I thought the same thing. Not like this was 1950s; it was in the 80s. Not as safe. Crazy that he was allowed to wander around unattended. Bet his older brother felt pretty guilty for not going with him.
Especially one with hyperactivity and who needs Ritalin twice a day to manage it? His parents should never have allowed him to go off by himself, day or night. There should have been someone with him, whether he liked it or not.
Everything is suspicious about this. I was born during that same time, used to wander out and around late at night at an extremely young age, and ended up being taken away from my abusive mother. The burn marks on him? No one even looking for him until late? No. Something is fishy about the family, I think.
They didn’t care, I’ve seen some kids wandering around night time and police brush it off when reports of child neglect come in. And I mean 10 year olds walking at night to meet up with older guys. Seriously.
Even if he hadn't been abused, why on earth is a 7-yr. roaming the neighbourhood alone until 9:30 in the evening?? Disturbing. I'm 50 and no way in hell was I allowed to be doing the same. Serious neglect. And, he had behavioural difficulties on top of it. Good heavens. Sounds like they just wanted him out of the apartment.
I can't see a 7 year old being able to entirely invent a report of sexual abuse. It's not on their radar at that age, unless they've experienced something.
That couple molested the kid twice, and they knew he was a good mark to make disappear forever, since his parents didn’t even bother to keep him safe despite him telling them and the shrink the first time he was kidnapped and raped. I was Louis’ age during that time period, and my bed time was 8 pm. A kid with learning disabilities is out until 9:30 pm? No wonder he couldn’t sit still and pay attention in class; he didn’t get enough rest. I think the couple just finally decided to do him in, since his parents were too busy to protect him.
I know this was the early 80s, but to leave a 7-year-old to be completely on his own and not even looked for until 9:30? Even at the height of summer it would be very dark then.
I was born in the same year as Louis. I grew up in a very safe city, and my parents would NEVER have allowed me to be out that late. I would have been in bed by 8:30. Supper at 5:30. Who would let their 7 year old out by themselves after supper? Wow, just wow
I was thinking the same thing. I grew up in the early 90's and was allowed to go out and hang around the neighborhood at that age, but if I wasn't home by 5-6pm my parents would have freaked the hell out.
I knew this family; they were regulars at a corner store where I was working. I remember the day he disappeared. Louis had run of streets that were part of the poorest area of the city. 4th and Chew street was where the hookers strolled by 3:00 (just when the kid came home from school). Loose joints could be had a block away. And many of our "regulars" ran credit from month to month FOR FOOD. He was also very "young" for his age. Most people knew who he was but nobody was looking out for him. The family was definitely in over they're heads. Wow, he would be 44. I'm older than I feel. If I'm not mistaken, he was one of the first "milk carton" kids. Thanks for the memories...
Susan, I grew up in Allentown, attended Dubbs Memorial UCC just a few blocks away from where he disappeared. It was a bad area, that poor child didn't stand a chance.
I think it's great that people like you keep these cases in the public eye. Someone might just see this and suddenly recall something important. I don't see a boy of seven lying about being molested like that, even if he did have an active imagination and this frank and elizabeth are out there somewhere and have done the same to other little boys. Frank and elizabeth could've even been fake names
Any chance you could please cover the murder of my little sister michelle ried in the wyneford flats, maryhill, Glasgow in 2009? I can give you the details of the case and provide you the links to the newspaper articles
Really sad a horrific how this poor boy was left alone to wonder the neighborhood alone until 9:30pm with learning disabilities and medical needs. The boy was seven years old...Seven!!! The world is unsafe and always has been. Children should be appreciated and loved by those who are fortunate enough to have them. RIP 🕊️✨ Angel 😇 😥😥😥
Oh please kids are so coddled now. 99% of kids roamed their neighborhoods with no issues especially in the 80s. Maybe give your kids skills and the ability to survive and they'll be fine in life.
Nothing is ever safe, but it used to be safer. We used to take out the people who were a danger to our children, now we celebrate those people. A society gets what they allow: This cannot be argued.
@@bdsaints1986 Yes, kids these days don't need to be coddled as much, I can agree. But I'm around the same age as Louis so I grew up in the 80s and there's no way my parents would have let me wander the neighborhood until 9:30pm.
@@bdsaints1986 Sure, but this is a seven year-old with learning disabilities and hyperactivity. If he was 15 or 17, it would be more understandable, but he should've at least been with his older brother until he met up with his friends.
I pray for Louis to be alive, safe and happy. Honestly, I will simply NEVER be able to understand who could harm a kid... I often try to rationalize people’s behavior in order to understand it, but this is beyond sick.
Why oh why is a seven year old child allowed to roam the streets, coming home usually at 9:30pm! And how could he make up a story of sexual abuse unless it was true or had occurred before. His parents really piss me off letting him wander around like that. This could have been prevented.
People saying it was a different time.. no way in hell would my parents allow me to roam the neighbourhood alone at 7-years old, nevermind until 9:30 pm at night... or even old than that. This is called neglect. I can't believe all the people saying this is okay, especially with all of his issues on top of it. Very disturbing indeed.
