Missing
Thomas Fredrick King
King, approximately 1986
Date and time person was reported missing : 09/28/1986
Missing location (approx) :
Bowie, Maryland
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 07/31/1964 (57)
Age at the time of disappearance: 22 years old
Height / Weight : 5'9, 185 pounds
Medical conditions : King has a hearing disability.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Black hair, brown eyes. King may have a mustache. He has scars on his right arm, his right ear and his right forearm. King has a tattoo of a Native American chief on his upper left arm, and another on his right arm.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : King departed from his residence in Bowie, Maryland on September 28, 1986. He left a note behind stating that he planned to travel to "Church Road" during the day. King never returned home and has not been heard from again.
His 1986 Toyota pickup truck was discovered abandoned on September 30, two days after his disappearance. The vehicle was located in a restaurant parking lot in Edgewater, Maryland. Authorities found tEthnicity : s of blood on the truck's seat. There was no evidence of King at the scene.
Investigators learned that King was allegedly involved in the sale of illegal drugs in 1986. He reportedly owed a substantial amount of money at the time of his disappearance. King's case remains unsolved.
Some Age at the time of disappearance: ncies may list Edgewater, Maryland as the location of King's disappearance.
Other information and links : ncy
Maryland State Police
410-290-0050
September 2021 updates and sources
The Doe Network
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