MISSING PERSON
CASE #: 1990-29
Eric Owens
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Missing From:
Daingerfield, Texas
Summary:
Eric Glenn Owens was last seen in Daingerfield, Texas on September 6, 1990, disappearing the day after his fifteen-year-old girlfriend, Martha Dunn. Both of them are classified as runaways. Eric and Martha were both heavily involved with drugs at the time they went missing; it's possible their disappearances were drug-related.
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Circumstances of Disappearance:
Martha had been visiting relatives in Oklahoma when her parents brought her home to Texas on September 4 to start the school year. Martha was unhappy and she argued with her parents. The last time they saw her was at 2:20 p.m. At approximately 10:00 p.m., she spoke on the phone with her boyfriend, seventeen-year-old Eric Owens. The next day, both Martha and Eric were gone. Eric was last seen in Daingerfield, Texas on September 6, 1990.
Additional Details:
There was a theory that Martha and Eric had traveled to Hayworth, Oklahoma. Eric's aunt lived there and there were several reported sightings of the pair there. Another theory was that they had gone to Kansas, possibly to the Wichita area; Eric's mother lived in Kansas. On September 30, Martha's father got a call from a friend in Durant, Oklahoma; the friend said he'd seen Martha and Eric together and they were "dirty and hungry," and he cleaned them up and gave them food. When police went to Durant to investigate the report, they couldn't find them. Eric and Martha were both heavily involved with drugs at the time they went missing; it's possible their disappearances were drug-related. Officials say there is no evidence of foul play, and police continue to believe they left of their own accord. His parents, divorced at the time of this incident, are Robert and Brenda Owens. Robert lives in Haywood and Brenda lived in Kansas when the teens disappeared. Eric's older brother, Kenneth, was shot and killed a year before Eric disappeared.
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Martha's father got a call from a friend in Durant, Oklahoma; the friend said he'd seen Martha and Eric together and they were "dirty and hungry," and he cleaned them up and gave them food.
Eric was last seen in Daingerfield, Texas on September 6, 1990. He disappeared the day after his fifteen-year-old girlfriend, Martha Dunn, did.
Martha spoke on the phone with her boyfriend, seventeen-year-old Eric Owens.
Martha returned to Texas from visiting relatives in Oklahoma. Martha was unhappy and she argued with her parents.
Associated Persons
Kenneth O. (Sibling) - Deceased
Brenda O. (Mother) - Unknown
Martha D. (Girlfriend) - Missing
Robert O. (Father) - Unknown
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