I’m very glad you’re doing what’s best for your mental health. I have a hard enough time watching them (and can’t make it through many of them). I can’t imagine how difficult it would be to delve in a research these cases to produce a video.
Poor little boy.. My older brother is his age and has the same learning and disabilities problems, I cannot imagine something happening to him as he's a very vulnerable person, just like Louis. I hope he's really out there, maybe he doesn't know who he is, it's no very likely, but I hope he's being treated well...
I'm an older brother, and I feel terrible for the brother in this story. He almost definitely blamed himself for not going with him. I know I would have.
I thought the exact same thing. There's an interview of the brother, said the parents never let the other kids out of their sight after this happened. It was a real wake-up call and the whole family suffered. That's why it pains me to see all of this finger-pointing going on in the comment section. Both parents have since passed away, as I recall, and the older brother is still looking. God bless him.
I was born in 1976. It was pretty common back then to stay out till dark in the summertime. Where I lived that would be 10-10:30 pm..It was a different era then……
@Zsuzsanna Varga 🤷🏼♀️where I grew up there were groups of unsupervised kids that would hang out in the neighborhood. Most kids went home for dinner then came back out to play until dark.
I let my kids play on our residential street, but they had to be in when the street lights came on. Then again, we lived in the suburbs, not in a town.
@@u.p.inthewild7163 I was born in 1972 and no way in hell would my parents allow me to roam the neighbourhool by myself, much less until 9:30 at night. That's plain neglect. Bad things happen today and bad things happened back then. I don't have any friends who were allowed to roam around by themselves at that age.
I respect you bringing these cases into the light. Please be kind to yourself and take mental breaks. These cases especially involving children can be emotionally draining.
Why was a 7 year old allowed to be outside until 9:30 pm? At 7 years of age, kids don't know about sex unless their parent(s) have their kid(s) living in that type of environment. But what I really don't get is if he was molested (I believe he was), why in the hell would his aunt allow him to go anywhere unaccompanied?
Children do not "invent" stories of sexual assault. EVERY instance of a child mentioning sexual acts involving others should be investigated. What did Louis's parents do when he first brought this information to them? Shrug it off as a 'wild imagination'? If nothing was done, I side with the police as his parents were suspect, if for nothing else, not following up on a possible abuse case.
I'm sorry but why was a 7 year old out at 9:30 at night? He should have been at home in his bed, safe, this is so heartbreaking and preventable. Not to mention, he said he had been molested by that couple. Why didn't anyone file a police report? I feel.sick for this poor little guy. Thank you for giving a voice to these victims, this is so sad!
This is so sad no one ever found out what happened to him. A few years after Louis went missing I meet his mother by this time she was overprotective of her children. His little sister was in my sons class in kindergarten and I worked on the school bus and always keep an eye out for her little girl.
Even if it would be safe it's still strange if you think a kid who grows need the time to wind down and get sufficient sleep before going up to school next day. That would be even more important with a kid with a npd diagnosis I presume.
I agree. It sounds like maybe Louis' parents had their hands full with all of those children and couldn't give them the care and attention they needed and deserved. If I ever have children, they won't be wandering the streets that late at such a young age.
It wasn't safe atall. Crime and murder was at an all time high especially in NYC and in LA the nightstalker was running rampant. Kids were being taken and noone did anything about it.
I wouldn’t let a a 14 yrs old walk the street,let along half that age. What on Earth was she thinking....I don’t think any kids u der the age 14 should be let out unattended.
I know this was a different time but I can't imagine letting my child out til 930. I know that the aunt was supposed to be caring for him and if that were my relative, SHE would have been in the hospital. I grew up in that time and I wasn't allowed to stay out that late. Absolutely ridiculous. I hope the poor child is resting in peace.
As I understood he was allowed to be out that long also when the parents were looking after him? I'm somewhat older than him and grew up in a very quiet village on an island yet I was supposed to be in at 8, to have tea and a sandwich, wash myself and wind down to make sure I got sufficient sleep. Kids that grow needs their sleep, even more so if the kid have some neuropsychiatric disorder like in the case.
Agreed these two were terrible parents, I was his age in the late 80s and my mum wouldn't of even let me play on the street outside our house at anywhere near that time of night (I grew up on a housing estate, in a nice area, in a small town) ZERO sympathy for these crappy parents only the poor boy.
Thank you so much for covering this case. I grew up in Allentown, and was still living there when this happened. It was devastating. Your research is stellar. The locations, right down to Marco's Hot Dog Shop, are spot-on. It still comes up occasionally in the local paper, but sadly, there's never been much new information.
This little boy was no stranger to abuse........someone found him an easy target.......god rest your heart little boy.....someone is looking after you now......
Side note * who the fresh hell lets a 7 yr old navigate a neighborhood by themself. I don't want to hear this "ThIs wAs A dIfFeREnT DaY iN TiMe..." No! Obviously it was not! It took way too many of these cases to raise awareness of safety issues. I have 4 kids and I can't leave my 6 yr old down the hall without checking on her. So much can go wrong so fast!
