Account
Aug 17, 2015
Sep 19, 2023
John
Montgomery
38
25
66 inches
120 lbs
135 lbs
Asian
Male
In the early spring of 2011, a young man named John Edward Montgomery vanished from Renton, Washington, leaving behind a void of information and a family searching for answers. On March 1, 2011, the 25-year-old Asian male was last seen in the King County city. At the time of his disappearance, he was described as being 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing between 120 and 135 pounds. He had straight black hair cut short above his ears, a thin mustache, and almond-shaped brown eyes. Distinctive tattoos adorned his body: two clown tattoos on his upper left arm, one clown tattoo on his upper right arm, and a snake tattoo on his left leg. The circumstances surrounding the day he went missing are sparse, with official sources simply stating he was last seen on that date. More than a month would pass before a formal report of his disappearance was filed with the Washington County Sheriff's Office on April 6, 2011. The investigation into John's disappearance was opened by the Washington County Sheriff's Office, based in Hillsboro, Oregon, under case number 2011-504961. The reasons for the Oregon-based agency leading the investigation for a person last seen in Washington are not detailed in publicly available information. In an effort to identify him should he be found, DNA samples were collected from his father and sister. These samples have been processed and uploaded to national databases, with complete mitochondrial and STR profiles available for comparison. A paternal aunt also submitted a DNA sample, though it has not been tested. His case was added to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) on August 17, 2015, under case number MP29875, bringing national attention to his long-unsolved disappearance. Years have passed since John Montgomery was last seen, and his case remains an open and unresolved investigation. Despite the passage of time, he is still listed as a missing person. The lack of public information regarding any potential leads, persons of interest, or the specific circumstances of his disappearance has left a painful silence for those who knew him. The official narrative offers a stark and limited summary: John Montgomery, a young man with a life ahead of him, disappeared without a trace. His case is a quiet but persistent mystery, a collection of descriptive details and database entries waiting for a breakthrough that will finally bring answers about what happened to him after he was last seen in Renton on that March day in 2011.
Mar 01, 2011
Renton
Washington
King County
No
17062
Washington County Sheriff's Office
Hillsboro
Oregon
Washington County
97123
215 Southwest Adams Avenue, Oregon
5038462700
County
Law Enforcement
2011-504961
2011-04-06
Washington County Sheriff's Office
Black
Brown
Brown
06/24/2026
