Scott Michael Morris was 14 when he walked to a convenience store near his Indianapolis home and disappeared on August 14, 1978. Born December 31, 1963, he was about 5 feet 6 inches and 140 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, visible scars on a knee and on his buttocks, and may have used the name Jeffrey. Investigators initially classified him as an endangered runaway because he had run away before, but he never returned.

Three days after he vanished Scott reportedly phoned his family to say he had taken a job with a carnival in Pennsylvania and refused to give a location; a second, brief call about a decade later reportedly told a family friend the same. A nude, mutilated male found in Daviess County, Kentucky in 1990 was widely believed to be Scott until DNA testing in January 2009 excluded him. The case was reentered into the missing persons database in February 2010 and remains unsolved and active.

Few facts explain the gap between the two calls or why a formal missing report appears to have been delayed. Anyone who knew Scott, worked with carnivals in that era, or has other information is asked to contact the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.