So, a 7 year old routinely came home at night around 9:30? Really? I would not allow my children to leave our fenced yard unless accompanied by someone older, and always herded them in at dusk. How is a 7 year old allowed to run wild till 9:30 by himself? Especially after he reported being molested? Poor little boy.
And the amount of people in the comment's section who think it's perfectly okay is astonishing. I'm 50 and was never allowed to roam the neighbourhood alone as a child and thank god. Bad things happened back then just as they do now.
No shade whatsoever, but I can’t NOT wonder why a 7 year old was so unsupervised. I know that parenting is learned as you go, and I think he was the oldest(?). But! I do want to say that part of my own and my kids’ education has been the prevalence of these kinds of videos, new stories etc. I’m 60 and I can tell you for certain that these awful situations were not so readily available for consumption. So good on YOU, Dark C and your counterparts on TH-cam. 💜
In those times kids used to walk all over by themselves.Some people are blaming the parents,mum had left him with her sister while she was recovering from an operation.Maybe blame the killer instead.
It doesn't mean they're not blaming the murderer. It's just, he's not in the care of anyone if he's allowed to look after himself the whole time. So the aunt being at home doesn't help if the kid's not home.
So glad you said this. EVERYBODY'S an expert because that's why their kids are safe & little Louis isn't.They have to blame Louis' poor family; otherwise, it's just random, and the possibility of something like that happening in their family exists .
Their child is only 7 and it took them that long to be concerned?!?? Like what the heck?! Also he’s claimed to be molested, wouldn’t you be more cautious about his whereabouts and make sure he got him safe everyday, instead of not doing anything. I also can’t understand the hotdog place, a kid is lingering for close to an hour and tells you teenagers are chasing him, you should immediately help the child phone his parents and phone the ducking police!!!!
The sad/terrible thing is, Louis would've been an easy target for all types of predators. By the way he was described, it sounds like he already seen/went thru some bad sh*t.
Allowed out to 9:30pm at 7yr old? What the f**k were his parents thinking about? I know that's not a reason to take a child but no child that age should be out that late especially alone.
@@LilySaintSin It was still known that it's important that kids who are growing need a fair good amount of sleep before getting up to school next day. I suspect it's even more important for a kid with a npd diagnosis.
certainly nowadays i don't think it'd be hard to find someone named frank who knows named elizabeth. check records and social media, compile a database, cross reference by time, location, proximity to the scene of the abduction, etc. they might have been random aliases but maybe these people used them more than once and left a trail.
I’m the same age as Louis-I remember the 80s-and I have niblings who are the age he was when he disappeared, and there is no way they are old enough to be out so late alone.
To begin, once I’ve found work again and I’m not completely broke, I’ll absolutely signup for any company that sponsors you in order to show my support. Next, you say that for anybody that knows you they know you’ve been wanting to learn a new language. Well, first, I wish I knew you because I could listen to you talk for hours. Secondly, learn _another_ language? Two isn’t enough? Girl, you’re so smart! 😉 As long as you make videos, I’ll be watching them. ♥️
It's just awful can't rap my head around this how a seven year old little boy is wondering streets at that age. Maybe he was never taught stranger dander.
What a precious baby. I had an extremely vivid imagination as a child so much so my mom constantly bought me paper to write down my wild tall tales and guess what I never indicated sexual conduct…children do not lie about inappropriate behavior of adults. Often times they are taught naughty games and acts. I can not believe that adults would be so dismissive of him.
I know that these were very different times and that that came with more child freedom/lack of supervision, but if my son claimed he'd been molested, I might not let him out unsupervised again?? I'm really not trying to blame the parents for his disappearance (that's fully on whoever took him) but I do have to think there's a point where you realize not supervising your kids can work against their safety.
@@dickiegreenleaf750 Actually I am - I grew up in the 80s and my parents damn well didn't let me wander around the neighborhood alone and certainly not after dark.
Horrible Parents! 😡 How do you let a 7 year old child with this many problems making him vulnerable who had already been attacked wander the streets freely? Shame on them
When the hot dog shop owner heard that from this child who was alone that he was hiding, I wish it had occurred to him to offer to call his home, dad's work, or a neighbor to come pick him up. Back in those days children knew their home phone numbers and the numbers of their closest neighbors.
My heart goes out to all the families that are still looking for a loved one that went missing without a trace. I can’t even imagine the pain and suffering that is involved. I can only pray that you will meet again in this world or in heaven. And to the monster or monsters that caused such pain, let the lord deal with you! He is just!
My father was born in the 60s in a quiet and safe town, and still, he was never allowed alone on the street at this age and at that time of night. That's completely insanity, to leave a child as young as this, alone on the streets late at night.
He looks quite similar to Etan Patz. This would have been around the same time frame. NYC and Allentown are not far away. Stranger abduction is the most likely.
🤔Mmmmm....Wtf is up with that family to let a innocent 7 year old to wander the streets late at night and not to expect anything to happen..This is absolutely absurd...
Heartbreaking thing for a family to go through.Never knowing if he’s out there alive .I do think the police were a bit off thinking the parents had something to do with this.What more of a solid alibi could they ask for ? ..Thank you .Very haunting cold case 😢
My son is 7 and I don't even let him scoop his own ice cream. The notion of him being like, "hey dad, I'm out, be back by 9:30", is enough to give me a complex.
