Missing From: Kittitas, Washington
Missing: September 12, 2004
Age at Disappearance: 11
Height: 5′ 0″
Weight: 90
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Green
Distinguishing Characteristics: Scars, Marks, Tattoos: Caucasian male. He has a round birthmark on his inner right thigh. Cody’s real name is Richard Lee Haynes Jr.
Details of Disappearance: Cody resided with his father, Richard Lee Haynes Sr., his four sisters, and Richard’s girlfriend, Marla Jaye Harding in a second-floor apartment in the 100 block of north Main Street in downtown Kittitas, Washington in 2004.
His father and stepmother told police Cody disappeared from his family’s home between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. on September 12, 2004. He had refused to wash the dishes and Harding punished him by making him sit at the kitchen table for four hours before sending him to his bedroom at about midnight the previous day. Harding told Cody’s sisters not to go near his room and told Cody not to leave the room for any reason. A week after Cody vanished, his sisters were removed from their father’s home and placed into foster care. The removal order alleged abuse, neglect and lack of supervision in the household, and was based mainly on the fact that Cody had been made to stay in his room for eighteen hours without being allowed to eat, drink, or use the toilet and without being checked on by an adult. Initially the girls said nothing had happened to their brother, but later Cody’s oldest sister told investigators that he had been beaten severely inside his home the day he vanished.
Police searched for traces of blood in the apartment’s kitchen to back up the sister’s story, but the flooring there had been replaced after Cody’s disappearance and without the landlord’s knowledge or consent. A second search was made and police seized a computer and Richard’s Chevrolet Suburban. They also searched Harding’s car.
Authorities made what they termed a “significant discovery” during one of these searches, but have not elaborated on what exactly it was they found. Due to his age and family background, Cody is considered to be in danger. His case was turned over to the FBI in October 2005; it remains unsolved.
Investigative Agency: Kittitas Police Department 509-925-8534
If you have any information on this case, please contact CUE Center for Missing Persons at (910) 343-1131 or call the CUE Center 24-hour tip line at (910) 232-1687. All information submitted to CUE Center for Missing Persons is confidential.