Post by Scumhunter on Sept 9, 2015 8:25:26 GMT -5
(Pictured: Above: Left: Tristen, Circa 2000. Right: Age-progression to 16 (circa 2012) Photo Credit: Charley Project and/or NCMEC)
Missing Child/Person Profile as of September 9th, 2015: (based on missingkids.com poster)
Missing Since: Oct 5, 2000
Missing From: Roseboro, NC
DOB: Jul 16, 1996
Sex: Male
Race: White
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 3'1"
Weight: 38 lb
TIPS: Anyone having information should contact 1-800-THE-LOST or the Sampson County Sheriff's Office (North Carolina) at 1-910-592-4141
Tristen "Buddy" Myers was only 4 years old when he went missing on October 5th, 2000. He was aired on the May 3rd, 2003 episode of America's Most Wanted. Below is the (slightly edited) Charley Project description of the case:
Tristen moved to Roseboro, North Carolina in August 2000 to live with his great-aunt and great-uncle. He wandered away from his family's residence on October 5, 2000 while his great-aunt was napping and has never been heard from again. Tristen was accompanied by his dogs Sasha, a black Doberman puppy, and Buck, a tan three-legged Chihuahua mix, at the time of his disappearance.
An extensive search was conducted in a ten-acre section of wooded land near Tristen's home shortly after his disappearance. No evidence concerning his whereabouts was located and the search was scaled down on October 10, five days after he was last seen. Buck returned to Tristen's house later that day and the search was resumed, but authorities were unable to locate the child. Sasha walked back to the house on October 14. Neither dog showed any signs of having been in the woods. Tristen never returned.
Tristen's great-aunt and great-uncle say he was angry and disruptive while he lived with them. He hit other children and bit and scratched himself. He attacked and killed one of their dogs eleven days prior to his disappearance, and was taken to a psychiatric hospital to undergo a battery of tests. Doctors found that Tristen was emotionally and physically underdeveloped, but they were unable to do a complete evaluation of him as he could not seem to understand simple directions, and could speak only a few words. Three days after being released from the hospital, Tristen wandered away from his guardians' home. A neighbor found him half a mile away at a farm and returned him. Three days after that, he vanished for the final time.
In February 2003, authorities thought Tristen had been found when a man named Ricky Quick abandoned a six-year-old boy, whom he said was his son, Eli Quick, at a hospital in Evanston, Illinois. Eli was unkempt, filthy, and generally appeared to be uncared-for. He suffered behavior problems, was unable to answer simple questions about his background, and spoke of several different mothers. Authorities notified the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, suspecting that he might be a missing child. Eli bore a strong physical resemblance to Tristen, and had similar scars and a speech defect like Tristen has. However, DNA testing proved conclusively that he and Tristen were not the same person. Eli was eventually identified as Timothy Robert Trandel, whose mother, Laura Ann Trandel, had given him to Ricky when he was an infant. Timothy was given over to the care of an aunt afterwards; Laura's parental rights were terminated and Timothy's aunt applied to adopt him. She is already raising several of Laura's other children.
Tristen was born in Mississippi, the child of a fifteen-year-old exotic dancer and an unknown father. His mother was killed in a car accident in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Tristen's grandparents originally had custody of him, but he was sent to live with other relatives after his grandfather accidentally ran over him with a car while drunk. A year later he went to live with his great-aunt and great-uncle. He disappeared from there.
Authorities believe Tristen was probably either abducted by a stranger, or fell into a pond and drowned. His case remains unsolved.
Thoughts? I have to agree to with the theories the authorities suggested as being the most likely scenarios as to what happened to Tristen.
web.archive.org/web/20070125011853/http://www.amw.com/missing_children/case.cfm?id=24982
www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/myers_tristen.html
www.missingkids.com/poster/NCMC/897039/1
www.wral.com/sampson-county-family-waits-hopes-missing-child-comes-home-/12421782/
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