Graeme Cunningham, a 13-year-old boy from Salt Lake City, went missing on July 14, 1983, after answering a phone call and telling his mother he was running to the store. He never returned, and his disappearance quickly drew statewide attention. Two days later, the adult who had been scheduled to chaperone a planned camping trip with Graeme, using the name Roger Downs, contacted the family offering help; detectives noted Downs had been questioned in other local boys’ disappearances.

Investigators discovered Roger Downs was an alias used by Arthur Gary Bishop, who was wanted on a parole violation. Bishop confessed to murdering Graeme after luring him with the promise of a skateboard, striking him with a hammer and drowning him in the bathtub. Bishop led police to Graeme’s remains, recovered near Big Cottonwood Creek, and was charged with five counts of murder and kidnapping. Bishop was convicted on all counts and later executed.

Did anyone in Salt Lake City know Graeme’s plans or the man using the name Roger Downs before July 14, 1983?