Feb. 10, 2026
Chapter 131: In the Shadow of the Sun-The Disappearance of Myron Traylor
On a blisteringly hot day in Phoenix, Arizona, 13-year-old Myron Traylor set out with his mother to do laundry. He stopped for a drink as his mother continued on, promising to catch up with her, but he never did. What would follow would be a decades-long mystery, plagued by rumors, as investigators searched for the missing boy. With no evidence, only theories to base a motive on, and a witness who may know more than what they're saying, this is the story of a boy who was here one moment and gone the next.
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5 who still stymie searchers. (1997, July 29). The Arizona Republic, A4.Aug 06, 1990, page 8 - The Arizona Republic at Newspapers.comTM. (n.d.). Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/image/122454381/?match=1&terms=myron%20traylorBaxter, J. (2021, February 14). Gone Before Sunset: The Disappearance of Myron Traylor. Medium. https://medium.com/@jennbaxter_69070/gone-before-sunset-the-disappearance-of-myron-traylor-cd382f027cfcDaunt, T. (1989, February 16). Mom of missing boy fears worst, prays. The Arizona Republic, B1–B2.FindtheMissing. (2020, February 20). Myron Timell Traylor. The Resource Center for Cold Case Missing Children’s Cases. https://rcccmcc.com/2019/08/23/42-azm-myron-timell-traylor/Jeong, Y. (2016a, November 25). Missing Arizona children: Myron Traylor vanished after a stop for soda pop. The Arizona Republic, A3–A4.Jeong, Y. (2016b, November 26). 28 years later, still waiting at house on Pecan Road. The Arizona Republic, A3–A4.Missing: Myron Timell Traylor | Phoenix, AZ | Uncovered. (n.d.). https://uncovered.com/cases/myron-timell-traylorMissing Person / NAMUS #MP3935 | NAMUS. (n.d.). NamUs. https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP3935Missing person: Myron Traylor. (n.d.). Missing People in America. https://missingpeopleinamerica.org/missing/myron-traylorMyron Timell Traylor – The Charley Project. (n.d.). https://charleyproject.org/case/myron-timell-traylorMyron Traylor still missing without a trace 27 years later. (2015, August 3). NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/cold-case-spotlight/myron-traylor-still-missing-without-trace-27-years-later-n398101Newbart, D. (1991, July 24). THE MYSTERY OF MYRONTHE TRAIL MAY BE COLD, BUT THE MEMORIES STILL HURT. Phoenix New Times. https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/the-mystery-of-myronthe-trail-may-be-cold-but-the-memories-still-hurt-6411812/The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NAMUS). (n.d.). NamUs.gov. https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/3935/detailsTorrey, J. F. (1989, August 4). Police hit dead end in search. The Arizona Republic, B2.Villa, J. (2002, May 22). Aunt remains hopeful he’ll come home. The Arizona Republic, B4.
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to the next chapter in the Book of the Dead.
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When a thirteen year old boy disappears on a sweltering
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evening in Arizona in July of nineteen eighty eight, theories
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circulate through the community as to what happened to him.
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Was it drug or gang related? Was he abducted by
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a predator, or did he simply run away. His family
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is terrified for his safety, and the authorities spend countless
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hours searching for him and sifting through tips trying to
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determine what is credible and what isn't. As the years
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have passed, though, the one person that might know what
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happened to this boy was not only a witness, but
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have been the one responsible, and they have refused to
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say a word on the subject for nearly forty years.
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This is the disappearance of Myron Trailer. Myron Taimel Trailer
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was born on October first, nineteen seventy four, in Phoenix, Arizona,
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to Debbie Trailer and Leroy Williams. He had a younger
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half brother named Charles, and growing up, Myron was by
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all accounts, a sweet and loving boy. According to an
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article for the Phoenix New Times, Myron was a quiet
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child who loved to read and draw, proudly bringing home
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artwork that he made in school home to his grandmother,
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and he was never one to get into trouble. He
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always informed someone if he was going to play with friends,
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and he was very close with his family, spending many
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days at his Grandma Ruthie's home with his twenty plus cousins.
