Missing
John Thomas Mestayer
Mestayer in 1977 (eight years prior to his disappearance; more recent photos are unavailable)
Date and time person was reported missing : 04/09/1985
Missing location (approx) :
East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Missing classification : Lost/Injured Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 07/10/1961 (60)
Age at the time of disappearance: 23 years old
Height / Weight : 6'1, 165 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A t-shirt, blue jeans and sneakers.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, green eyes.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Mestayer was last seen in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana on April 9, 1985. He was out with his dog, throwing a rubber baton in the Mississippi River for the dog to catch, when the dog caught caught in the current against a barge. He went into the river to help the dog and got in trouble himself, and the current sucked him under the barge and he disappeared. He is presumed drowned, but his body was never found.
Mestayer was married and a graduate student in geology at Louisiana State University at the time of his disappearance.
Other information and links : ncy
East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office
225-329-5061
September 2021 updates and sources
Louisiana Repository for Unidentified and Missing People
The Alexandria Town Talk
The Crowley Post-Signal
October 12, 2004. February 27, 2020; .
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
