Zachary Xerxes Ramsay was 10 when he disappeared from Great Falls, Montana. He was last seen the morning of February 6, 1996, walking to school about 7:30 a.m. Multiple witnesses said they saw him in an alley appearing distressed and possibly followed by an upset man; one witness identified that man as Nathaniel Bar-Jonah, described in reports as a convicted child predator who frequented the area.

Bar-Jonah was later charged in 2000 with Zachary’s abduction and presumed murder, and investigators at one point suspected a stun gun might have been used and there were allegations of cannibalism. Those charges were dropped in 2002 after Zachary’s mother said she believed her son might still be alive. No remains or conclusive evidence tying Bar-Jonah to Zachary’s disappearance have been found.

Zachary’s father had him declared legally dead in 2011, while his mother continues to hope he is alive. The case remains unsolved and open; anyone with information about Zachary’s movements that morning or the alley where witnesses saw him is asked to come forward.