Corey was last seen at the Ten-To-Ten grocery store in the 3200 block of Jefferson Highway in Jefferson, Louisiana at 12:30 p.m. on December 16, 1984. He and another boy were playing a video game and the boy turned his back, and when he turned around, Corey was gone. He has never been heard from again.
Corey lived in the 500 block of Causeway Boulevard at the time of his disappearance. He may have fallen into the Mississippi River, but his body was never recovered; it is unclear what happened to him. He was wearing a royal blue muscle shirt or tank top with white trim, blue jeans and white sneakers with red and blue stripes or blue sneakers with red stripes. Two of Corey's bottom teeth were missing