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Matthew's mother met a woman in 1983 who called herself Kathy Johnson. She was a worker at a rodeo that had stopped in Fort Smith, Arkansas. A friend of Matthew's family met her and introduced her to Matthew's mother. The baby's father was in jail at the time, and Matthew's mother needed help with child care, so she asked Johnson to stay in her Van Buren, Arkansas home for a week to watch her three children.

There was a party at Matthew's home on the night of June 9, 1983, and alcohol w ...Read More
Last Seen: Jun 09, 1983
Victim Details

Feb 25, 2015

Sep 26, 2022

Matthew

Crocker

41

24 inches

20 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Jun 09, 1983

Van Buren

Arkansas

Crawford County

No

481

29817

Van Buren Police Department

Van Buren

Arkansas

Crawford County

72956

Stephen Staggs

CID Captain

800 Fayetteville Road, Arkansas

4794741234

Local

Law Enforcement

2015-0525

Van Buren Police Department

Unknown

Brown

Brown

No

11/29/2025


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