Blake Wade Pursley was 14 when he vanished from the CEDU School, a private residential facility in Running Springs, California, on June 26, 1994. Enrolled there only since June 1 and reportedly homesick, he was last seen about 8:00 p.m. heading to a barn on school property to check on the animals. A staff member reported seeing a light come on in the barn shortly after, but Blake did not return to his dorm by the 10:00 p.m. curfew and has not been seen since.

Blake had significant medical needs from a near-drowning as a toddler: he required seizure medication twice daily, walked with a limp from a leg length discrepancy, and bore scars from multiple surgeries on his head, neck, chest, and abdomen. Tracking dogs followed his scent to a nearby highway, but searches turned up no further trace. Reports include unconfirmed sightings in California and Utah and the family’s hope he might have been trying to return to Colorado.

The case remains unsolved and is classified as an endangered missing person. Did anyone in Running Springs or along routes to Colorado see a boy matching Blake’s description around late June 1994?