MUS-2026-0548
Archive card
MUS-2026-0548
Missing person
- Incident
- 2004
- Indexed
- Oct 29, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- See coverage below
- Location
- Kittitas WA
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Cody Haynes, 11, whose full name is Richard Lee Haynes Jr., was confined to his bedroom in Kittitas, Washington, after a dispute over dishes on September 11, 2004 and was not checked on for close to eighteen hours. A bag of his clothing and his bicycle were later found in a shed near the home, and possible local sightings were never confirmed. No charges in his case appear in the sources indexed, and anyone discussed in coverage is presumed innocent unless charged and convicted.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2004
On September 11, 2004, after refusing to wash dishes, Haynes sits at the kitchen table for four hours and is sent to his bedroom at about midnight, told not to leave for any reason.
- 2004
On September 12, 2004, between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m., he is gone from the home and is reported missing by his father that afternoon.
- 2004
After his disappearance, his camouflage bag of clothing and his bicycle are found in a shed near the house.
Key people
The people in the file.
11. Last known to be in his bedroom in Kittitas, Washington, on the night of September 11, 2004.
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