Corey Gilbert was six years old when he disappeared from Metairie, Louisiana, in the early afternoon of December 16, 1984. He was described as four feet tall, 55 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, missing two bottom teeth. That day he wore a royal blue muscle shirt with white trim, blue jeans, and either white sneakers with red and blue stripes or blue sneakers with red stripes.

Accounts disagree about where Corey was last seen. The most commonly reported version says he vanished from inside the Ten-To-Ten grocery store on Jefferson Highway while playing a video game with his cousin; another version places him playing near the Mississippi River, and some reports say he went missing while walking to a neighborhood store. No body has ever been recovered, and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office has kept the investigation open. Age-progressed images have been created in the hope someone will recognize him.

The conflicting witness accounts about his final moments are a key barrier to resolving what happened. If anyone knew the family, shopped at the Ten-To-Ten that afternoon, or remembers seeing a child matching Corey’s description near the river or on South Causeway Boulevard, please come forward with information.