On May 23, 1984, 10-year-old Luke Tredway left a friend’s house in Portland, Oregon, for a short walk home and never arrived. His pregnant mother reported him missing and searches with law enforcement and bloodhounds traced his route to an intersection, where investigators believed he either got into a vehicle or boarded a bus. Luke’s face later appeared on milk cartons as efforts to find him continued.

The case grew cold until 1996, when convicted killer Douglas Franklin Wright—already on death row for other murders—wrote a letter to a newspaper admitting he had abducted, molested, and killed Luke. Wright said he held the boy about 36 hours, shot him six times in the head on May 25, 1984, and buried the body near Mount Hood; searches did not recover remains, but authorities judged the confession credible.

Luke’s family never had the chance to bring him home for a burial. If anyone knew Luke’s habits, the route he took that day, or saw him near the intersection on May 23, please come forward with information.