Real Name: David Michael Borer
Nicknames: No known nicknames
Location: Willow, Alaska
Date: April 26, 1989
Bio[]
Occupation: Elementary School Student
Date of Birth: March 21, 1981
Height: 4'0"
Weight: 55-65 lbs.
Marital Status: Inapplicable
Characteristics: White male with blond hair and blue-green eyes. David was left-handed and had two scars around his eyes; one under his right eye and one above his left eye.
Case[]
Details: On April 26, 1989, seven-year-old David Borer vanished while walking along Parks Highway near Mile Marker 82, eleven miles north of his home in Willow, Alaska. He was either going to a friend's house or a sandbar near the frozen Kashwitna River. After his disappearance, police looked into the possibility that he may have fallen into the river. However, no hole in the ice was found. Also, divers searched the water and failed to find any trace of him.
Police also looked into the possibility that David was abducted while walking along the highway. He had apparently hitchhiked periodically throughout the area prior to his disappearance, and some believe that he may have met with foul play. This case remains unsolved.
Suspects: None known
Extra Notes:
- This case first aired on the January 24, 1990 episode. It was featured after the case of Tara Calico, as a part of a missing children roll call along with those of Leticia Hernandez, Jessica Gutierrez, and Malakia Logan.
- It was also profiled on America’s Most Wanted.
- It was excluded from the FilmRise release of the Robert Stack episodes.
Results: Unsolved. David's mother had another son named Paul in March 1990. Tragically, in April, he was killed by a hybrid wolf.
Links:
- David Borer on the Charley Project
- David Borer on the NCMEC website
- David Borer on the Doe Network
- David Borer on the AMW achieve
- David Borer on NamUs
- Letter to the Editor: Abducted - June 5, 1989
- Mom of Missing Boy Faces Cut in Welfare - July 6, 1989
- Parents of Missing Children Reach Out To Each Other Across Nation - November 18, 1989
- Baby Bitten by Hybrid Wolf Dies in Anchorage Hospital - April 12, 1990
- Missing children sought - September 9, 1990
- Vanished children, endless heartache - October 5, 2003
- As theories faded, another boy went missing - May 9, 2009
- David Borer was just 8 years old when he disappeared in Alaska in 1989. Did he try to hitchhike or did the wilderness kill him? - August 10, 2019
- The Disappearance of David Borer - October 24, 2020
- Websleuths Discussion forum