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Missing Man: Michael Jefferson Adams--TX--06/09/1987

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LoriDavis:
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/mpch/mpdetailsPrint.asp?id='M1/31/20063:59:37PM'&Person=Missing%20Person
Missing Person


Date Picture Updated: 1/31/2006

Name: Michael Jefferson Adams
Case Number: M8706005
Case Type: Endangered - Foul Play Possible
Last Seen in: Abilene (Taylor County)
Last Seen on: 6/9/1987
Height: 6' 1 " 
Weight: 150 lbs. 
Age Missing: 18 
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Date of Birth: 3/28/1969
Race: White
Sex: Male
State Missing From: Texas
Country Missing From: USA
Circumstances: Mr. Adams was last seen wearing a white long sleeved dress shirt, black pants, black socks and black shoes. He also wears contact lenses. Mr. Adams was last seen talking to someone in an unknown vehicle in front of his house. All his personal items were located in the house.
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Missing Persons Clearinghouse
Texas Department of Public Safety
P O Box 4087
Austin, Texas 78773-0422
Phone: (512) 424-5074
Helpline: (800) 346-3243 

LoriDavis:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/263dmtx.html
Doe Network profile for Michael Jefferson Adams

LoriDavis:
http://blogs.discovery.com/criminal_report/2010/02/michael-jefferson-adams.html
What Happened to Michael Jefferson Adams?

February 27, 2010

Kind, witty, funny, generous and smart are all words that have been used to describe Michael Jefferson Adams. Unfortunately, the word "missing" is also synonymous with his name.

On the night of June 8, 1987, Michael, then 18, finished his shift at M-System Food Store on 12th and Mockingbird Street in Abilene, Texas, and drove to his home on Peach St. When Michael arrived home, at about 11:30 p.m., his sister, Beverly Adams, awoke and looked out the window. She saw Michael leaning into a car that was parked idling on the street, having a discussion with the occupant(s). Thinking nothing of the incident, Beverly went back to sleep.

The following morning, Michael's parents noticed that his car was parked in the driveway, blocking the family car. It was Michael's usual custom to switch the vehicles around, but, for reasons unknown, he had not done so. When Michael's parents went into his room, they discovered that his wallet and other personal items were in their usual spots, but Michael was nowhere to be found.

"Michael had everything going for him. He was a talented artist, and dreamed of being an architect. He wanted nothing more than to move on from Abilene, and take his first steps into the world as his own man. He was just three weeks away from leaving for college," Michael's friend, Danny Johns, told Investigation Discovery. "Michael knew exactly where he was going and how important his education was in getting him there. He was well liked, funny and charming. He had a big, bright smile that was contagious, and [he] was incredibly easy going."

When all attempts to locate Michael failed, his parents filed a missing person report with police. The only clue as to his unexplained disappearance was the sighting of the vehicle his that sister had observed him leaning into the previous night. Beverly described the vehicle as a dark, two door model – possibly a 1973-1978 Chevrolet Monte Carlo or Oldsmobile Cutlass or Toronado. 

According to Johns, two of Michael's known associates owned vehicles that matched the descriptions given by Beverly, so authorities questioned them about his whereabouts and gave them lie-detector tests. One of his associates reportedly passed the test, whereas results for the other were inconclusive. As a result, the case quickly went cold.

In the years that followed, authorities received numerous tips suggesting Michael had been assaulted and murdered. One particular tipster indicated that his body had been dumped in the Fort Phantom Hill Dam area, a location roughly 30 miles from Michael’s home, but authorities have been unable to substantiate that claim.

With no new information or leads on which to follow up, in 1994, Michael's family petitioned the court and had him declared legally dead. Despite this action, his family and friends still want answers to the question of his sudden and unexplained disappearance.

"No one deserves to have their life taken from them in this way, but especially [not] someone like Michael," Johns said. "He would have never seen this coming, nor would he have been aware that this element existed around him. He was truly a victim, 100%. Michael needed someone to stand up for him, and that’s what we’re trying to do now. We’re working very hard to try to get Michael some well-deserved justice and for some closure for his father, who is now nearing 80 years old and is worried he will never get the answers about what happened to his young son."

Michael Jefferson Adams is described as a white male, 6’ tall, 150 pounds, with blond hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a white, long sleeved oxford, black pants and black shoes. Anyone with information in this case is asked to contact the Abilene Police Department, at 800-868-8477 or 325-676-6643.

LoriDavis:
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/1852/8/
NamUs profile for Michael Adams - Case 1852

LoriDavis:
Article from 2011

http://www.reporternews.com/news/2011/jan/29/searching-for-answers-to-adams-abduction/?print=1

Still searching for answers to Michael Adams' disappearance in 1987
24 years on, disappearance still a mystery

By Brian Bethel
Saturday, January 29, 2011

On June 8, 1987, Michael Jefferson Adams vanished from Abilene.

To this day, his father, Howard Adams, doesn't know what happened to his son, 18 at the time of his disappearance.

"In the beginning, you go into a kind of a panic," he recalled. "You don't know what happened. But you know your son didn't just take off. You know that's not something he would just do."

These days, when Howard Adams hears about cases such as the disappearance of Hailey Dunn in Colorado City, his heart goes out to the parents of the missing child.

"I know that the parents are just under a lot of stress," he said. "Nothing can be any worse, I don't think, than losing your child."

The raw details of the case are collected on www.findmikeadams.com, though Howard Adams remembers each and every one well himself.

After working his shift at a local grocery store, Michael Adams arrived home about 11:30 p.m., parked his car in his family's driveway and then walked into the street, where an older model, two-door brown or gray General Motors car with opera windows sat idling, according to the website.

Michael's sister, Beverly, woke up and looked through her window. She saw her brother standing next to the car speaking with the occupants. Assuming he was talking with some friends, she turned away from the window and went back to sleep.

At least two people he knew at the time, according to the website, had a car that fit the description.

The next morning, Michael Adams' car was in the spot where he had parked it. His wallet was found inside the house. Nothing was missing from the wallet.

Numerous polygraph tests were done in the months following Michael Adams' disappearance and innumerable tips were collected.

But the long and the short is that Adams' family never saw him again.

"You come to the reality that he's probably not going to return," his father said. "You know that he's probably dead, but you hate to admit that to yourself."

There is not a day that goes by that his son does not cross his mind several times, Howard Adams said.

Even the smallest shreds of new information are precious, he said.

"I feel worse about this, when there's not any information coming in of any kind," he said. "To me that's worse than when you can at least run down a rumor or some information, just to see if it's true."

In the beginning, he remembers a great tumult of help and hope, everyone talking about his son's disappearance on television, in the newspaper, on the street.

"But after a while, the papers kind of go away," he said. "TV quits. People kind of stop talking about it."

On occasion, someone will tentatively stop him on the street and ask him if he has any new information about his son.

"But for most people, it's not something that involves them directly, so they're not going to be thinking about him directly," he said.

He hopes that someday, police will be able to take the leads they have collected and bring some definitive resolution.

The same detective, Tony Golson, has toiled on the case for 24 years, Howard Adams said.

"It is frustrating," Adams said. "We believe that the people involved are still here in Abilene, but we can't do anything about it. We don't have the information for an indictment."

While he watches parents in cases like those of Hailey Dunn's seek their own answers, Adams said that he is confident that someday, he will have his own.

"It's been 24 years," he said. "It's about time that we found out what happened to him."

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