WHERE IS MARK?: The Abduction of Mark Himebaugh

Mark Himebaugh, the red headed boy with freckles, was abducted 30 years ago from Del Haven, New Jersey. We have not given up the hunt for him. The new book by Detective Rich McHale (Ret.) 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. Mark 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. 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. WARNING: Contains some graphic sexual material.