Account
May 05, 2011
Jan 05, 2024
David
Decker
50
32
65 inches
160 lbs
White / Caucasian
Male
In the quiet area of Brown Township, Ohio, a story of profound uncertainty began to unfold in December 2006. David L. Decker, a 32-year-old man known as Dave, was last seen on December 13th at his father's home. Two days later, a sense of unease settled over the family when both David and his father, Ernest "Bob" Decker, were reported missing. The mystery deepened when, the following day, an anonymous tip led authorities to Bob's pickup truck, abandoned in a wooded area near his residence. Inside the truck, the keys were still in the ignition, but more ominously, a pair of Bob's eyeglasses were found with his blood on them, suggesting a violent encounter had occurred. The focus of the investigation soon turned to David's vehicle, a red 1997 Mercury Tracer he had borrowed from a friend on the day he disappeared. This car, which could have held vital clues, had also vanished. It wasn't until nearly two years later, in September 2008, that a disturbing account of the car's fate emerged. Witnesses reported seeing a man named Randy Kedigh, a tenant of Bob Decker's with whom he had recent disputes, driving a similar red car behind a shed around the time the Deckers went missing. The witness testimony stated that the car was meticulously cut apart with a saw and an electric grinder. A subsequent search of the shed and Kedigh's property uncovered parts from the Mercury, including its roof, confirming the vehicle had been systematically destroyed. The disappearance of David Decker, alongside his father, has left a void in the lives of their family and friends. David is a white male with blond hair and blue eyes, who wore a beard and mustache at the time he went missing. He has a distinctive tattoo of an older model Mercury car on his right arm. Despite the passage of time, the case remains an active investigation with the Carroll County Sheriff's Office. The troubling circumstances of the case, including the discovery of Bob's truck with blood evidence and the deliberate destruction of David's borrowed car, lead investigators to believe they were victims of foul play. With no activity on their bank accounts or cell phones since their disappearance, the family is left waiting for answers in this heart-wrenching and unsolved mystery.
Dec 13, 2006
Waynesburg
Ohio
Carroll County
44688
30998
Carroll County Sheriff's Office
Carrollton
Ohio
,
OCA/2007CRA00605
2006-12-15
Carroll County Sheriff's Office
Blond/Strawberry
Blue
Blue
05/21/2026
