Rilya Alert: Mitchell Deon Owens

Rilya Alert: Mitchell Deon Owens
Missing since February 3, 1983
from Menlo Park, San Mateo County, California





•Date Of Birth: November 21, 1978
•Age at Time of Disappearance: 4 years old

•Distinguishing Characteristics: Black male. Black hair; brown eyes.
•Marks, Scars: Owens has a scar on the upper portion of his nose. He also has a surgical scar on the left rib area of his chest and and a lazy right eye.
•Dentals: Not available





Circumstances of Disappearance
An unidentified person broke into the Owens' family home in Menlo Park, California on February 3, 1983. The intruder attempted to strangle Ona Owens, Mitchell's mother, with a telephone cord and she lost consciousness. She was also savagely beaten. When Ona awoke, her son was missing. Mitchell has never been seen again and the intruder has never been identified.
Ona received telephone calls for several years from an unidentified man who threatened to take her other two sons; the man's identity remains a mystery and it is not known if he was connected to Mitchell's abduction.





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Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Menlo Park Police Department
650-858-3308