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As Myron grew into a young teenager, he never lost
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his sweet personality. He was still quiet, never so much
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as uttering a curse word and was very active in
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his church, Southminster Presbyterian. By the summer of nineteen eighty eight,
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when this case begins, thirteen year old Myron had many
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things to look forward to, having shot up to five
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foot five and with the love of football, Ruthie signed
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him up to play on an organized team, with practice
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to start that August. To prepare, Myron started lifting weights
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at his closest friend, Nikosy Burton's home, who lived across
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the street from his grandparents. He had also been going
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to vacation Bible school classes with Nikosi, and on days
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they went to service, the two boys would often stay
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after eating dinner with their pastor, Reverend George Brooks, who
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would often speak positively of Myron's future. Reverend Brooks told
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the Phoenix New Times quote he was a kid that
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was going to make it, and if he didn't, it
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was because somebody interfered with him. That summer, Myron had
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also started a paper route with the goal of raising
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money to go on a trip to Disneyland with his
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church's youth group. He was also looking forward to spending
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a lot of time with his mom and cousins as
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during the school year. According to uncovered. He and his
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brother stayed with his aunt Sondra in Scottsdale, attending Sierra
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Vista Elementary School, where he would soon start seventh grade,
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as the school systems there provided him a better education,
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and he would go back home to Debbi when school finished.
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According to an interview Sondra gave to the Arizona Republic
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in twenty sixteen, her nephew staying with her for part
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of the year was more due to her sister's struggles
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than anything else. Myron rarely saw his father, as he
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was regularly in and out of prison. By this point,
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Leroy had been incarcerated again and Debbie struggled with substance use.
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Sondra kept her nephew's for the school year, offering them
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stability when their home life with Debbie became chaotic. The
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day of July twenty seventh, nineteen eighty eight, was a
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hot one in Phoenix. As the sun climbed higher, the
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temperature rose to one hundred and two degrees, and Myron
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had spent much of the morning out in that heat
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delivering newspapers. Sometime around two forty five, Myron finished his
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route and headed home after close to around six pm,
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Myron grabbed a small bag of dirty laundry and headed
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out with his mother to go to Ruthie's to wash
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his clothes, as Debbie's washer had recently broken. He was
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also excited to call his brother, who was spending the
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summer with an uncle in California, and he was looking
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forward to catching up with Charles and trading summer stories.
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As the two walked the half mile to Ruthie's house
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in South Phoenix, Myron grew thirsty and he asked Debbie
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if he could stop to get something to drink. According
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to the Arizona Republic, Debbie told her son to go
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ahead and to catch up with her when he was done,
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and she headed across the vacant field just east of
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her parents' home while Myron walked towards an ok fish
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and chip shop on sixteen Street, north of Southern Avenue.
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Myron walked into the shop and asked the woman at
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the counter, Lena Watt, for a wild cherry soda, which
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he quickly gool down. Lena told the Phoenix New Times
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that she remembered commenting that he must be very thirsty
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as he asked for a refill to take with him.
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Ryron thanked Lena and he waved, swinging his bag at
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his side as he left the shop, and Lena returned
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to work as he disappeared from view pretty quickly. After
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arriving at her parents' house on Pecan Road, Debbie was
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worried Myron had yet to arrive, and that wasn't like him. Plus,
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the likelihood of him taking a wrong turn and getting
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lost was slim to none. Myron and Debbie walked the
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same route nearly every night, and the two of them
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could likely take the walk with their eyes closed. Ruthie
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and her husband Claude had lived in the same house
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for decades and it was the meeting point for every
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member of the very large Trailer family, the go to
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place for family gatherings and playdates. Myron would have had
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no trouble at all getting there. Debbie tried to be
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rational about her concern. While it wasn't like her son
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not to inform her of where he was going, the
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vacation Bible school was to start soon, and it was
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possible that he had gone across the street to get
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into Kosi so both of them could get on the
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bus to attend. Maybe he had decided to head there first,
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then he would be back with her when Bible school
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had finished. However, according to Uncovered As, Debbie watched for
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her son to walk across the nearby field. When Myron
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failed to return later that evening, at around nine point thirty,
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Debbie called the police to try and report him missing,
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but the police weren't too worried. It hadn't been that
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long since Debbie had last seen her son, and they
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told her that Myron was probably with some friends and
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would be back soon. Debbie tried to tell the police
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that Myron didn't just go off with friends. He was
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a responsible boy and always made sure to tell someone
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where he was going, but they weren't convinced. After hanging
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up with them, Debbie sets out to retrace her steps
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back to the ok Fish and chip shop, looking for
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any sign of her son, but nothing was found. With
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no sign of Myron anywhere, the trailer family set out
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to look for him, and Debbie's boyfriend, Gettis Mince, arrived
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just in time. His arm was in a sling, and
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when asked what happened, he claimed that he had been
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bitten by a dog. While we'll come back to who
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Gettis is soon, he joined the search for Myron, and
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at two am, after continuous calls to the police to
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let them know that he still hadn't turned up, the
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police finally responded to the call after family members provided
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more information about his character and how Myron not returning
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home was absolutely not something he would do. Myron had
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zero association with anyone known to be in a bad crowd,
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and he didn't use drugs. He was a little leaguer,
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incredibly polite, and he did very well in school, which
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all pointed to a young boy who wouldn't just run off.
