Edward Mitt Croley was 14 when he left his aunt’s house the morning of March 24, 1991, bound for the Maywood School, a special education center in Colonie. He was last seen near Northern Boulevard and Livingston Avenue in Albany and never arrived at school. Family concerns were at first treated as a possible runaway report.

On January 8, 1992, woodcutters found skeletal remains in woods off State Route 144 in Coeymans, about 13 miles from where he was last seen. Forensic examination showed a severe skull fracture from blunt force trauma; his death was ruled a homicide. He was wearing the same clothes he had on the day he vanished: a blue hooded pullover sweatshirt, gray sweatpants, and a dark blue t-shirt commemorating the New York Giants’ Super Bowl XXV win.

Investigators have kept the case active and explored various lines, including a theory that the killing may have been drug-related given conditions in his neighborhood at the time and later drug arrests of family members. Jo-el Scott was at one point investigated as a person of interest but was never charged in this case. No arrests have been announced; law enforcement continues to ask anyone with information to come forward. If anyone knew Edward Mitt Croley or has information about his disappearance, please share what you know.