Joshua Kidwell was 3 years old when he and his twin brother Jackson vanished with their mother, Debra Kidwell, from Ventura, California. They were last seen together on May 4, 1979, and the case is classified as an endangered missing person investigation.

Debra’s husband, John Needham Kidwell, reported the trio missing and was initially considered a suspect; it is unclear whether he was ever formally cleared before his death in 2008. Little evidence or reliable leads have emerged about what happened after the three were last seen, and the family continues to seek answers.

Anyone who knew Debra, Joshua, or Jackson, or who lived in Ventura in 1979 and remembers that neighborhood or that date, is asked to come forward with information.