Fourteen-year-old Jeremy Doland Bright vanished from the Coos County Fair in Myrtle Point, Oregon, on August 14, 1986. Visiting from Grants Pass with his younger sister, the two separated about 2:00 p.m. and planned to meet at 5:00 p.m. near the Ferris wheel; Jeremy never showed. He was last seen wearing a black windbreaker jacket, a red tank top, blue nylon shorts, and black Nike shoes with red laces. His wallet, watch, and house keys were later found at his stepfather’s home.

Early theories included runaway reports and unconfirmed sightings, and rumors circulated that he overdosed after drinking a drug-laced beer or was accidentally shot at a swimming hole and buried after dying at a cabin. Witnesses placed Jeremy in the truck of Terry Lee Steinhoff, who had babysat him; Steinhoff was uncooperative, was later convicted of a separate 1989 murder, and died in prison in 2007, but he was never charged in Jeremy’s disappearance. Extensive searches of ponds, rivers, and private properties turned up no trace. Jeremy’s family held a memorial on the 25th anniversary in 2011 and continue to seek answers.

If anyone was at the Coos County Fair on August 14, 1986, or remembers seeing Jeremy that day, please share what you know.