Jayson Pearce was one year old when he vanished from his Phoenix, Arizona home; the last confirmed sighting was April 15, 1983. The child’s non-custodial stepfather, John David Grooms, left the house while Jayson's mother, Napolean Pearce, was serving a ten-day jail sentence for a DUI. Grooms left a note accusing her of being an unfit parent and claimed the boy was safe and would be placed with a Quaker family to be raised in a healthier environment.

Grooms was indicted in June 1983 for felony custodial interference and was arrested in Durango, Colorado, in January 1984, but Jayson was not found with him. Grooms refused to say where the child was; he was sentenced to 1.8 years, reduced to 1.5 on appeal, and served eight months. Jayson’s whereabouts remain unknown.

Did anyone in Phoenix or Durango at the time have contacts, memories, or information about Grooms, the Quaker family he mentioned, or where Jayson might have been taken?