Missing in the Smokies: Dennis Martin's disappearance

Friday, June 14, 2019 marks 50 years since a grinning Dennis Martin darted out of his family’s sight during a weekend camping trip. He never came home.

Nearly 1,500 searchers — from park rangers and FBI agents to backcountry hunters and Green Berets — combed a stretch of nearly 60 square miles and walked away empty-handed.

Lessons learned and mistakes made in the failed search have become textbook training for rescuers and outdoorsmen the world over. But not a single verifiable trace of the boy has come to light in the decades since.

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