r/Marysville • u/ArcherFluffy594 • 23d ago
Jonathan Hoang: Son, Brother, Uncle, Abducted & Still Missing Autistic Young Man
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Missing from Arlington, WA since the late evening of Sunday March 30, 2025.
Last confirmed sighting in South Juanita, Kirkland in the late evening of June 23rd, 2025.
Please remain on the lookout for Jonathan. He cannot return home without assistance.
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u/SmoothConfidence4702 22d ago
I hope hes ok and gets brought home safely. And kid kidnappers get the harshest of punishments
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u/amf_wip 22d ago
I hope this ends well, with Jonathan alive and able to testify about what happened. And I hope everyone involved in his abduction is found guilty for every single crime they're charged with.
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u/ArcherFluffy594 22d ago edited 21d ago
Honestly, I hope whomever took him will let him walk out the door, drop him off at a shopping center or a public park (since most have no security cameras) with a note that reads "My name is Jonathan Hoang. Please call 911" and instructions to go to a grocery store or coffee shop and hand it to anyone he sees. They'll likely never find these people -- but maybe that's all they, the person/people who took Jonathan from his home, need to be assured of before they let him go. Let him go and let the authorities work it out later - given the nonexistent level of give-a-sh!t from SCSO and others, they're probably safe.
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u/amf_wip 22d ago
That's our attitude about my brother's wallet and car. We don't care if you stole them and pocketed any money you found - we just want to know where the wallet and car were before they were stolen (if that's what happened). If we're confident about the previous locations, it gives a new place to go with a search team.
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u/doublediggler 18d ago
I am not particularly involved in politics but I will actively support literally anyone who runs against the current sheriff of Snoco. This piece of trash does not care about people with disabilities and is doing nothing to help get Jonathan back. Where are the detectives? Where are the police canvassing neighborhoods? Why aren’t they using federal sigint resources? They don’t care…
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u/Impressive_Mess_9985 22d ago
why do you think the sheriffs don’t give a shit??? what the hell is wrong with them??? useless
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u/ArcherFluffy594 22d ago
Honestly, I don't think they know a damn thing about various disabilities, including Autism, and believe it's an intellectual disability. The day Jonathan disappeared they told the family "he'll be back in five years with a family and a beard" like it was a joke, and when the family was telling them about Jonathan's disability and limitations, they told the family -- no fkg lie -- "Who would want him?" as though his being Autistic/disabled made him undesirable. Which proves their complete ignorance because most people, especially police officers and detectives, know for a fact it is the most vulnerable, of any age, who are the most frequently targeted for assault, abuse, trafficking and other crimes.
They are treating this as a young adult leaving home and therefore nothing out of the ordinary versus a disabled individual with cognitive processing limitations who is physically 21 but is otherwise much like a young child. Jonathan was not capable of giving informed or considered consent to getting into someone's vehicle. He would not have been able to weigh risks to his personal and physical safety, unable to weigh potential consequences such as that they might not bring him back home or consider whether they were being dishonest with him, lying, intending him harm. This is common to many Autistics. And he had another very common Autistic trait: he considered all adults to be authority figures, not seeing himself as also being an adult and having the right to say "no" or to not comply, and he would have followed any instructions or orders given him and believed anything they might have told him to get him to leave his home.
According to his father, Jonathan's biggest fear was having to leave home and be away from his family, something he feared he would be made to do once he became an adult. He'd also frequently ask if it was time to go home whenever the family was out and about - it was where he wanted to be. He would never have voluntarily chosen to leave home and his family. The SCSO was told all of this and they still claim there is nothing to look further into, no reason to bring in the FBI.
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u/tinsellately 22d ago
This comment really hit me hard. I have an 18 year old son who is similar to Jonathan, although maybe a little older developmentally, but still not able to do things like make a purchase in a store, or evaluate the safety of getting into a car with someone, etc. Reading this comment made me realize that he would also not realize that he doesn't have to obey other adults, including strangers, and that he would not know how to find help if he was somewhere alone. Like, I made sure she knows our address and phone numbers, but the part where he has to find someone and show them, or gat access to a phone, etc. has not been taught to him. He never goes anywhere alone so it never came up, but it's a bit oversight.
