Gary Beauchamp was 16 when he disappeared from Canton, Ohio, on the night of October 9, 1976. He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a brown t-shirt, about 5 feet 7 inches tall and 80 to 100 pounds, with blond or strawberry-blond shoulder-length hair and a cast on his right arm. He lived in the 200 block of 24th Street Southeast.

A 17-year-old friend who had been hitchhiking with Gary toward Massillon said an argument led them to separate. The friend saw Gary get into an older full-sized car with three other people at 12th Street and Shorb Avenue Northwest around 11:00 p.m.; that is the last confirmed sighting. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Stark County Sheriff’s Office handle the case, which remains open.

The case was entered into NamUs in July 2025. Few significant leads have emerged and the family still lacks answers. If anyone knew Gary, the people he was with that night, or anything about that older car, please come forward with information.