Andrew Koenig, the 41 year-old actor who played Richard “Boner” Stabone on 25 episodes of Growing Pains in the 1980s, has gone missing in Vancouver. According to MTV News, police in Vancouver are asking the public for help in finding Koenig, who was last seen on February 14. The actor’s father, Walter Koenig, who played Pavel Checkov on the original Star Trek series, said that his son was visiting friends in Toronto and then traveled to Vancouver, where he lived for a time.
Koenig was expected to go home to Venice, California on February 16, but he never showed up. Walter was concerned after receiving a letter from Andrew postmarked February 15. “He sounded despondent,” Walter said. “Nobody has seen this [note] but my wife and I.”
Walter insists that he did not believe drugs played a part in his son’s disappearance, but he said such actions were not unusual for his son. “I think it’s something that has been a part of his makeup for a long time,” he said. “There’s no single trauma. There’s nothing of that nature.”
Walter also told The Vancouver Sun that Andrew was “not in a good frame of mind when he called us. He was depressed.” the last recorded activity on Andrew’s phone is from February 16. His bank records also indicate activity around the same time – but nothing since. More troubling info: A friend of his says she was worried because Andrew sold some of his possessions before going to Canada.
