David William Adams

• Missing Since 05/03/1968
• Missing From Issaquah, Washington
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Male
• Race White
• Date of Birth 01/26/1960 (65)
• Age 8 years old
• Height and Weight 4'0, 50 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry Description A green and brown plaid shirt, jeans and black high-top sneakers.
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. David has a large dimple in his cheek that shows when he smiles. His two upper front teeth are crooked and were shaped in a V at the time of his disappearance.

Details of Disappearance

David was last seen in Issaquah, Washington on May 3, 1968. After school he took the bus to his family's home on Southeast Tiger Mountain Road. They'd moved into the house just two months earlier. David went to a friend's house to play. He was due home for dinner at 5:00 p.m. He called his mother and asked to stay with his friend for longer, but she told him to come home. He set off on a local trail that was a shortcut home, but never arrived.

After fifteen minutes, his mother called David's friend's house to find out why he hadn't come home yet and realized he wasn't there. An extensive search of the area turned up no sign of him, and he has never been heard from again. Authorities initially theorized that he fell down a mine shaft or was attacked by a cougar. They now believe he was abducted.

Two witnesses reported seeing a small boy matching David's description walking along Enumclaw-Auburn Highway at about 2:30 a.m. on May 4, hours after David had been reported missing. The witnesses thought it was odd that a boy so young was out alone so late at night, but they didn't stop and question him as they didn't realize a local child had been reported missing. They reported the sighting after finding out about David's disappearance.

In 2009, police announced they were looking at a former neighbor as a possible suspect in David's disappearance. He was twenty years old 1968, and authorities believe he was the last person to see David before his disappearance. Tracker dogs traced the child's scent to the man's home, and investigators stated he was "very evasive" during questioning, doesn't have a convincing alibi, and failed a polygraph. The man, who now lives in Lewis County, Washington, maintains his innocence.

David has five siblings; he is the second-oldest child in his family. He was a third-grader at Clark Elementary School in 1968, and a good student. Both of parents are still alive and still live in the area. His disappearance remains unsolved.