Two-year-old James William Duffy Jr., known as Jimmy, vanished from a camper during a family camping trip at Peevine Creek on the Little Wenatchee River near Leavenworth, Washington, on October 19, 1973. His parents say they were about 200 yards away gathering firewood while Jimmy and his eleven-month-old sister napped; they heard a scream, ran back, and found the camper door open and Jimmy gone. The sister and the family’s two cats remained inside.

Jimmy was described as frail and was wearing a dark blue long-sleeved turtleneck over a white t-shirt, light blue jeans, yellow knee-length socks, and white training shoes with smooth soles. An immediate search involving up to 300 volunteers scoured the rugged area for a week with no sign of the boy, no footprints, and none of his belongings. Investigators at the time said the remoteness made abduction seem unlikely and found no signs of animal attack; foul play has not been ruled out. The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office lists the case as an endangered missing person matter.

Does anyone remember that campsite at Peevine Creek or have information about searches conducted there in October 1973?