I truly believe that those two teens did harm to Louis. I don't know why police let them go.I too as a young lad had kids chase me home from school,much earlier in time. The kids back then were capable of anything. I can't imagine how they behaved 20 odd years later. If they still can contact those teens,I'm sure they have police records. Through my research on murderers and victims I have noticed that the eye positioning indicates whether or not a victim had known the killer, and in Louis case he did according to the eye positioning. I'm sure after listening to the case that the parents or the imaginary couple ( who I strongly believe to be the teens) actually did harm him.
Exactly. Police make mistakes.. I am suspicious of the teens as well. Looking them up now could lead to something significant. If they are in prison for murder or something and are questioned, they might come clean. 🤷♀️
When you talk about the position of the person’s eyes, are you saying how they physically look on their face? Or if their eyes twitch like they’re telling a lie
What child makes up sexual assault by strangers??? And have names ? And so in-depth detail. Polygraph tests are crap the inventor wants them banned as they don’t work. Also those asking who let’s their child of 7 wander about on their own, In the UK a mother used to use her toddler who was 3yrs old to walk to the shops with a five pound note and a note for cigarettes, how weird that this child was then abducted….NOT. These parents should be arrested for neglect.
Sorry, but why on earth would a 7 year-old be routinely allowed to stay out by himself until 9:30 PM?
I thought the same thing. Not like this was 1950s; it was in the 80s. Not as safe. Crazy that he was allowed to wander around unattended. Bet his older brother felt pretty guilty for not going with him.
Right? Especially after they knew he was being victimised by local predators.
Especially one with hyperactivity and who needs Ritalin twice a day to manage it? His parents should never have allowed him to go off by himself, day or night. There should have been someone with him, whether he liked it or not.
This was the 80s. Kids were outside all the time and only came in to eat and sleep.
I think its very difficult to judge this years later. He was supposed to walk a short distance and be with friends, i think a 7 year old can do that.
This baby is SO smart, warning other people twice about being in danger, yet he couldn't be protected. This is so sad.
You know what’s missing from this sad story?
Parental supervision. 😒
100%
Totally agree
The mother was having surgery, the father was working. The aunt was supposed to be watching him
Everything is suspicious about this. I was born during that same time, used to wander out and around late at night at an extremely young age, and ended up being taken away from my abusive mother. The burn marks on him? No one even looking for him until late? No. Something is fishy about the family, I think.
I’m so sorry you experienced this sweetie 😞🌹
well it had nothing to do with the mother so don't even do what everybody does and blame her for everything. she was having surgery
So many people failed him.He said a couple abused him ? Why was he allowed to b alone and out so late.Even in the eighties this was not ok.
They didn’t care, I’ve seen some kids wandering around night time and police brush it off when reports of child neglect come in. And I mean 10 year olds walking at night to meet up with older guys. Seriously.
@@whitedragoness23 this is why people should have to be approved to reproduce
@@elinalukaziak693 ….yes, but by who?
Even if he hadn't been abused, why on earth is a 7-yr. roaming the neighbourhood alone until 9:30 in the evening?? Disturbing. I'm 50 and no way in hell was I allowed to be doing the same. Serious neglect. And, he had behavioural difficulties on top of it. Good heavens. Sounds like they just wanted him out of the apartment.
Exactly what I was thinking
I can't see a 7 year old being able to entirely invent a report of sexual abuse. It's not on their radar at that age, unless they've experienced something.
The couple would have used false names, too.
Agreed. I'm curious why the legitimacy is questioned. Kids that age should never have an understanding of things of that nature.
I'm glad I read through some of the comments first before I commented because I was just about to post the exact same comment.
Yea its too detailed it would have to have truth to it. So sad.
Exactly!
That couple molested the kid twice, and they knew he was a good mark to make disappear forever, since his parents didn’t even bother to keep him safe despite him telling them and the shrink the first time he was kidnapped and raped. I was Louis’ age during that time period, and my bed time was 8 pm. A kid with learning disabilities is out until 9:30 pm? No wonder he couldn’t sit still and pay attention in class; he didn’t get enough rest. I think the couple just finally decided to do him in, since his parents were too busy to protect him.
@@andrewbecker9062
Not in the winter. And kids go to bed when it’s light out if they are young enough.
Exactly tosca.
I know this was the early 80s, but to leave a 7-year-old to be completely on his own and not even looked for until 9:30? Even at the height of summer it would be very dark then.
I live in Bucks County PA, and twilight is at about 9pm this time of year. 9:30 is not quite fully dark.
The rule when I was a boy, in Summer, was to come in when the street lights came on.
I was born in the same year as Louis. I grew up in a very safe city, and my parents would NEVER have allowed me to be out that late. I would have been in bed by 8:30. Supper at 5:30. Who would let their 7 year old out by themselves after supper? Wow, just wow
I was thinking the same thing. I grew up in the early 90's and was allowed to go out and hang around the neighborhood at that age, but if I wasn't home by 5-6pm my parents would have freaked the hell out.
