David DeWayne Bell, 18, was last seen in Owensboro, Kentucky, on July 11, 1986. His cherished blue bicycle was found abandoned—accounts differ on whether it was left in an alley near the family home on East 20th Street or at the residence itself—and relatives said he would not have left it unattended. He was described with shoulder-length blond hair, brown eyes, a burn scar on his right arm and a tattoo of his initials DB on that arm; he was last seen wearing a t-shirt, jeans and tennis shoes.

DeWayne’s disappearance occurred five days after 16-year-old Shannon Green vanished from the same town. The two had been at a mutual friend’s house the day before Shannon disappeared, and someone calling as Dwayne told Shannon’s mother they had eloped—a call now believed to have been a hoax. Investigators suspected foul play and considered that DeWayne might have known something about Shannon’s disappearance. A former family acquaintance, John Reneer, became a person of interest; years later he claimed DeWayne confessed to involvement in Shannon’s case and said he recorded that confession, a recording reportedly given to police but not retained. Reneer has implicated others while David Bell Sr. has denied those claims.

Anyone with memories of DeWayne, his movements in July 1986, or information about the bicycle or the people named is asked to come forward.