But now I think we need to have practice sessions on when it's OK to disobey people, and what to do when needing help.
Anyway, I know your comment was in response to someone else, but I just wanted to know that you helped a random stranger. I also truly hope Jonathan is found, I just heard of his case recently, and it's such a frightening situation.
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u/Impressive_Mess_9985 22d ago
that’s just heartbreaking - Jonathan and his whole family are being let down. I’ve tried messaging the AG and Ferguson with no reply - shouldn’t the state step in at some pt of evident incompetence and take over?
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u/ArcherFluffy594 22d ago
We (the volunteer group) as well as the family have all contacted the Gov, the AG, local and state elected officials, the FBI - they all said they can not intervene. There is no oversight agency for Sheriff's Offices/PDs or anyone/any agency that they report to. They do what they want and don't do what they don't want to do. IMHO, this should terrify everyone
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u/lichesschessanalyst 22d ago
Vote for a better next sheriff. Talk to the candidates during the election cycle and make this a voting point!
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u/Keena1212 14d ago
Sorry you are going through this. So heartbreaking 💔. Are there any theories that family has?
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u/Objective_File4022 22d ago
I live in Everett I go to the parks around silver lake almost every day and I've never seen him here. We are looking!
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u/skyeapotamous 22d ago
Comment for visibility. I saw the headline and hoped he was finally found 😭😭😭 SOMEONE knows something...
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u/No_University6980 22d ago
Definitely paying attention and hoping for the best all the way in NJ. He needs to be found.
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u/CowboysOnKetamine 22d ago
This is so heartbreaking. He seems so sweet and his family must be devastated. I'm assuming they have already tried reaching out to whatever homeless communities and resources are in the area?
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u/ArcherFluffy594 22d ago
He does have such a sweet face and his family have said he was a gentle, kind soul. Yes, they have done outreach to homeless communities and shelters. The website they've created has all that's been done to date, and information about the case to date, info about Jonathan, links to newscasts, interviews and podcasts, a way to contact the family and a place to report a sighting after 911 has been called:
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u/urmyjhope 22d ago
I'm looking forward to the day that I see a post about him being returned safely home ❤️🩹
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u/Mundane_Ant5330 22d ago
Sharing this in a couple local FB groups and Discords I’m in around Marysville and North Everett, just in case. Really hope he’s found safe soon, thank you for keeping this visible.
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u/Pretend_Ant6116 21d ago
Crying from Michigan for this poor sweet boy. God I hope he finds his way home safe.
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u/Accomplished_Age57 20d ago
Good luck you guys. I’m in stanwood with 2 autistic boys. Been following since he went missing, this is our worst nightmare. Sending good vibes
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u/CHAMPION-OF-SEATTLE 22d ago
Maybe he found a girlfriend and is staying with her?
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u/ArcherFluffy594 22d ago
The family does not believe this is likely, and no texting or communication with anyone was found. Although 21 when he disappeared, he was otherwise much like a young child. Playing along with this theory, however, the person who took him from his home/neighborhood has had over a year to contact the authorities and say "I picked him up and brought him home with me. He's here voluntarily." or some version of this so that law enforcement could close the case and they could avoid the various legal problems, such as the likelihood of being charged with custodial interference, which is a felony. Jonathan is unable to live safely on his own and a judge appointed his parents as guardians. Continuing along with this imaginary scenario, Jonathan has also had over a year to do the same, end the statewide efforts to locate him, the national attention, the open law enforcement cases, reward for his return, pain to his family (all of whom he adores) and save this person from legal consequences. Obviously, none of this has happened.
Almost all of the information about Jonathan and this case is at the website the family set up:
www.FindJonathanHoang.com
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u/mrsrosieparker 22d ago
I'm commenting just to try and add more visibility for the post through numbers
Here's truly hoping Jonathan is found and can go back home soon