My parents were like that. They never looked for me until I was @ 15. But they were from a small town where nothing ever happened.
I knew this family; they were regulars at a corner store where I was working. I remember the day he disappeared. Louis had run of streets that were part of the poorest area of the city. 4th and Chew street was where the hookers strolled by 3:00 (just when the kid came home from school). Loose joints could be had a block away. And many of our "regulars" ran credit from month to month FOR FOOD. He was also very "young" for his age. Most people knew who he was but nobody was looking out for him. The family was definitely in over they're heads. Wow, he would be 44. I'm older than I feel. If I'm not mistaken, he was one of the first "milk carton" kids.
Thanks for the memories...
Sounds like the perfect area for a pair of perverts to lie in wait for a child. :(
Susan, I grew up in Allentown, attended Dubbs Memorial UCC just a few blocks away from where he disappeared. It was a bad area, that poor child didn't stand a chance.
We're ALL older than we feel.I hope he is found one way or another and will be at peace one way or another.And the abductors be damned.
Loose joints? Credit for food? How can one be “young” for their age?
Get bent!
Yikes 😬 so rude
If my child told me someone fiddled with him or her I'd be out hunting them down.
I think it's great that people like you keep these cases in the public eye. Someone might just see this and suddenly recall something important. I don't see a boy of seven lying about being molested like that, even if he did have an active imagination and this frank and elizabeth are out there somewhere and have done the same to other little boys. Frank and elizabeth could've even been fake names
Those two may have even sold him into child trafficking 😞
Any chance you could please cover the murder of my little sister michelle ried in the wyneford flats, maryhill, Glasgow in 2009? I can give you the details of the case and provide you the links to the newspaper articles
I’m so sorry for your loss!!! I can’t imagine...💔🙏🏼💔
I really hope they upload a video about her and that it brings awareness to her case 🙏🏻❤️.
I hope she will if that may help you and your family 🌸
My heart goes out to you and your family 💔
Hi, feel free to email me at darkcuriositiesyt@gmail.com and we can discuss this further, if you would like.
So sad that after all these years there are no answers or even hints about where he is.
Which ought to be the biggest clue that he's dead. I'll never know how anyone can think "good" people abducted him and rasied him as one of their own.
Really sad a horrific how this poor boy was left alone to wonder the neighborhood alone until 9:30pm with learning disabilities and medical needs. The boy was seven years old...Seven!!! The world is unsafe and always has been. Children should be appreciated and loved by those who are fortunate enough to have them. RIP 🕊️✨ Angel 😇 😥😥😥
Oh please kids are so coddled now. 99% of kids roamed their neighborhoods with no issues especially in the 80s. Maybe give your kids skills and the ability to survive and they'll be fine in life.
Nothing is ever safe, but it used to be safer. We used to take out the people who were a danger to our children, now we celebrate those people. A society gets what they allow: This cannot be argued.
@@bdsaints1986 Yes, kids these days don't need to be coddled as much, I can agree. But I'm around the same age as Louis so I grew up in the 80s and there's no way my parents would have let me wander the neighborhood until 9:30pm.
@@bdsaints1986 we went home for dinner and came in when the street lights came on. Out all day til 9:30 at 7 years old is just neglect.
@@bdsaints1986 Sure, but this is a seven year-old with learning disabilities and hyperactivity. If he was 15 or 17, it would be more understandable, but he should've at least been with his older brother until he met up with his friends.
I find it very disturbing that a seven year old is wondering the streets alone, especially after he told them of abuse, rather his imagination or not.
This is so sad, poor boy. This upsets me so much when this stuff happens to children
I pray for Louis to be alive, safe and happy.
Honestly, I will simply NEVER be able to understand who could harm a kid... I often try to rationalize people’s behavior in order to understand it, but this is beyond sick.
Why oh why is a seven year old child allowed to roam the streets, coming home usually at 9:30pm! And how could he make up a story of sexual abuse unless it was true or had occurred before. His parents really piss me off letting him wander around like that. This could have been prevented.
People saying it was a different time.. no way in hell would my parents allow me to roam the neighbourhood alone at 7-years old, nevermind until 9:30 pm at night... or even old than that. This is called neglect. I can't believe all the people saying this is okay, especially with all of his issues on top of it. Very disturbing indeed.
Oh, this one is heartbreaking. Poor little guy.
Dark Curiosities is learning languages to tell us about murders in the killers' native languages. That's a Dark Curiosity
Nothing worse than the abduction of a child. I did a few videos on similar cases but can't anymore, kudos to you for covering them so tactfully.
I find hard to watch so to do all the research must be much worse. so sad.
I’m very glad you’re doing what’s best for your mental health. I have a hard enough time watching them (and can’t make it through many of them). I can’t imagine how difficult it would be to delve in a research these cases to produce a video.
Poor little boy..
My older brother is his age and has the same learning and disabilities problems, I cannot imagine something happening to him as he's a very vulnerable person, just like Louis.
I hope he's really out there, maybe he doesn't know who he is, it's no very likely, but I hope he's being treated well...
