Hi, Crime Junkies. I'm your host Ashley Flowers.

And I'm Brett.

And the story I want to tell you today is as tragic as it is baffling.

A family goes on vacation in an Idaho National Forest to take advantage of the great outdoors,

only to have their dream trip descended to a nightmare when their little boy goes missing.

This is the story of Deor Coons Jr.

On the afternoon of Friday, July 10, 2015, police and law enforcement in Lemhigh County, Idaho,

get a panicked 911 call at 2.28 pm from a distressed mother named Jessica Mitchell.

Jessica says her two-year-old son, Deor, has gone missing while her family was camping

out in the Salmon Chalice National Forest at Timber Creek.

The Lemhigh County Sheriff's respond immediately, and once they arrive on scene, they get this

story from a distraught Jessica.

She and a few others left their home in Idaho Falls to go on a family camping trip the

day before.

The full group included Jessica, her son Deor, her fiance, who's Deor Senior, and he

also goes by the name Vernel.

Jessica's grandpa Bob Walton and Bob's friend Isaac.

Jessica says they all drove about two hours northwest and had gone to Timber Creek campsite

after dark.

He used to go out to Timber Creek as a young man, and he says he wanted to share his love

for the outdoors and specifically for this place with his family and especially with little

Deor.

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