Disappearance of Charles Arlin Henderson
unsolved 1991 disappearance in Missouri, US
Charles Arlin Leon Henderson (March 16, 1980 – disappeared July 25, 1991) is an American missing person who disappeared in Fountain N' Lakes, Missouri, on July 25, 1991, aged 11.
Disappearance
Henderson was born on March 16, 1980, in Moscow Mills, Missouri, the son of Debbie Henderson-Griffith. As said by Debbie in a 2025 interview, he enjoyed swimming and shooting BB guns. He was last seen at 5 p.m., on July 25, 1991, after leaving his home in Fountain N' Lakes, on bicycle. He was wearing a camouflage tee shirt and pants, gray socks and black tennis shoes. His bicycle was found on October 10, in a bean field approximately 5 miles north of his home.
On March 10, 2000, Henderson's sister Joy Henderson-Leonard, was murdered by her husband, Bob Leonard, who subsequently committed suicide.
In 2001, Joshua Spangler, who was 13 at the time of Henderson's disappearance, confessed to abducting and killing Henderson after being forced to by two men. He later admitted to fabricating the story, and was charged with perjury.
Months before his disappearance, Henderson's uncle, James McWilliams, said he witnessed a tall, skinny man taking pictures of Henderson outside his school.
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