Missing Kevin Jay Ayotte Kevin, approximately 1982; Age at the time of disappearance: -progression to Age at the time of disappearance: 36 (approximately 2015) Date reported missing : 09/30/1982 Missing location (approx) : Sugarbush, Minnesota Missing classification : Non-Family Abduction Gender : Male Ethnicity : White DOB : 05/12/1979 (42) Age at the time of disappearance: 3 years old Height / Weight : 4'0, 50 pounds Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A checkered shirt, blue jeans, lace-up sneakers and a disposable diaper. Medical conditions : Kevin is developmentally disabled and has a hearing impairment; as a result, he had limited speech skills at the time of his disappearance. Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian male. Blond hair, blue eyes. Kevin has a scar on the right side of his chin. He also has a cleft chin. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Kevin was last seen playing in the upstairs of his family's summer home in Sugarbush, Minnesota at 4:45 p.m. on September 30, 1982. His mother went outside briefly; when she returned, Kevin had vanished. His dog, a six-month-old Springer Spaniel puppy named Flash, disappeared also, but his older brother was still inside the house. Kevin had wandered away from his home before, but he always returned after a short time. An extensive nine-day search turned up no sign of him, not even his shoes or his diaper, both of which he had a habit of discarding. Flash, however, reappeared on October 5. In hopes of discovering clues as to Kevin's whereabouts, its coat was combed carefully and a veterinarian pumped its stomach; they found no evidence that Flash had eaten anything in days, other than swamp grass. Police put a tracking collar on the dog and let it go again, hoping it would lead them to Kevin, but it just kept returning home. The countryside around Kevin's home is woodsy and boggy, and some people feel that the child became lost in the area and died of exposure. Due to the lack of evidence in his case, however, it is classified as a non-family abduction. Other information and links : ncy Beltrami County Sheriff's Office 218-751-9111 September 2021 updates and sources The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Operation Lookout NewsLibrary The Aberdeen Daily News KTSP 5 Updated 6 times since October 12, 2004. January 27, 2017; Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated. |