Darron Jerome Glass was ten years old when he vanished from his foster home on Memorial Drive in Decatur, Georgia, on the evening of September 14, 1980. Earlier that day he had attended an Atlanta Braves game with a church youth group. Accounts differ on his return: one says he was seen getting off the chartered bus at Glenwood Avenue SE and Second Avenue SE, another that he made it back to the foster home and then left again shortly after.

At the time he disappeared Darron was wearing khaki pants, a brown or yellow t-shirt, and tennis shoes. He had been in the care of his foster mother, Fannie Mae Smith, for less than three months; both his parents were deceased. In the hours after he vanished the foster mother received a phone call from someone claiming to be Darron but the line went dead before she could speak to him.

Darron’s disappearance took place during the wave of child murders in the Atlanta area between 1979 and 1981, and his age, description, and timing have led some to speculate a connection. No definitive evidence has tied his case to Wayne Williams or any other suspect. The investigation remains open with the DeKalb County Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.