The Casper Police Department is renewing its investigation into the 2004 disappearance of 13-year-old Justin Phillip Harris, who vanished from a now-closed group home more than two decades ago.

Justin was last seen on the evening of Feb. 14, 2004, at the R.L. Mills Home for Boys in the 100 block of East H Street. When he failed to show up for breakfast the next morning, staff discovered his room was empty.

At the time he went missing, Justin was described as a white male standing 5 feet tall and weighing 110 pounds, with blonde hair, blue eyes and glasses. He was a ward of the state, taking several psychiatric medications, and was believed to function at the developmental level of a 6- or 7-year-old child.

Early investigations suggested Justin may have run away. Local authorities conduc

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