He looks like he may have had FAS. Poor little guy. 😞
Poor little boy 💔
I'm an older brother, and I feel terrible for the brother in this story. He almost definitely blamed himself for not going with him. I know I would have.
I thought the exact same thing. There's an interview of the brother, said the parents never let the other kids out of their sight after this happened. It was a real wake-up call and the whole family suffered. That's why it pains me to see all of this finger-pointing going on in the comment section. Both parents have since passed away, as I recall, and the older brother is still looking. God bless him.
Who let's a their 7 year old run around town for hours on end, and stay out past dark?
I was born in 1976. It was pretty common back then to stay out till dark in the summertime. Where I lived that would be 10-10:30 pm..It was a different era then……
@Zsuzsanna Varga 🤷🏼♀️where I grew up there were groups of unsupervised kids that would hang out in the neighborhood. Most kids went home for dinner then came back out to play until dark.
in the 80s...every parent did
I let my kids play on our residential street, but they had to be in when the street lights came on. Then again, we lived in the suburbs, not in a town.
@@u.p.inthewild7163 I was born in 1972 and no way in hell would my parents allow me to roam the neighbourhool by myself, much less until 9:30 at night. That's plain neglect. Bad things happen today and bad things happened back then. I don't have any friends who were allowed to roam around by themselves at that age.
I respect you bringing these cases into the light. Please be kind to yourself and take mental breaks. These cases especially involving children can be emotionally draining.
Saturdays are the best! Not because it’s the weekend as I have no social life to speak of but because of the excitement when I get a notification. 😁
LOL. And don't worry.... I don't have a social life either.
Same. Literally, no social life or friends to speak of.
You're not alone doll..❤️
I wouldn’t of ruled out them two bullies.
I thought the same thing!
True, why were they so easily cleared??
I wouldn't have ruled out the two bullies.
Well, now, you weren't the one questioning them, were you?
Why was a 7 year old allowed to be outside until 9:30 pm? At 7 years of age, kids don't know about sex unless their parent(s) have their kid(s) living in that type of environment. But what I really don't get is if he was molested (I believe he was), why in the hell would his aunt allow him to go anywhere unaccompanied?
Agree. No child should be out that late..poor decisions all round.
Because you're the voice of God.
Wow. A 7 year old staying out by themselves until 9:30 evening?? Unacceptable.
I thought the same. Feels irresponsible even for the decade this occurred in.
Ok God, thanks for your input. Which you can now have shoved back up your ass.
Children do not "invent" stories of sexual assault. EVERY instance of a child mentioning sexual acts involving others should be investigated. What did Louis's parents do when he first brought this information to them? Shrug it off as a 'wild imagination'? If nothing was done, I side with the police as his parents were suspect, if for nothing else, not following up on a possible abuse case.
So many monsters walk amongst us daily and we don’t even know it .....
I do. They live in your head.
1/8 to 1/4% of U.S. population are violent predators.
Just imagine how many actual abductions and murders happened back then when there was no system to combat it. It was all “oh they ran away.”
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I'm sorry but why was a 7 year old out at 9:30 at night? He should have been at home in his bed, safe, this is so heartbreaking and preventable. Not to mention, he said he had been molested by that couple. Why didn't anyone file a police report? I feel.sick for this poor little guy. Thank you for giving a voice to these victims, this is so sad!
This is so sad no one ever found out what happened to him. A few years after Louis went missing I meet his mother by this time she was overprotective of her children. His little sister was in my sons class in kindergarten and I worked on the school bus and always keep an eye out for her little girl.
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Thank you for your videos. They are always very interesting. Some are so sad that I hope the families found peace.
Poor wee soul. I feel it for the family, not knowing what's happened to him.
What kind of careless people allow their child to walk up in the house at 9:30 at night…1984 wasn’t that safe☹️
Even if it would be safe it's still strange if you think a kid who grows need the time to wind down and get sufficient sleep before going up to school next day. That would be even more important with a kid with a npd diagnosis I presume.
I agree. It sounds like maybe Louis' parents had their hands full with all of those children and couldn't give them the care and attention they needed and deserved. If I ever have children, they won't be wandering the streets that late at such a young age.
It wasn't safe atall. Crime and murder was at an all time high especially in NYC and in LA the nightstalker was running rampant. Kids were being taken and noone did anything about it.
Agree. Especially a kid who had developmental issues and who had said he was abused before! Why would they let him go out alone?
I wouldn’t let a a 14 yrs old walk the street,let along half that age.
What on Earth was she thinking....I don’t think any kids u der the age 14 should be let out unattended.
I know this was a different time but I can't imagine letting my child out til 930. I know that the aunt was supposed to be caring for him and if that were my relative, SHE would have been in the hospital. I grew up in that time and I wasn't allowed to stay out that late. Absolutely ridiculous. I hope the poor child is resting in peace.
As I understood he was allowed to be out that long also when the parents were looking after him?
I'm somewhat older than him and grew up in a very quiet village on an island yet I was supposed to be in at 8, to have tea and a sandwich, wash myself and wind down to make sure I got sufficient sleep. Kids that grow needs their sleep, even more so if the kid have some neuropsychiatric disorder like in the case.
