The Disappearance of John Graham Thompson, February 1977

John Thompson, 20, was last seen on Tuesday, February 8, 1977, by a friend with whom he was staying in Mountain View, Santa Clara County, CA. John told his friend that he was going to go to a job interview. The company with which he had an interview is unknown. John was never seen or heard from again. The aforementioned friend was the one to report him missing, though the date the report was filed is not indicated in any sources I could find. Very few details are available in his case.

1973 high school yearbook photo from NamUs.

John was wearing an army jacket, a dark shirt, and dark pants when he was last seen. He is a white male with brown hair and brown eyes. At the time of his disappearance he was 20 years old, 5'6, and 135 lbs. He was born on April 12, 1956; if alive today he would be 69 years old.

John's dental x-rays are not available for comparison. His DNA seems to be on file, as he has 41 UID exclusions on NamUs. Only one of these, found in 2006, was from CA, while another was found in OH; the remaining Does were discovered in VA.

John's NamUs case, #MP25180, was created on June 30, 2014 and last updated on October 24, 2024. His Charley Project profile was created and last updated on April 24, 2017.

Anyone with information regarding John's case should contact Mountain View PD at (650) 903-6728 (according to CA DOJ) or (650) 903-6344 (according to NamUs). The agency case number is 77-2463. The Charley Project (likely erroneously) lists the investigating agency as the San Francisco PD, available at 415-553-1071. 

Furthermore, according to the CA DOJ's missing persons database, "If you think you know the whereabouts of any person, BEFORE TAKING ANY ACTION, please contact the law enforcement agency listed in the record, or the California Department of Justice at 1-800-222-FIND (24 hour nationwide toll-free Hotline) or (916) 210-3119, or email us [CA DOJ] at missing.persons@doj.ca.gov." According to the same site, individuals seeking to contact CA DOJ regarding a missing person can use the email form here.

Sources

NamUs 

Charley Project 

CA DOJ 

WebSleuths

Note: While this write-up was originally published on August 1, 2025, I regularly revisit cases, fix any typos or formatting errors, check for updates, hyperlink new posts, ensure that I have exhausted all sources, etc. When edits are extensive, I re-post the write-up. This post was last updated on October 3, 2025.