The image on the right has been age-progressed to 53 years.
The image on the right has been age-progressed to 53 years.
Name: Alan John Westerfield
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: September 12, 1964
Location Last Seen: Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina
Date of Birth: August 24, 1957
Age: 7 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 3'10"
Weight: 80 lbs.
Hair Color: Sandy
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Has a speech impediment.
Dentals: Not Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Not Available
Clothing: Short brown pants, blue shirt.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
According to police reports, the boys' stepfather dropped Alan and his older brother, Terry , off at Fayetteville's popular Broadway Theater, on Hay Street, at 17:30. The stepfather stated he returned to the theater about 20.00, and the boys were gone. When the boys vanished, authorities were not sure if the brothers ever made it to the theater. Neither child was ever heard from again and police think the boys were killed the day they disappeared. Heavy rains from hurricane Dora late that night and the next morning hampered the search.
Agency Name: Fayetteville Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Sergeant Phillips
Agency Phone Number: 910-433-1856
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A
Agency Name: Cumberland County Sheriff
Agency Contact Person: Lieutenant Tim Britt
Agency Phone Number: 910-323-1500
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 9400844
Agency Name: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Agency Contact Person: Special Agent Mark Brewington
Agency Phone Number: (910) 486-1262
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A
NamUs Case Number: 5403
NCIC Case Number: M-703572956
NCMEC Case Number: 604844
NamUs
NCMEC
The Fayetteville Observer
The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) Sept. 19, 1964
Added: 12/20/05; Last Updated: 09/11/2022 - By: kc
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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