1990 UM fan
08-14-2016, 06:34 PM
Today marks 30 years since Jeremy Bright disappeared. On August 14th, 1986, Jeremy and his younger sister attended the Coos County Fair in Myrtle Point, Oregon. Around 2pm, the two separated but would meet at the Ferris wheel at 5pm. Jeremy never surfaced. His mother Diane arrived the next day to pick up her children at their stepfather's house. Jeremy's wallet, watch and apartment key were left in the house. Another day would pass until Diane alerted the police, who suspected that Jeremy ran off with the circus, but his family insisted that he would not have done that and would not have abandoned his sister.
A few others theories arose concerning Jeremy's fate. It was thought that he attended a party the night he vanished and drank an alcoholic beverage laced with an illegal drug, which would have interacted with his heart murmur and become fatal. Another theory was that Jeremy was shot by a group of local troublemakers while swimming in a watering hole near the Coquille River, and that attempts were made to nurse him back to health, but that he later died and his body buried in a shallow grave in the woods. A search of the wooded area where Jeremy's body allegedly was turned up no trace of the young man.
A man named Terry Steinhoff, who once babysat Jeremy, was considered a possible suspect in Jeremy's disappearance. Jeremy was allegedly seen with Terry in his truck the night he vanished. Steinhoff was later convicted in a murder unrelated to the Jeremy Bright case. Terry Steinhoff died in 2007. Jeremy's family held a memorial for him on the 25th anniversary of his disappearance.
A few others theories arose concerning Jeremy's fate. It was thought that he attended a party the night he vanished and drank an alcoholic beverage laced with an illegal drug, which would have interacted with his heart murmur and become fatal. Another theory was that Jeremy was shot by a group of local troublemakers while swimming in a watering hole near the Coquille River, and that attempts were made to nurse him back to health, but that he later died and his body buried in a shallow grave in the woods. A search of the wooded area where Jeremy's body allegedly was turned up no trace of the young man.
A man named Terry Steinhoff, who once babysat Jeremy, was considered a possible suspect in Jeremy's disappearance. Jeremy was allegedly seen with Terry in his truck the night he vanished. Steinhoff was later convicted in a murder unrelated to the Jeremy Bright case. Terry Steinhoff died in 2007. Jeremy's family held a memorial for him on the 25th anniversary of his disappearance.