Hi Everyone,
I found some posts about him on the Websluth Forum but they closed. Dermot was about 16 years old when he left his Illinois home in late January of 1972 and never came back. I understand that a relative of Dermot posted that he was heavily into music, was somewhat rebellious at the time he disappeared, and that his parents were having some marital problems.
Was there anything on the day, week, or weeks leading up to his disappearance concerning clues that he was about to leave home? Did he have a fight with the family members and than just leave? Did they see him leave the house that day? Is their recollection as to where he said he was going? This same poster did say that she believed he may have gone to California to join the hippie-movement.
It's so sad to hear about people who vanish without a trace, because you wonder what could have been done to prevent this. Let's hope that any new information will return Dermot to his family, or tragically, if he has passed away, to bring closure to this almost forty year old case.
Satch
I found some posts about him on the Websluth Forum but they closed. Dermot was about 16 years old when he left his Illinois home in late January of 1972 and never came back. I understand that a relative of Dermot posted that he was heavily into music, was somewhat rebellious at the time he disappeared, and that his parents were having some marital problems.
Was there anything on the day, week, or weeks leading up to his disappearance concerning clues that he was about to leave home? Did he have a fight with the family members and than just leave? Did they see him leave the house that day? Is their recollection as to where he said he was going? This same poster did say that she believed he may have gone to California to join the hippie-movement.
It's so sad to hear about people who vanish without a trace, because you wonder what could have been done to prevent this. Let's hope that any new information will return Dermot to his family, or tragically, if he has passed away, to bring closure to this almost forty year old case.
Satch