Twelve-year-old Robert James Brown, called Robbie, vanished from Pefferlaw, Ontario, on the afternoon of August 3, 1968. He had spent the day at Holmes Point Beach and a Church of the Nazarene day camp where his mother volunteered. About 4:00 p.m. he told his mother he would walk less than 3 kilometers to their home in Wilfrid, do his Toronto Telegram paper route on his bicycle, and return to camp. He was seen leaving the campground on foot around 4:30 p.m.

Witnesses place a boy matching Robbie’s description back near the beach later that afternoon: one camper saw him about 4:45 p.m., and two teenagers gave the last known sighting around 5:30 p.m. near the former Oakes Restaurant on Holmes Point Road. His newspapers were found undelivered at the usual corner. Robbie was five feet four inches tall with blond hair, hazel eyes and freckles, wearing a red and black plaid shirt, blue jeans and black work boots.

The Georgina Township Police initially handled the case, then the Ontario Provincial Police, and York Regional Police took over in October 2008. Extensive land and water searches produced no trace of Robbie or his clothing, and the disappearance remains an active cold case. If anyone knew Robbie, his routines, or saw him that afternoon, please come forward with information.