Especially at seven!
Agreed these two were terrible parents, I was his age in the late 80s and my mum wouldn't of even let me play on the street outside our house at anywhere near that time of night (I grew up on a housing estate, in a nice area, in a small town) ZERO sympathy for these crappy parents only the poor boy.
I lived many years in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and want to thank you for doing this story. It is very well known to the people of the city. Very sad.
Thank you so much for covering this case. I grew up in Allentown, and was still living there when this happened. It was devastating. Your research is stellar. The locations, right down to Marco's Hot Dog Shop, are spot-on. It still comes up occasionally in the local paper, but sadly, there's never been much new information.
Why did a 7 year old have burn marks on his chest?!?
Wow. This all took place around Muhlenberg Colllege, didn't it? I recognize a lot of the names.
Yes 👍
Muhlenberg College is in the West End of Allentown, Louis lived closer to the East Side, but yes, same city.
This little boy was no stranger to abuse........someone found him an easy target.......god rest your heart little boy.....someone is looking after you now......
Side note * who the fresh hell lets a 7 yr old navigate a neighborhood by themself. I don't want to hear this "ThIs wAs A dIfFeREnT DaY iN TiMe..." No! Obviously it was not! It took way too many of these cases to raise awareness of safety issues. I have 4 kids and I can't leave my 6 yr old down the hall without checking on her. So much can go wrong so fast!
Thank you!!!
This happened two blocks from my home at the time I had a son about his age, and I never forgot about this boy.
Must be such a bitter sweet moment when the parents see an age progressed picture of their child.
So sad someone would steal a piece of their parents heart .
Why the hell did they let him run loose if he had said he had been abused. His family is ridiculous. Poor child.
So, a 7 year old routinely came home at night around 9:30? Really? I would not allow my children to leave our fenced yard unless accompanied by someone older, and always herded them in at dusk. How is a 7 year old allowed to run wild till 9:30 by himself? Especially after he reported being molested?
Poor little boy.
And the amount of people in the comment's section who think it's perfectly okay is astonishing. I'm 50 and was never allowed to roam the neighbourhood alone as a child and thank god. Bad things happened back then just as they do now.
No shade whatsoever, but I can’t NOT wonder why a 7 year old was so unsupervised. I know that parenting is learned as you go, and I think he was the oldest(?). But! I do want to say that part of my own and my kids’ education has been the prevalence of these kinds of videos, new stories etc. I’m 60 and I can tell you for certain that these awful situations were not so readily available for consumption. So good on YOU, Dark C and your counterparts on TH-cam. 💜
60, with the english writing skills of a 9 year old
Can't not? 🤦🏻
I have two young kids. This sort of stuff makes me want to throw up and also hide them from the world
People are sick now a days
Right. Things like this make me a nervous wreck for my kids every time they're out of my sight.
So he reported being molested and yet they let him wander the neighborhood Alone Again?
In those times kids used to walk all over by themselves.Some people are blaming the parents,mum had left him with her sister while she was recovering from an operation.Maybe blame the killer instead.
Amen, sister.
It doesn't mean they're not blaming the murderer. It's just, he's not in the care of anyone if he's allowed to look after himself the whole time. So the aunt being at home doesn't help if the kid's not home.
So glad you said this. EVERYBODY'S an expert because that's why their kids are safe & little Louis isn't.They have to blame Louis' poor family; otherwise, it's just random, and the possibility of something like that happening in their family exists .
This is a very sad case and on my mind a lot.
Their child is only 7 and it took them that long to be concerned?!?? Like what the heck?! Also he’s claimed to be molested, wouldn’t you be more cautious about his whereabouts and make sure he got him safe everyday, instead of not doing anything.
I also can’t understand the hotdog place, a kid is lingering for close to an hour and tells you teenagers are chasing him, you should immediately help the child phone his parents and phone the ducking police!!!!
The sad/terrible thing is, Louis would've been an easy target for all types of predators. By the way he was described, it sounds like he already seen/went thru some bad sh*t.
Allowed out to 9:30pm at 7yr old? What the f**k were his parents thinking about? I know that's not a reason to take a child but no child that age should be out that late especially alone.
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It was a different time.
@@LilySaintSin It was still known that it's important that kids who are growing need a fair good amount of sleep before getting up to school next day. I suspect it's even more important for a kid with a npd diagnosis.
@@LilySaintSin he's around my age, it wasn't not that different, come home when the streetlights come on at night was normal.
1984. You’re obviously too young to remember then. You’re looking in 2021 lenses my friend.
A 7 yr old whose out and about without supervision anywhere ? ESP at night wtf?
certainly nowadays i don't think it'd be hard to find someone named frank who knows named elizabeth. check records and social media, compile a database, cross reference by time, location, proximity to the scene of the abduction, etc. they might have been random aliases but maybe these people used them more than once and left a trail.
Omg...7 years old and out later than my first 16 year old curfew.
Clicked soon as I saw the video keep them coming
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Thanks for letting us know.
I’m the same age as Louis-I remember the 80s-and I have niblings who are the age he was when he disappeared, and there is no way they are old enough to be out so late alone.