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The next day, after being alerted that Myron was still
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missing after failing to turn up at Bible School, Reverend
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Brooks gathered a group of parishioners to canvass the area
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where Myron was last seen to look for him. They
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also printed flyers to hand out asking anyone in the
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area if they had seen him. As part of their investigation,
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detectives interviewed family members and Debbie was even given a polygraph,
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which she passed with no issue. As abduction cases involving
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children are more likely to be perpetrated by non custolidial parents,
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police also looked into Myron's father, but as he was
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currently serving a prison sentence, he was of course to
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Benny involvement. Leroy, upon his release from prison, did what
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he could to help search for his son, though by
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that point the trail had long gone cold. Though some
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of Myron's friends would later tell police that he had
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spoken about running away in the past, and another friend
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claimed to have seen him two days after he disappeared,
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police quickly pivoted away from the idea that Myron had
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made the decision to leave on his own. Investigators also
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went to Okay Fish and Chips and spoke to Lena,
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who told police that when Myron had stopped by, she
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was the only one in the shop. She told him
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about his purchase and how he was exceptionally polite, and
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that he had left without incident after buying his soda.
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Two other witnesses came forward, saying that they saw Myron
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walking down the street but hadn't noticed anything suspicious, and
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coincidentally enough, Debbie's boyfriend Gettis, was also a witness. Reportedly,
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Gettis had been across the street in another building at
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the same time time Myron had stopped for a drink,
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and he told police that he saw Myron leave holding
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a plastic bag in his hand. Gettis, though, upon further
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digging by investigators, was not the most upstanding member of society,
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and he was quickly shrouded in suspicion. While it's unknown
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how long Gettis and Debbie had been dating, he had
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a very long rap sheet and had been in and
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out of prison for various charges, including aggravated assault for
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which he was incarcerated in nineteen eighty one, and he
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had been released just a month before Myron had disappeared.
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Gettis was also a known drug dealer, specifically cocaine, which
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was the drug that Debbie was known to use. The
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month after Myron disappeared, Gettis was arrested again for attempted
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armed robbery, and he spent close to another ten years
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in prison. As the weeks passed, investigators were very active
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in their for Myron as well as his family, and
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Reverend Brooks, who had spearheaded various searches looking for him
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as well as the trailers, were vocal in their appreciation
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for the dedication to finding Myron. However, the police were
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frustrated with not being able to make much progress. Lieutenant
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Wayne Polk, who was in charge of the Missing Person's
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Unit told the Arizona Republic quote, the frustrating part in
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dealing with Myron is we've really come up short. We
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should be further along, but we just don't have a
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strong indication of what happened to him. Quickly, Myron's photo
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appeared on flyers, in newspapers and on milk cartons which
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were distributed nationally, and the National Center for Missing and
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Exploited Children estimated that over forty million homes had received
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a newsletter asking for tips and information. Classified as one
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of three high priority cases, a five thousand dollars reward
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was offered for information that could lead to Myron's whereabouts.
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A reenactment was even done the year following his disappearance
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to keep his case in the public eye. And while
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tips flooded in, especially in the initial stages of the investigation,
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many of them were outlandish and send police on wild
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goose chases as they spent valuable time trying to corroborate them.
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Some of these tips, which fueled the rumors that Myron
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was alive, came in the form of phone calls that
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the police as well as the Trailer family had received
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over the first three years of the investigation. The first
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call came to the house on pe Con Road, and
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Ruthie answered the phone, believing the caller to be her granddaughter,
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who was living in Texas. When Ruthy started asking questions
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about the caller's mother, the person on the line hung up,
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and she believed it was possible that the caller was Myron.
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The next call came some time after and was answered
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by Myron's grandfather Cloak. This time the person on the
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other end asked for Myron, and when Claude told him
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that he was missing, this caller hung up as well. Finally,
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Nikosi Burton received a phone call from a male asking
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about Ruthie and how she was doing. When Nicosi said
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she had been ill and was in the hospital, this
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caller hung up too. None of the callers were able
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to be traced, and to this day, no one knows
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who made them. Besides these calls, though, police were contending
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with strange ones of their own, particularly a persistent caller
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who insisted they knew what happened to Myron. According to
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Detective Ron Jones, in nineteen ninety, a tipster made frequent
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calls to the police saying that a quote well known
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crack dealer in South Phoenix had drunkenly bragged about molesting
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and murdering a child on the day that Myron had disappeared.
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This person claimed, according to the Arizona Republic, that the
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dealer had gotten to a fight with his wife, went
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to a bar next to the Fish and Chip's shop
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to drink, and had spotted Myron walking by. The caller
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alleged that the dealer, after molesting him, had beaten Myron
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with the rock, burying him in the backyard of a
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known drug den near Ruthy's home. Of course, this call
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