Shawn White was a one-month-old Black male infant who was last seen in Wilmington, Delaware, on December 8, 2002. NamUs lists his case as Missing Person / NamUs #MP8283, with NCMEC case number 951543, and identifies the investigating agency as the Wilmington Police Department. At the time he disappeared, Shawn was about 1 foot 8 inches tall and weighed about 10 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Public case summaries note that he has long eyelashes and thick eyebrows.
The publicly reported circumstances are heartbreaking and limited. Shawn was last seen with his father on December 8, 2002. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children states that Shawn’s father was later located, but Shawn’s whereabouts remained unknown. Shawn was reportedly wearing green and white pajamas and a gray Mickey Mouse snowsuit when he was last seen.
The Charley Project classifies Shawn’s disappearance as endangered missing and lists his date of birth as November 6, 2002, making him only about one month old when he vanished. Its case profile repeats the same essential identifying information: Shawn was missing from Wilmington, had brown hair and brown eyes, and was last known to be wearing the pajamas and snowsuit described in official missing-child materials.
Additional missing-person notices have stated that foul play is suspected, while still emphasizing that Shawn himself has not been located. A 411GINA missing flyer also lists the Wilmington Police Department case number as 3002126489 and asks anyone with information to contact Wilmington police or NCMEC. The case remains especially painful because Shawn was an infant who could not speak for himself, and the public information available leaves many questions unanswered about what happened after he was last seen.
Anyone with information about Shawn White’s disappearance is asked by public missing-child sources to contact the Wilmington Police Department or the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST, also listed as 1-800-843-5678. Even small details from that time could matter to investigators and to the people who have spent years hoping for answers.Last Seen: Dec 8, 2002