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It's just awful can't rap my head around this how a seven year old little boy is wondering streets at that age. Maybe he was never taught stranger dander.
What a precious baby. I had an extremely vivid imagination as a child so much so my mom constantly bought me paper to write down my wild tall tales and guess what I never indicated sexual conduct…children do not lie about inappropriate behavior of adults. Often times they are taught naughty games and acts. I can not believe that adults would be so dismissive of him.
Burn marks, missing teeth, gait when walking...he sounds abused
I know that these were very different times and that that came with more child freedom/lack of supervision, but if my son claimed he'd been molested, I might not let him out unsupervised again?? I'm really not trying to blame the parents for his disappearance (that's fully on whoever took him) but I do have to think there's a point where you realize not supervising your kids can work against their safety.
It was normal for Louis to stay out till 9pm in the evening? 7 years old? Poor boy was neglected and streetwise.
You’re looking in 2021 lenses. Are you old enough to remember the 80s?
@@dickiegreenleaf750 Actually I am - I grew up in the 80s and my parents damn well didn't let me wander around the neighborhood alone and certainly not after dark.
@@dickiegreenleaf750 Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
@@MdnightWnd Thank you. And exactly!
Horrible Parents! 😡 How do you let a 7 year old child with this many problems making him vulnerable who had already been attacked wander the streets freely? Shame on them
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When the hot dog shop owner heard that from this child who was alone that he was hiding, I wish it had occurred to him to offer to call his home, dad's work, or a neighbor to come pick him up. Back in those days children knew their home phone numbers and the numbers of their closest neighbors.
Thank you, Babbel!
Burns on his chest? Ritalin? Wandering around for hours at night. Poor kid.
My heart goes out to all the families that are still looking for a loved one that went missing without a trace. I can’t even imagine the pain and suffering that is involved. I can only pray that you will meet again in this world or in heaven. And to the monster or monsters that caused such pain, let the lord deal with you! He is just!
My father was born in the 60s in a quiet and safe town, and still, he was never allowed alone on the street at this age and at that time of night. That's completely insanity, to leave a child as young as this, alone on the streets late at night.
7 years old and home around 9:30 pm...that being not unusual?!?!... Sounds like child neglect, even for the early 80's....
He looks quite similar to Etan Patz. This would have been around the same time frame. NYC and Allentown are not far away. Stranger abduction is the most likely.
Any 7 year old that talks of molestation should be taken seriously. No child should be given drugs especially ritilan.
🤔Mmmmm....Wtf is up with that family to let a innocent 7 year old to wander the streets late at night and not to expect anything to happen..This is absolutely absurd...
Heartbreaking thing for a family to go through.Never knowing if he’s out there alive .I do think the police were a bit off thinking the parents had something to do with this.What more of a solid alibi could they ask for ? ..Thank you .Very haunting cold case 😢
He’s in 1st grade and it’s not strange for him to come home at 10:30 at night!!??
I grew up in Allentown, this was before I was born but this is super upsetting
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What kind of child imagines being molested? None. He obviously was. Its crazy that anyone attempted to discredit him.
My son is 7 and I don't even let him scoop his own ice cream. The notion of him being like, "hey dad, I'm out, be back by 9:30", is enough to give me a complex.
I'm a child of the 70s .I remember being that young and walking all over the town I lived in alone! We are all lucky we weren't abducted!
I truly believe that those two teens did harm to Louis. I don't know why police let them go.I too as a young lad had kids chase me home from school,much earlier in time. The kids back then were capable of anything. I can't imagine how they behaved 20 odd years later.
If they still can contact those teens,I'm sure they have police records.
Through my research on murderers and victims I have noticed that the eye positioning indicates whether or not a victim had known the killer, and in Louis case he did according to the eye positioning.
I'm sure after listening to the case that the parents or the imaginary couple ( who I strongly believe to be the teens) actually did harm him.
Exactly. Police make mistakes.. I am suspicious of the teens as well. Looking them up now could lead to something significant. If they are in prison for murder or something and are questioned, they might come clean. 🤷♀️
When you talk about the position of the person’s eyes, are you saying how they physically look on their face? Or if their eyes twitch like they’re telling a lie
This is just too sad
I'm sure his brother Harold feels some guilt...
I'm speechless...OK so his parents let him wander the neighborhood even after he told them he was abused...why?!
A seven year old would not make a story about being molested. If he said it happened, it happened.
So, so sad.
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burn markes on his chest?? sounds like abuse from parents! i dont know..."fearful" burns, ???? i just dont know.
I thought the same thing? From cigarettes? People used to discipline kids that way. How does a small child have circular burns on his chest.
What child makes up sexual assault by strangers??? And have names ? And so in-depth detail. Polygraph tests are crap the inventor wants them banned as they don’t work.
Also those asking who let’s their child of 7 wander about on their own, In the UK a mother used to use her toddler who was 3yrs old to walk to the shops with a five pound note and a note for cigarettes, how weird that this child was then abducted….NOT. These parents should be arrested for neglect.
Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would hear the tiny town of Everett, Pennsylvania being mentioned on TH-cam v