David Thies
Real Name: David Thies
Nicknames: No known nicknames
Location: New York, New York
Date: December 13, 1982
Bio[]
Occupation: Unrevealed
Date of Birth: 1963
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 145 lbs
Marital Status: Unrevealed
Characteristics: Caucasian male with dark brown hair and blue/gray eyes. He had a mustache and beard at the time of his disappearance. His left ear is pierced, and he has a scar on the right side of his nose.
Case[]
Details: At around 4pm on December 13, 1982, nineteen-year-old David Thies left his New York City apartment and went into the hallway to smoke a cigarette. When he did not return, his mother, Karen DiGia, thought it was strange as it was his father's birthday. Earlier in the day, he had gone out to buy a gift for him. That evening, he planned to make a salad or something for the birthday dinner.
Karen also recalls that before his disappearance, David was flipping the channels of the news reports obsessively as if he felt threatened by something he saw. His parents put up a $25,000 reward for information on his disappearance. After it was posted, more than 40 people contacted the police to report having seen him in California. The witnesses either saw him selling "junk" on the street or hanging around with a cult group. Despite these sightings, he has never been located.
According to psychiatric social workers, David has suicidal tendencies. Karen said that he was depressed several weeks before his disappearance. However, no evidence has been found to suggest that he committed suicide.
Suspects: None known
Extra Notes:
- This case first aired as a part of a missing persons special alert on the October 25, 1989 episode along with those of Julie Weflen, Stefanie Stroh, Kyle Clinkscales, Carlos Alvarez, Diana Braungardt, David Tyll and Brian Ognjan, John Simmons, Lily Mae Huff, and Susan Cappel.
- It was excluded from the FilmRise release of the Robert Stack episodes.
Results: Unsolved
Links:
- David Thies on the Charley Project
- David Thies on NamUs
- David Thies on the Doe Network
- Her son is among the missing - January 3, 1983
- Search for man rekindled by tips - November 24, 1985
- Mother keeps a vigil - May 11, 1986
- Without a Trace - New York Magazine - March 31, 1997
- Websleuths Discussion forum