Account
Apr 13, 2009
Jun 19, 2023
Wallace
Guidroz
44
2
36 inches
35 lbs
Asian
Male
On a chilly day in January 1983, two-year-old Wallace Guidroz, a young boy of Asian and Black/African American descent, was at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington. He was reportedly there on a fishing trip with his father, Stanley Guidroz, and some friends. According to his father's account, Wallace was dressed for the cold weather in a gray knitted skull cap, a dark blue down jacket with a red collar, a dark blue vest, and purple corduroy overalls. The day took a devastating turn when the little boy, who was just 36 inches tall and weighed around 35 pounds, vanished without a trace. His disappearance would leave a void in his family and spark a mystery that would endure for decades, haunting the community and the investigators assigned to his case. The initial story provided by Stanley Guidroz painted a confusing picture of the events that transpired. He told police that because of the cold weather, he decided to leave the fishing spot. He claimed to have met a man and a woman at the park, accompanied by a young girl he believed to be their daughter. Stanley stated that he left Wallace in the care of this unknown woman to play with the girl while he and the unidentified man went for a walk around the pond. When he returned approximately twenty-five minutes later, he found that Wallace, the woman, and the young girl were gone. He and the man he had just met supposedly split up to search for the missing toddler, with the unidentified man heading in the opposite direction of where Wallace was last seen. After two hours of what he described as a frantic search, Stanley Guidroz finally contacted the police to report his son missing. The couple and the young girl he mentioned were never identified or located. For over three decades, the case of Wallace Guidroz remained a cold and perplexing mystery. Investigators were left with an unsubstantiated story and no sign of the little boy. However, the narrative took a dramatic and dark turn on September 16, 2014. After years of investigation and re-examination of the evidence, authorities arrested Stanley Guidroz. He was charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of his son, Wallace, all those years ago. This development shifted the focus of the investigation from a possible abduction by strangers to a domestic tragedy. Despite the charges laid against his father, the body of Wallace Guidroz has never been found, leaving his ultimate fate and whereabouts an agonizing unknown. The case remains a somber tale of a young life lost, with the initial report of a happy fishing trip dissolving into a grim and unresolved criminal investigation centered on the very person who was supposed to protect him.
Jan 10, 1983
Tacoma
Washington
Pierce County
No
7266
Tacoma Police Department
Tacoma
Washington
Pierce County
98409
3701 South Pine Street, Washington
2535915950
Local
Law Enforcement
83-0100367
Tacoma Police Department
7234
Black
Brown
Brown
06/04/2026
