Disappearance of Reed Jeppson

In September 2012, Salt Lake City police searched a gully using shovels and a backhoe for Jeppson's remains, which yielded no results.

Jeppson's disappearance is the oldest active missing person case in the Salt Lake City Police Department’s files, and the department announced in 2010 that it would reexamine the case.

The Jeppson family had attended church on the morning of October 11, 1964. After they’d returned home, Jeppson went to feed and walk his two German Shorthaired Pointers, one an adult and the other a puppy, telling his sister that he would return within a half hour for dinner. The dogs were kept about 200 yards from the Jeppson residence. A friend of Jeppson's saw him walking the dogs near the College of Saint Mary-of-the-Wasatch at around 1 PM. He was wearing a white knit cotton shirt, a reversible parka with a black side and the other blue, blue Levi's jeans and gym shoes.

Neither Jeppson nor either dog returned home. Although investigators stated that there is no evidence of foul play in his disappearance, Jeppson's loved ones don't believe that he ran away, stating that he wasn't having any problems and that he'd left all his belongings (including money he'd earned from his paper route) behind, and his sister believes that he was taken against his will. Despite an intense initial search and media coverage, Jeppson remains missing. He is described as a white male with blond hair and blue eyes, and with dental braces in 1964.

Reed Taylor Jeppson (born May 28, 1949, disappeared October 11, 1964) was an American teenager who disappeared along with his two dogs as he walked them on the afternoon of October 11, 1964. Despite an extensive search and media coverage (including renewed attention in the early 2010s), neither Jeppson nor either dog have been located.

Reed Taylor Jeppson was born on May 28, 1949 to Elizabeth and Edward Jeppson. At the time of his disappearance, he had eleven siblings and he and his family lived in Salt Lake City, Utah; they also had a summer home in Montana. Jeppson was a sophomore at East High School, and played on the school's football team. He also was a paperboy.