Missing 411 - Eastern United States

180 Pages·2012·37.15 MB·english

by  David Paulides

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• EASTERN UNITED STA TES •
Berry Pickers
Sheepherders
Farmers
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Unexplained disappearances oj North Americans
that have 11eve1' been solved.
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DEDICATION
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Missing 411 is dedicated to ~very family that has ever suffered
thé disappearance of a loved one. There can be no worse fate
than not knowing the whereabouts of a relative or friend. In every
incident that was researched in this book, the amount of human
. sacrifice that was expended in the effort to find a son, daughter,
father, brother, or friend was deserving of the highest esteem. The
subsequent pain suffered if the person wasn't found stays with the
searcher a Iifetime-, it's something that he or she can't forget,
· something he or she doesn't want to forget.
1 have personally had nightmares about several of.the incidents
. described in this manuscript; they still haunt me today, but my
nightmares paJe in comparison to those of any family membe~ who
couldn't find a loved one.
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To each and every one ofyou mentioned in this book, 1 dedícate
· this work to you and your family. May you find inner peace.
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Copyright© 2011 David Paulides
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 1495474542
ISBN 13: 9781495474545
Library ofCongress Control Number: 2011962091
CreateSpace, North Charleston, South Carolina
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· Contents vii
·coNTENTS
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···. · · Introduction· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·.: · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · xi
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,.. Clusters· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · xii
. Unique Factors in Disappearances · xiii
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Missing People · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1
. . ~ ..... .. ·~ ... · UniqCueen Gtrarol uOpnst aorfiMo·i s· s· i·n ·g · P· e· o· p· l·e · ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· 22
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Berry Pickers · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ; · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 8
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Sheepherders · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 21
Farn1ers· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 27
Midwest United States · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 35
. ·. . ·. Minnesota · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 35
Wisconsin · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 48
Michigan· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 55
lowa · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 69
Illinois· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 70
Missouri · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 74
Oklahoma/Arkansas · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 76
Southern States · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 95
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Georgia/Alabama · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 95
Appalachians· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 105
Great Smoky Mountains · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 105
Ohio · · · · · ··· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·: · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 165
Pennsylvania· · · · .. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 169
West Virginia·······························.····· 215
Kentucky · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 225
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Northeastern United States · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 232
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New England · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·. · · · · · · · · 232
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Ver1nont · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 264 ·
New Jersey······································ 277,
Lists· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 283
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Master List of Missing Children Under Ten Years · · · · · · · 283
Analysis · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·· 288 .. .· .'.~ .
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Master List · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 296 ·. .. BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs
Decade Breakdown of Missi.ng · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 307 DOI Department of the 1n terior
Conclusions· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 309 ·· FBI Federal Bureau of lnvestigation
· FOIA Freedom of 1n formation Act
Gaps in Time · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 309
Danger in the Woods · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·•· 310·· ¡ •..... NPS National Park Service
Screams and Yells · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 312· .. .. , SAR Search and Rescue
Bow Hunters· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 313 USFS Un ited States Forest Ser vice
National Park Service· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 315 .· .FLIR ·Forward Looking lnfrared Radar
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The Interview · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 318
DOI Recommendations · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 320 ~ ..
FBI lnvolvement · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 322
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Next Steps· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 328.
I ndex · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · : · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 331 ·
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INTRODUCTION
·· ' 1w as originally led to this story by an off~duty ranger ata national
· ·. · · park 1 was visiting. They informed me of a Series ofmissing person
:cases at the parks that were not getting any visibility in the press,
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and they telt that there might be a series of similar cases at other
parks. That one meeting set ine on a three-year study ofthe missing
P'eople• topic, which led to two books highlighting 411 stories .
.. : .·.. · The most interesting and fascinating portion of this study on
missing people is the discovery of clusters of missing in various
·· . · areas ofNorth America. The clusters were indentified after years of
· · · ·research and hours spent while 1 studied maps. The following are
· ··. . the clusters that were identified in the eastern section ofthe United
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Oklahoma/Arkansas Border Great Smoky Mountains NP
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B. Jamison Gibson
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Jamison Lindsay ·
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,·• Cook. Hearon
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~ Krebbs Ramsay
Jones Toney
Jackson Martin
McDona.ld Auberry
· :> Hanson
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Georgia/Aiabama Northern Illinois
Moore Sweely
Tankersley Chenoweth
Thompkins Shackleford
Upshaw Klamecki
Tippin
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NW Minnesota NE Minnesota
Vermont is the only cluster that has a tight time frame surround
