Lindsey Ray Baker, Jr., known to family as Junior or Booter, was 17 when he left his Hiddenite, North Carolina home and vanished on June 1, 1989. He was described at the time as a white male with shoulder-length brown hair, brown eyes, a mustache, a birthmark in the middle of his back, a mole on his left cheek and another mole between his eyebrows. He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a t-shirt.

On the day he disappeared Lindsey reportedly attended a party with a friend who later told Lindsey’s mother and law enforcement that he dropped Lindsey off somewhere in the Bethlehem area. The friend could not identify a specific location or address, and no further communication from Lindsey was ever received.

The case remains an open cold case with the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office. Age-progressed images have been released in hopes of new leads, but few concrete details have emerged about Lindsey’s movements after he was dropped off. If anyone knew Lindsey, was in the Bethlehem area that day, or has information that could help, please come forward.