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Boy's disappearance 47 years ago still a mystery

WICHITA FALLS, Texas — Children don't just disappear...

That's what most people living in Wichita Falls in the 1960s thought.

But Dec. 9, 1961, 11-year-old Andy Sims vanished, launching what has become a 47-year-old mystery — What happened to Andy?

Wichita Falls police, who were first notified that Andy was missing about 8 p.m. Dec. 9, 1961, also still hope to learn what happened to him, mainly to bring whatever closure they can to Andy's family, said Sgt. Bill Henning, who supervises the Criminal Investigation Section.

Andy was home between noon and 12:30 p.m. that Saturday when Ellen Sims called the house and talked to Donald, the investigation showed. Donald reported Andy left the house between 12:45 and 1 p.m. to go out to play, Detective Tony Fox said.

"That was the last time he was actually seen by anyone," Fox said.

It is a very long article so please go to the link to read more.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6183139.html

Here's another link from Project Jason: http://www.projectjason.org/forums/index.php?topic=4746.0

Another article with different photos: http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2008/dec/06/case-of-missing-11-year-old-unsolved-after-47/
 
My guess is that he's either in the foundation of a building that was under construction when he disappeared, or he's buried somewhere in the vast expanses of the Texas (and possibly even Oklahoma) plains. This is definitely one case in which I'm pretty damn sure the stepdad didn't do it.

I think that the half-brother-in-California angle is a big reason for the emphasis on Andy having both a biological dad and a stepfather. This case is going to keep me up at night.
 
My guess is that he's either in the foundation of a building that was under construction when he disappeared, or he's buried somewhere in the vast expanses of the Texas (and possibly even Oklahoma) plains. This is definitely one case in which I'm pretty damn sure the stepdad didn't do it.

I think that the half-brother-in-California angle is a big reason for the emphasis on Andy having both a biological dad and a stepfather. This case is going to keep me up at night.
They were digging a gas pipeline in the vicinity at the time.
 
I haven’t been able to find any updates about Steve Douglass’ 2008 search for Andy. Any luck?
 
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