Daniel circa 1959; Age-Progressed by NCMEC to age 53 years; 58 years; 62 years
Daniel circa 1959; Age-Progressed by NCMEC to age 53 years; 58 years; 62 years
Name: Daniel Barter
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: June 18, 1959
Location Last Seen: Lillian, Baldwin County, Alabama
Date of Birth: December 12, 1954
Age: 4 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 3'0"
Weight: 50 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Danny
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
Dentals: Unavailable
Fingerprints: Unavailable
DNA: Available
Clothing: Grey boxer shorts, barefoot
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Carrying a Nehi Soda bottle
Daniel Barter was last seen playing near the banks of Perdido Bay where his parents, three brothers, an uncle, and two cousins were camping. Around 9:45 a.m. while the family was preparing equipment for a fishing trip, they realized Danny was gone. About 15 minutes had passed since his brothers had last seen him near the campsite's small beach. He had spent the night in his uncle's car with the other children and he was barefoot and still wearing the gray boxer shorts he had slept in.
The search for Danny started at the beach, a few miles north of the U.S. 98 bridge into Florida. Danny didn't like the water, and there were no footprints leading into the bay. Bloodhounds repeatedly tracked Danny's scent to the same spot on a nearby road, where a Nehi soda bottle, like the one he'd been drinking, was found.
On the morning before Danny’s disappearance, his mother drove him and his brother to the store, leaving the boys in the car. While she was gone, a man drove next to the Barters’ car and stared at the boys for a while without speaking to them, then drove away. Daniel’s brother told the mother about it when she returned.
Danny's case was reopened nearly 50 years after his disappearance. Many of the original investigative files have since been lost or destroyed in the intervening decades.
Agency Name: Baldwin County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: Cpt. Clint Cadenhead
Agency Phone Number: 251-937-0202
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 04-3497
Agency Name: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Agency Contact Person: Laura Field, Agent
Agency Phone Number: N/A
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A
NCIC Number: M204488841
NamUs Case Number: 2688
NCMEC Case Number: 600229
NamUs
NCMEC
WALA-TV 10/FOX
Birmingham Real-Time News - Nov. 12, 2019
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 2/16/22 - By: hb
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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