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On September 14th, 1980, Darren Glass went missing. Darren Glass, age 10, height 57 inches, weight 75 pounds. Darren is an orphan and has a history of running away. He's done it twice before and told some playmates last Sunday that he was going to do it again. That day, Darren left his foster home along Memorial Drive to go watch the Atlanta Braves.
He was seen getting off the church bus after the game ended.
It was assumed Darren had gone outside to play for the rest of the day, but he never returned home.
Today the searches took the form of a canvas here in Darren's old neighborhood where searchers went door to door seeking out Darren's old friends who might be able to offer some new information. And you represent a parallel story. One story is the tragedy that is afflicting our children and the other story is your response in this time of adversity. And you don't think he's been kidnapped? I sure know he left on his own. You think he left on his own? He left on his own because he wanted to leave.
So have you communicated this to the police and all the other agents? I told them he left because he wanted to go, and that's it. And I'm tired of the whole damn situation. You think people are making too much? They are making too big an issue over one thing when they ought to be out doing a damn other. The day marks the seventh month that we've been conducting these searches, and I think it has taken a lot of wear and tear out of a lot of people.
Publicity about the 10-year-old boy and the widespread use of his picture did not help investigators. By Sunday, they were finding a lot of people who thought they saw him. I'm satisfied that they have seen someone that obviously looks a tremendous amount like Darren does. Whether or not it's Darren, I can't say. We can't say. And we're not really prepared to make a judgment on that yet.
They combed the woods, sifted through debris, and bagged what they thought might be evidence. But slowly, as the searchers found nothing, interest dwindled, and the throng thinned to just a few. Now the search is at an end. The lone victim that has never been found is Darren Glass. Never found. Never found. To this day. To this day. Atlanta Monster, coming January 5th.