Missing
Luke Aaron Tredway
Luke, approximately 1984; Douglas Wright
Date and time person was reported missing : 05/23/1984
Missing location (approx) :
Portland, Oregon
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 04/24/1974 (47)
Age at the time of disappearance: 10 years old
Height / Weight : 2'10, 35 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A blue down jacket with gray shoulders, a dark blue short-sleeved pullover shirt with brown and white stripes, and white faux leather sneakers with royal blue side stripes.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Blond hair, brown/hazel eyes. Luke has scars on his earlobe, his forehead, his testicle and on the inside of his lip. He also has an appendectomy scar on his abdomen.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Luke was last seen in Portland, Oregon on May 23, 1984. He left a friend's house at 5:15 p.m. to walk home, which was just a short distance away, but never arrived and has never been heard from again. His mother, who was nine months pregnant at the time, called the police at 7:00 p.m., but the authorities didn't initiate a search until 1:00 a.m.
The serial killer Douglas Franklin Wright confessed to Luke's murder a week before his execution by lethal injection in 1996. It was the first execution in the state of Oregon in 34 years; Wright dropped all his appeals and volunteered to die. Wright murdered four homeless men in 1991, leaving their bodies by roadsides, and in 1970 he was convicted of killing a woman and her mother. He stated he'd abducted Luke at random, kept him captive for 36 hours, Gender : ually molested him, and shot him six times in the head.
Wright said he'd buried the child's body in a remote area in the vicinity of Mount Hood, near the Wasco County line, but a search turned up nothing. Nevertheless, authorities believe the confession was accurate. A photo of Wright is posted with this case summary.
Luke has never been located, but is presumed deceased.
Other information and links : ncy
Portland Police Bureau
503-823-1081
September 2021 updates and sources
A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are not known. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2�5% of missing children in Europe.
By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends.
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