Age-progressed by NCMEC to 42 years
Age-progressed by NCMEC to 42 years
Name: Jeremy Ray Coots
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: February 18, 1977
Location Last Seen: Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas
Date of Birth: October 30, 1972
Age: 4 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 3'0"
Weight: 40 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: hearing loss; 3/4" scar on lower left jaw; 1/2" scar on upper left forehead
Dentals: Not Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available
Clothing: Fur coat with hood, light colored pants, blue shirt, brown cowboy boots with bird design
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: MAICO CU (serial #41076) brand hearing aid
Jeremy was last seen in Atchison on February 18, 1977, at his babysitter's house. Jeremy and the babysitter's son, both 4-years-old, went outside to play and Jeremy wandered away. Despite an extensive 5-day search, his body was never found. A renowned search dog, responsible for 422 successful searches, followed Jeremy's scent from the forest near the babysitter's house east to the Missouri River. His case was closed by the Atchison County Sheriff's Department as "missing/presumed dead - fell in the Missouri River." His mother later wrote a book about his disappearance, "In Search of Jeremy: A Mother's Story."
Agency Name: Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Agency Contact Person: Special Agent Dana Schutter
Agency Phone Number: 785-296-8200
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 70-37735
NamUs Case Number: 19945
NCIC Case Number: M985125195
NCMEC Case Number: 1217444
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Atchison Globe - Oct. 26, 2012
Added: 4/26/2016; Last Updated: 4/13/22 - By: hb
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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