David Courtney Thomas was a 22-year-old living intermittently in Milwaukee in late summer 1990. He had a three-year-old daughter and sometimes stayed with a girlfriend, but the family last had contact with him in August 1990. He was seen for the last time on September 24, 1990, and did not return to contact family or friends.

David was on probation for retail theft and when he failed to check in his probation officer prompted his ex-girlfriend to file a missing person report in October 1990. The Milwaukee Police periodically checked with her, but there were no significant leads until a later investigation connected him to a homicide. Photographs recovered from the suspect showed David among the victims, and the suspect later confessed to murdering him. It is believed the suspect destroyed David’s remains and his body was never recovered.

If anyone knew David’s whereabouts before his disappearance or has information that could fill gaps in the timeline, please share what you know.