Keith Dean Fleming was 13 when he disappeared from Cocoa Beach, Florida, on April 28, 1977. He was last seen after visiting his girlfriend’s house and planned to hitchhike home, a common practice in the area then. He never arrived; his body has never been found and the case remains open.

Keith was described as having blond hair and brown eyes. At the time he was wearing a green t-shirt, jeans and flip-flops, and wore a gold chain with an Italian horn. He had a partial plate for his two front teeth, lost in an earlier accident. One significant lead tied the case to John Rodney McRae, a convicted murderer who worked as a prison guard in the area in the late 1970s and is suspected in multiple boys disappearances. McRae was never charged in Keith’s case and died in 2005 without admitting involvement.

The family continues to seek closure and authorities ask anyone with information to come forward. Did anyone in Cocoa Beach in April 1977 remember seeing Keith or a vehicle he might have gotten into?