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Mark Himebaugh was
abducted 30 years ago

We have not given up the hunt for him.

WHERE IS MARK?

The new book by Det. Rich McHale reveals new information about the abduction of Mark Himebaugh, and he makes an appeal for anyone with additional information to come forward and help us get final closure for Mark’s family.

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“Mark has gone everywhere with Rich, since the day he was missing, including into his retirement.”
—Stephanie Samuels, Police Psychotherapist
Founder, CopLine, Inc.

WHERE IS MARK?

Mark Himebaugh was a wonderful young man—a good friend, brother and son. He harbored a secret, however. It had festered for years, and was about to boil over, just as Mark’s young life was forever disrupted. That secret is about to come to light, and those involved are about to be exposed.

Where Is Mark? is the culmination of 30 years of investigative effort by police, detectives and those on the Himebaugh Task Force, and provides a deep dive into the tortured life of a seemingly typical American boy, who came to be forever known as that kid with red hair and freckles.

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What Experts are Saying

"Mark has gone everywhere with Rich, since the day he was missing, including into his retirement."

Stephanie Samuels
Police Psychotherapist — Founder, CopLine, Inc.

"Rich McHale’s 'Where Is Mark?' is a riveting, compassionate reconstruction of the events leading up to the disappearance of eleven-year-old Mark Himebaugh in 1991. Having been intimately involved in the investigation he brings immediacy to the retelling of the efforts by so many police officers, family members, and friends, to solve this tragic mystery and bring Mark home. That effort continues to this day, and Rich’s book is a powerful part of that on-going crusade."

David Dean
Retired Chief of Police, Avalon, NJ, Police Department, His short stories have appeared regularly in ELLERY QUEEN MYSTERY MAGAZINE, as well as a number of anthologies, including BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES and mystery novel author, with his latest work The Duelist

"I will never forget tracking bare footprints on the beach that night with my father, who was the leader of the Cape May County Sheriff’s Department K-9 Unit at the time. Many thanks to Rich for keeping this case in the public’s eye."

Ed Donohue
Chief (Ret.) Lower Township Police Department

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On the day that Mark went missing, hundreds of neighbors, police and firefighters volunteered to search the marshes and surrounds for him. For the next several days volunteers were joined by canine units and Coast Guard helicopters, scouring the entire town of Middle Township and beyond, for any sign of young Mark Himebaugh. The only sign of him was a shoe — Mark’s Shoe — left behind on a dry beach only a stone’s throw from his house.

What happened to Mark on that cold, windy day in November of 1991? The new book Where Is Mark? traces the details of his last 90 minutes in Del Haven, Middle township, New Jersey. Order for $19.91>

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Mark Himebaugh

Mark with his brother, Matt.
Mark at 11 / artist’s conception of Mark now.

WHERE IS MARK?

On November 25, 1991, Mark Himebaugh’s mother was asked by a neighbor to drive her to pick up her car from a repair shop. Mark was intrigued by a fire a short distance from his home, and asked for permission to go see it. When his mother returned a short time later, Mark was missing. He was seen by neighbors shortly before his disappearance, and they saw that he was happy. He was last seen entering a park near his neighborhood. Now, 30 years later, investigators are still looking for him.

On the day Mark was abducted, his shoe was all that was found.

This shoe was found on the shoreline of Delaware Bay, a very short distance from Mark’s house. Is it significant that the footprints showed a single shoe and a bare foot for the next 20 feet, then two bare feet for the next 1/4 mile? Is it significant that a neighborhood couple saw an identical shoe on the beach the day before Mark went missing? Det. Rich McHale analyzes these facts in Where Is Mark?, and shares some highly enlightening insights about the case! Visit our Facebook page>

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