Johnson's truck parked a few miles down the road. The truck was partially in the roadway, the drivers door was open and the keys were in the ignition.

A search of the surrounding woods was conducted without success. The family has had no contact with Johnson since.

Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Grays Harbor Sheriff's Department
Detective Lane Youmans
360-249-3711

Agency Case Number: OR86-575

NCIC Number: M-715605657
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source Information:
WASPC

Return to the Unexplained Disappearances' Index

The Doe Network: Case File 1092DMWA

Here's another link:

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/j/johnson_archer.html
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

This whole thing seems really strange. A grown man, obviously backwoods savvy was cutting firewood with his brother, left early, a little while later the brother left, and saw his truck on the side of the road with the door open and keys in the ignition? I can see the whole thinking he was scouting in the woods, i.e. firewood, deer, elk, someone's pot plants, etc.....This area is really remote! I'm not in the business of pointing fingers at people, but something doesn't smell right. I've spent a lot of time in the woods of SW Washington, and met some shady characters, maybe he met some? That's not a whole lot of time to go missing, and an unlikely spot to be the victim of a kidnapping.

I agree something about this doesn’t seem to add up.

Bumping for Archer. Missing 27 years now.



The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Missing Person / NamUs #MP5503
Archer Ray Johnson,
Male, White / Caucasian
Date of Last ContactApril 1, 1986
Missing FromBrooklyn, Washington
Missing Age42 Years
Current Age76 Years
Height5' 9" (69 Inches)
Weight172 lbs
Brown hair
Brown eyes

Distinctive Physical Features
Item
Description
Scar/mark
Archer has a mole on his right cheek and a large scar on his left arm

Other distinctive physical characteristic
MP has large scar from operation on his left arm-Archer has some Native American ancestry. He has a dark complexion.

Clothing and Accessories

Item
Description
Jewelry
Archer was wearing a Black Hills gold ring.

Circumstances of Disappearance
Archer had been cutting firewood with his brother. Archer left to head home, and approximately 10 minutes later, his brother found Archer's truck on the side of the logging road, door open, keys in ignition.

Original
Original

26 exclusions.

Archer Ray Johnson – The Charley Project

I am Archer's granddaughter Taylor Johnson (daughter of Nicole). We are still looking for my grandpa as of 8/4/2020. We have been given some new information and will share as more is found. If you have any information please message me!!
 
Welcome and ty for joining WS, @taytayajne! My thoughts to you and your family for having to deal with the heartache of not knowing where your grandpa has been all of these years. You've certainly come to the right place for help/answers. WS is full of wonderful folks who always seem happy to offer their skills/ideas. I highly encourage you to consider becoming a "Verified Insider" for grandpa's case. The link below will give you all the details about what/who is a verified insider and how to go about the process of becoming verified. From what I understand it's fairly quick and easy. If there's anything you need help with, don't hesitate to ask.

Professional Posters and Verified Insiders
 
Archer Ray Johnson – The Charley Project

Archer Ray Johnson
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Johnson, circa 1986

Missing Since 04/01/1986
Missing From Brooklyn, Washington
Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race White
Date of Birth 04/26/1943 (77)
Age 42 years old
Height and Weight 5'9, 175 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A Black Hills gold ring.
Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Johnson has a mole on his right cheek and a large surgical scar on his left arm.

Details of Disappearance
Archer was cutting firewood with his brother, Earl Johnson, in Brooklyn, Washington on the morning of April 1, 1986. After they finished cutting wood and loaded it into Archer's pickup truck, they drove to Earl's house and unloaded half a cord of wood. Archer helped Earl's girlfriend, Rosa Butoric, feed the cows. Before he left he asked Earl if he could borrow $50 for his pickup tabs, and Earl said he would lend him the money after he got it out of the bank.

Archer left his brother's house at 11:40 a.m., en route to Oakville, Washington via Brooklyn Road. About ten or fifteen minutes later, Earl and Butoric left also, taking the same route. They found Archer's truck about fifteen miles along the way, partially parked in a gravel logging road on the top of Oakville Hill. The driver's side door was open, the keys were in the ignition and there was a can of beer on the front seat. There was no sign of Archer at the scene.

Earl and Butoric initially thought Archer was just scouting timber; he would often stop to look for wood or to urinate. They were not concerned and continued on. After going to the bank, they went to Archer's home in the 200 block of Langabeer Road and left an envelope with the requested $50 on the gate. The couple spent the next few hours driving to and from various locations.

When they arrived back at Archer's house they saw the envelope of money still on the gate. They took it, and Earl dropped Butoric off at Garrard Creek Road to wait in case Archer drove by while Earl was going into town to get gas. He later picked her up; she hadn't seen Archer. When they were driving back towards Brooklyn, they found Archer's truck still in the same spot it had been before, on Oakville Hill. They honked the horn and called for Archer, but he didn't come, so they decided to take the truck with them.

Earl drove Archer's truck to Archer's house, and Butoric took their car. At 7:15 p.m., after Archer's wife of one month arrived home from work and Earl and Butoric told her what had happened, they reported him missing.

The police were shown the exact spot on Oakville Hill where Archer's truck had been abandoned. They conducted an extensive search of the surrounding area but found no sign of Archer, other than a bandana, believed to be his, along the road. Dogs were unable to track his scent, although at one point they picked it up about a quarter of a mile down the road.

One witness told police he had seen Earl driving his car on Brooklyn Road on the west side of Oakville Hill between 1:00 and 2:00 p.m. that day, at a time Earl claims he was elsewhere. The same witness said he drove back over the road between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. and Archer's truck wasn't parked there then.

On April 11, ten days after Archer went missing, Earl and Butoric asked for a chance to repeat their statements, saying they were afraid for their safety and Archer might have been "mistaken for someone else that someone wanted." They wouldn't elaborate on this theory. The pair repeated their account of the day Archer disappeared, and investigators asked about tire tracks, matching Archer's truck, found on a spur near where the truck had been. Earl said he hadn't driven the truck there, but that Archer told him he planned to go there to look for firewood. Earl later denied having made those remarks.

Neither Archer's brother nor his brother's girlfriend are considered suspects in his disappearance. The circumstances of his disappearance are unclear, but Archer's daughter and granddaughter have heard rumors that he was murdered and his body thrown down a well or buried in the roots of a fallen tree.

Archer was a fern picker, bark peeler and woodsman at the time of his disappearance. His case remains unsolved.

Investigating Agency

Grays Harbor Sheriff's Department 360-249-3711

Source Information

Updated 5 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated November 4, 2020; two pictures added, details of disappearance updated.
 

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