Murder of David Stack

David Arthur Stack (July 5, 1957 – June 9, 1976) was an American man who was murdered while hitchhiking from his home in Broomfield, Colorado to California.

[2] Stack graduated from high school in 1975 and later decided to hitchhike, likely to visit relatives in California.

[2] While being treated as a missing person before his body was identified, Stack was excluded from thirteen other unidentified decedent cases.

He was estimated to be 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) tall and at a weight of 170 pounds (77 kg) at the time of his death and had O positive blood type (the most common).

[8] He was believed to have been seen alive in the nearby town of Wendover, Utah at approximately 3:00 PM, a day prior to the discovery of his body.

[9][10] After the examination of his body was complete, the young man was buried in the Tooele City Cemetery, after the case remained unsolved.

Reconstruction of the victim, created by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children