Don Baker was 12 when he and his friend Brenda Jo Howell vanished while riding bicycles near the San Gabriel Canyon area in Glendora, California, on August 6, 1956. They were last seen on Glendora Mountain Road. A few days later Brenda’s bicycle and Don’s jacket were recovered near Morris Dam; Don’s bicycle turned up about a month after they went missing. No other trace of the children was found.

Initially treated as possible runaways, the disappearances took a new turn in 1970 when convicted child murderer Mack Ray Edwards confessed to killing both Don and Brenda and said he had buried them in a remote location. Extensive searches have not located their remains, and Edwards was never charged in these specific cases because physical evidence was lacking. Investigators reopened the inquiry in 2007 to try to locate Edwards’ victims, but the children’s bodies have not been recovered and the case remains unsolved.

Does anyone have information about Don’s movements that day or memories of sightings along Glendora Mountain Road or near Morris Dam?