When a young boy disappears from his bedroom during a stormy night in coastal Washington State,

all signs suggest that he climbed out the window.

Despite immediate and thorough searches,

he remains inexplicably missing without a trace years later in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Music Thanks for listening to Last Seen Alive. I'm your host, Leah, crime analyst by day and true crime

storyteller by night. And as always, I'm because Scott. Scott, the story we're going to explore today

is, of course, one that we've never told before on this podcast. However, I think you'll find that

in many ways this case is reminiscent of another missing child case we covered years ago.

I know I was struck by the similarities when I learned about the case anyway.

It involves a child vanishing from their bedroom during a stormy night just before Valentine's Day

and being sighted on foot on a road alone in dangerous weather.

Sound familiar at all?

My gosh, it's like we're rehashing Asia degree only in a different state so far.

Exactly. This case reminds me a lot of the Asia degree case, which I think of often.

Now, that's not to say that the cases are related. They're not in any way. In fact, they occurred on

opposite sides of the country. But the similarities exist and both cases are equally perplexing.

I have a feeling this is going to be one of those episodes that just pops into our head

frequently and makes us sad. Yeah, I think that's fair to say. This case, however, has received a great deal less attention thanatias.

In fact, it's received very little attention despite the fact that it's a true tragedy and a true mystery.

With that being said, here's what happened.

Luke Taya Pyong Dai, who went by Luke, was last seen alive on February 6, 1996.

He was 11 years old at the time and lived in Raymond, Washington with his parents, siblings, and one grandmother.

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