Kenneth Warren Hager

Taken From News Clippings:

Kenneth is the 3rd of 7 children and was born May 23, 1935.

He had brown hair and eyes, was about 4'10", 90 lbs, had a fair complexion, and was wearing a blue-gray overcoat, navy blue and red skull cap, brown trousers, white shirt and gray tennis shoes. He had a scar on his head and was missing a front tooth.

He's had epilepsy since infancy, when a fire cracker explosion shattered his nerves. Due to the epilepsy, he was unable to talk, take care of himself, and has never gone to school.

His mother always sewed his name and address in his clothes for identification. Such identification was in the overcoat Kenneth was wearing when he left home. His name also was printed on his shirt.

He disappeared from his home at 1637 Lansing Ave in Baltimore City, on April 9, 1947 at about 10:00 a.m. The family noticed he was missing about three quarters of an hour after he asked his mother for a piece of ice and went outside.

He liked to ride in automobiles but would never enter one unless asked.

Kenneth had disappeared 2 yrs earlier when he wandered off and was found downtown by police. His arm was piteously marked as though with cigarette burns. All he could tell his family was that a "bad boy" had done it.

Also, before moving to Lansing Ave, the Hagers had lived in the 2100 block East Chase Street. Kenneth had previously found his was back to his old neighborhood. His mother found him there, having a pleasant "visit" with the local cobbler.

After his disappearance, James Burdett, streetcar motorman and a neighbor of the Hagers, recognized him at the corner of Dundalk and Eastern Avenues Wednesday afternoon.

In 1963 a distant relative of the Hagers, took Mrs. Hager aside and described an incident that took place a year prior. The woman, who worked in a grocery store in Dundalk, said that she looked up from her work to see a young man, 26 or 27, who looked exactly as George Hager did at that age. She told the mother that the young man was unable to speak but had handed her a grocery order to fill, and she did so. She said that she did not tell the family, for fear of raising false hopes. He never returned to the store.

1947 Statistics:

A total of 2348 Baltimoreans were reported missing to the Missing Persons Bureau during 1947, according to the annual report of Police Commissioner Hamilton R. Atkinson.

The number of persons under 21 totaled 1657.

The number of men and boys under 21-1472-reported missing, almost doubled the number of women-876.

Among the 31 young men and boys under 21 still missing, is Kenneth Hager, 11-year-old mentally handicapped youngster who disappeared April 9 while playing on the street near his home in the 1600 block of Lansing Avenue.

Four boys missing include: Robert Ladany Jr., 14, of the 600 block of South Lehigh street, who has been missing since October 25; Lawrence E. Peters, 15, reported missing from his home in the 200 block of South Gilmor street December 12; Joseph Redolfi, 17, of the 3700 block of Claremont Ave, missing since December 27; and Gordon T. Powell, 15, missing since December 13.

Young girls unaccounted for include: Stella J. Freidel, 19, of the 1900 block of South Newkirk street, missing since August 15; Joan Lawrence, 16, of the 2600 block of Ulman Ave, since September; Dorothy Brashears, 16, of the 1000 block of Granby street since October 29; and Frances Ellis, 17, of the 1200 block of Marshall street, since December 31.

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