Oscar Alexander Campos was 15 when he left his Antioch, Tennessee home on April 19, 2008. After a disciplinary dispute with his parents he walked away from the Dory Drive residence about 10:30 a.m., visibly upset, reportedly threatened suicide and carried a rope as he entered a wooded area near the house. He was last seen wearing a light blue shirt and black jeans, with a purple Mohawk and a pierced left ear. He was a student at John Overton High School at the time.

Investigators classified the case as an endangered runaway and explored multiple possibilities. Oscar had friends and family in Southern California and Florida and had previously said he wanted to return to California, but authorities also considered that he might have stayed in the Nashville area. Over the years the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department has followed tips, circulated age-progressed images and kept the case open, but no substantial leads have resolved whether he is alive or what happened after he walked into the woods.

If anyone knew Oscar’s movements on April 19, 2008, or has information that could help locate him now, please contact the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department.