On Saturday, October 5th, 1996, in Sioux City, Iowa, Marie Harker had plans to meet up with her 34-year-old son Kenneth. She and him often spoke as her son had suffered from a traumatic brain injury in the years prior. A severe car accident had left the man disabled, unable to keep a full-time job, and having to relearn how to walk and talk again. While Kenny, which he was often called, had been working for several years to regain his independence, he had only recently moved out and lived on his own. He had worked hard for his freedom, so Marie tried not to worry when he was a no show to their meeting. She convinced herself that he must've forgotten and was probably with friends. 

Little did Marie know, Kenny's white 1977 Chevrolet Suburban had just been found by one of the Plymouth County Officers and marked as abandoned. The vehicle was located on K-42, with its doors open, the tires were flat, and it was out of gas. 

In the days following, Marie tried several times to contact her son, doing so on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. While she knew deep down, something wasn't right; she didn't want to intrude on her son, who had worked so diligently to take care of himself again. She decided to try again tomorrow, but unbeknownst to her at that moment, Kenneth's truck was being towed away to the spot where it was found abandoned.

This is the case of Kenneth Harker.

If you know anything regarding the case of Kenneth Harker, you can contact the Sioux City Police Department at 712-279-6365.

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SOURCES:
https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/4491?nav
https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/kenneth-harker/
http://charleyproject.org/case/kenneth-william-harker
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1461dmia.html
Interview quotes via: Kenneth Harker | Iowa Cold Cases. https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/kenneth-harker/