The family members of Bowling Green resident Wendell Ray Decker, who faces a manslaughter trial for the 1996 death of an autistic boy, contacted city police Friday to report the 45-year-old missing for almost a week. Family members last saw Decker, 45, of 1320 Oliver St., around noon June 24 four days before his manslaughter trial was set to begin in Warren Circuit Court, according to a city police report. The jury trial was canceled because of a court scheduling conflict and a continuance was issued for the second-degree manslaughter case; however, Deckers whereabouts remain a mystery. Decker left his Bowling Green home and told relatives he was headed toward Grand Rivers, a community near Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, for a weekend camping trip with a friend, Sharon Goin of Illinois. But Decker never showed up for their 9 p.m. rendezvous. This isnt like him at all, Goin said in a telephone interview Saturday. Im concerned; I think something happened to him. Everything goes through your mind. He could have had a wreck, he could be in a big terrain somewhere where people cant see him, maybe someplace not mowed. Growing more worried, Goin headed back home to Illinois and contacted Deckers mother, Clarsie Decker, who shares the Oliver Street home with her son, Goin said. As days passed, Wendell Decker failed to show up for work and the final straw occurred Friday when he failed to pick up his son, who was scheduled back from his ex-wife, Goin said. Goin said there is no way that Decker would intentionally disappear to avoid the manslaughter charge. Hed never leave his child in a million years, Goin said. I think that criminal charge … he didnt do that anyway. After six days without seeing or hearing from her son, Clarsie Decker contacted city police to report him and his tan 1982 Ford van missing. I just called in because he wasnt here and I didnt know what to do so I just called (the police), Clarsie Decker said Saturday. She referred additional questions to Wendell Deckers attorney, Peter Grey-Whiteley of Bowling Green, who was unavailable for comment. Warren County Commonwealths Attorney Steve Wilson said he was informed of Deckers status as a missing person on Friday and is awaiting further evidence from the missing persons case, which is currently in a premature stage. We hope that hes found safe and that nothing has befallen him, Wilson said. … If it appears sometime next week that theres some evidence that perhaps hes left the jurisdiction, then well look at that fact pattern and whether its intentional. Wendell Decker was a foster parent in 1996 for Timmy Wood, 9, the autistic Allen County child of Rena Wood and Hubert Vaughn. Timmy Wood died in July 1996 while in Deckers care. Decker was indicted by a Warren County grand jury in October for second-degree manslaughter in connection with Woods death. That case and a civil case, filed by Woods parents against Decker and LifeSkills Inc., the company that placed Wood with Decker, are pending.