Darren Conway Rogers was 13 when he was last reported seen in Modesto, California, on February 27, 1973. He reportedly left his home on Randy Street to walk to Downey High School and never arrived. At the time he was described as a white male, 6 feet 0 inches tall, about 150 pounds, with dark blond hair and partial blindness in his left eye. He was last seen wearing a navy blue jacket and jeans.

The official disappearance date is February 27, 1973, but records raise questions: his name and photo appear in the 1974 Downey High School yearbook, and attendance records show a last day of April 19, 1974. A classmate said they saw Darren on the morning he disappeared, smoking with two older men in a car who greeted him. The original police file has been lost, and when family members visited the Modesto Police Department in 2005 to provide DNA, no case record was found; Darren’s parents have since died but their DNA was entered into a database.

There has been no activity on his Social Security number, and his siblings continue to seek answers. If anyone saw Darren at school in 1973–74 or has information about his whereabouts, please share what is known.