Gary Ray Hose was six years old when he disappeared from Phoenix, Arizona, on April 30, 1974. A kindergartener at Campo Bello School, he was described as having brown hair and blue eyes. Family accounts say the household was severely abusive; siblings and a former babysitter later reported that Gary and his twin brother were sometimes locked in a room without food or water and that police were called at times but the children were not removed.

The night Gary vanished he reportedly ran away and was found by police and returned home. An older brother, Guy, later recalled seeing Gary that night bruised and bleeding while standing with their parents. Days after Gary was last seen, the family moved from Phoenix to a trailer on desert property in Maricopa, and the remaining children were instructed not to speak about Gary.

No missing person report was filed until 1994, when Gary’s twin brother, Jerry, accused their mother, Charlene, of killing him. Subsequent searches at the Phoenix home and the Maricopa property in November 2015, including cadaver dogs and ground-penetrating radar, found no remains. Both parents are now deceased and the disappearance remains unsolved.

If anyone knew Gary, the family’s movements in 1974, or has information about the Phoenix or Maricopa properties, please come forward.