Joseph Jo Jo Bell was 15 when he disappeared from Atlanta on March 2, 1981. Known for his love of basketball, he was initially treated by some authorities as a possible runaway after reports surfaced of people seeing or speaking with him following his disappearance, but his mother, Doris Bell, believed he had been taken.

On April 19, 1981 a couple found a body lodged against a fallen tree in the South River near the DeKalb–Rockdale county line. Dental records identified the remains as Joseph Bell and the cause of death was listed as asphyxiation. His funeral was held April 23, 1981 at Second Mt. Olive Baptist Church.

Joseph Bell’s death was folded into the broader Atlanta Child Murders investigation. Investigators later focused on 23-year-old Wayne Williams; fiber evidence from victims was reported to match fibers from Williams’s home and car. Williams was arrested June 21, 1981 and was convicted in February 1982 for two adult victims, after which authorities attributed Bell’s murder to Williams though Bell was never formally charged or tried in Joseph Bell’s case.

Does anyone have information about Joseph Bell’s last known movements or contacts around March 2, 1981?