Missing
David Edward Parker
Parker, approximately 1982
Date reported missing : 02/14/1982
Missing location (approx) :
Mesquite, Texas
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 05/30/1929 (92)
Age at the time of disappearance: 52 years old
Height / Weight : 6'0, 200 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Parker has a scar over his left eye.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Parker left Mesquite, Texas on February 14, 1982; he was en route to Rusk, Texas with a friend. He called another friend and said he was having car trouble. He has never been heard from again. Parker's travel companion later returned to Mesquite and said he had dropped Parker off and didn't know what happened to him after that.
His car was later found in Mt. Pleasant, Texas; it had been burned and the registration was removed. Foul play is suspected in Parker's case, which remains unsolved. Authorities believe he was taken against his will.
Other information and links : ncy
Texas Department of Public Safety
800-346-3243
September 2021 updates and sources
Texas Department of Public Safety
October 12, 2004. May 23, 2009; .
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
