Left & Center: Harker, circa 1996; Right: Circa 1981
Left & Center: Harker, circa 1996; Right: Circa 1981
Name: Kenneth William Harker
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: October 5, 1996
Location Last Seen: Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa
Date of Birth: November 18, 1961
Age: 34 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Dark
Eye Color: Unknown
Nickname/Alias: Kenny
Distinguishing Marks/Features: May have beard; may wear glasses. Scar above both eyebrows. Harker suffered from a head injury after an auto accident several years earlier that has left him disabled.
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Harker was last seen in Sioux City, Iowa on or about October 5, 1996.
On this date, Harker's 1977 white Chevrolet Suburban was tagged as an abandoned vehicle by the Plymouth County Sheriff's Office while parked on a gravel road (K-42). Its doors were open, tires were flat and it was out of gas. A search of Harker's residence on Colon Street turned up no clues as to his whereabouts.
Harker's mother reported him missing on October 9, 1996. His dog was left at his house, and it hadn't been fed in four or five days, and he had left behind his medicine.
Harker's family are convinced Kenny didn't get disoriented and wander off and die due to exposure, because someone out mushroom hunting or a farmer or another individual would have found him by now. And, Kenny's close attachment to friends and family kept him from wanting to live elsewhere.
Foul play is suspected.
Agency Name: Sioux City Police Department
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 712-279-6365
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A
Agency Name: Missing Person Information Clearinghouse
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 1-800-346-5507
Agency E-Mail: mpicinfo@dps.state.ia.us
Agency Case Number: P96-51577/font>
NCIC Case Number: M967771947
Siouxland Network
Iowa Missing Person Information Clearinghouse
NamUs MP #4491
Sioux City Police
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 05-18-2022 - By: Htmlcnvtr
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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