Ayotte Sommerville . ing ail six missing people,just twenty-four years, 1926-1950.
.. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the surround
Kelly Bordwell
.Jng region is an interesting study area because Native Americans
McQuillan Coleman
<origina11y settled it. Modern-day disappearances started in 1919. the
Long
. latest occurring in 2008.
Warner The entire state of Pennsylvania is a cluster, an amazing accu
. mulation of juveniles who have disappeared under very similar
NW Maine N. Michigan ci rcumstances.
Newton Aht onen
Johnson Perry .: Unique Factors in Disappearances
Brown Benjamín ; · The ·factors 1 a m describing relate to the en tire study and not solely
Hoover Henegan .. to this book. Many ofthese factors ~re evident in the eastern United
Johnson Hallaxs ·. . · States, while others are in the west.
Renaud CJewley As you read the story behind each missing person, you will start
.. ·~o hear a consistent theme that includes facts found in other disap
New Hampshire/S. Maine N. West Virginia pearances of missing individuals. Part of the criteria 1 used for n
Lauro Kuhl , missing person case to be included in the books corresponded to
McCarthy Shoemaker ..... . · the number of factors included on· this list that were evident in the
Chapman Moore ·; .· ·stm:y. Here are a few ofthe factors you will find in many ofthe cases
Abbott McKinney outlined in this book:
Marvin
Rural Setting- All of the missing people outlined in this
S. Vermont PennsyJvania . project disappeared from a rural setting, not a city or down
Jepson The entire state is a cluster . town location. There were usually no witnesses, there was
Herrick significant cover, and difficult terrain
Rivers
Dogs - For some unknown reason dogs played a major role
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1 in many ofthe disappearances in the eastern United States.
Weldon
Many of the cases involve children following their dogs
Baker
into the wild.
Langer
Bishop · Bloodhounds/Canines Can 't Trae k Scent - A ver y unusual
trend 1 found in many ofthese cases was that expert track
Notes on clusters: • . ing dogs were brought to the scene of the disappearance
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The northern Illinois cluster is the only cluster in both books in · · and were not successful at doing their job. The dogs were
which everyone missing is a female. · given the scent via a person's shoe or worn shirt, they were
1 .• · brought to the location where the person was last seen, nnd
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they either refused to track or couldn't pickup a scent. This astonishing factor is that in many cases there was no shelter
behavior has occurred too many times to ignore, and it's not found, and it couldn't be explained why the victim was dry.
understood why this often occurs.
In severa) of the cases in which the word "kidnap" was
Disabled/lmpaired- Several cases in the east involve dis used, law enforcement officials backed off their position,
abled children who disappear. Initially, 1 believed that this. and it was never explained why. In hindsight, many ofthese
was occurring because ofthe disability, but the more 1 read cases occurred in a rural area, and the press or local sheriff
and understood about these cases, 1 think the numbers are may·not have wanted to alarm the community.
too high for random occurrence. 1 don't understand why so
Afternoon Disappearance_- From the information gleaned
many disabled children disappear, but the numbers don't
from the prqject, the optimum time for a disappearance to
seem coincidental.
occur is in the 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. time frames.
Fever - J have had discussions with physicians about the
children who return from being missing who have fevers.' . , .•. ,· .. Swamps and Briar Patches - Many of the missing are
· found in the middle or on the perimeter of a swamp and/or
When they are examined, physicians noted in the articlés
briar patch. Sorne rescuers have commented on the unusual
can't find a reason for the fever, and the physicians 1 spoke ·. i
location a child is found in and how they don't understand
with couldn't explain it. Only a handful ofthese incidents
how he or she got there. These are not locations that people
were described in articles, but 1 believe children returning
would casually visit.
with fevers had occurred many more times than noted. The
condition wasn 't told to the media, and it was handled as ~ ·
Berries - The fact that berries and berry bushes play a
normal medical anomaly.
cohtinuous role in many disappearances is overwhelm
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ing. People disappear and are found in the middle of berry
Conscious/Semi-Conscious-One ofthe most unusual con-· · ·. .....
. bushes. They go missing while they are picking berries,
ditions found among missing people is being found in a · : :~· ·
and sorne are found eating berries. The association between
conscious or semiconscious state. 1 understand that when · ·
sorne missing people and berries cannot be denied.
people go missing for extended periods ha11ucinations can
occur because of an absence of food and water, but these .. •,,.. ,. ·, .: C/othing Removed- In numerous cases cited, the missing
conditions are prevalent even when those factors do not
.. . ·. person is found and at least one significant piece of clothing
exist. You will read about cases in which the missing a¡;e .::~. ,·: ... has disappeared. Sometimes people are found inexplicably
found unconscious, lying ·~n the ground. When questioned naked. While this may sound Iike a minor issue, it often
later, they have no recollection of how they carne to be · '.r.· ¡ ,: isn't minor once you read the facts surrounding the cases
missing. In sorne cases the missing person does recall the · · •. 1 :. and understand how consistent the details are surrounding
facts surrounding his or her disappearance, and the facts of , .
each incident. While searchers are scouring every inch of a
those cases create fascinating readlng. · . ,. ..
quadrant from the point last seen until the missing is found,
in many instances the clothing is never found. Sorne large
Kidnapping- In several incidents law enforcement officials
pieces of clothing are never found. 1 know that some search
believed the victim was kidnapped. In many of the cases,
manuals indicate that children do remove their clothing; the
the people returned in fairly clean clothes, and even though
facts surrounding these cases do not seem to support that
there was heavy precipitation, they were dry. The truly
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assertion, however, as it was extremely detrimental to their
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Missing Found in an Area Previously Searched-Another you read about these incidents, 1 want ever.yone to.apply his
common factor found in many search and rescue (SAR) :· · or her own level of common sense to what ts explamed. Ask
missions. Searchers find the missing person and later are yours~lfthese questions:
adamant that the area in which the person was found had l. Could my child have accomplished what the child in the
been thoroughly searched numerous times in the past. article allegedly did (walked this far, survived in this envi
Sometimes the missing person is found on a majar trail that ronment, etc.)?
searchers had used daily. SAR commanders are sometí mes 2. Would my child ever do what the child in the article did?
mystified by the the victim's Jocation when found. 3. Does this story even make sense?
4. Does it seem like someone is trying to manipulate the story?
· 5. Does there seem to be a consistency in the stories?
. . . 6. Could these events be related to one another?
1 can almost guarantee that you will go back and read many of
·:: t~e stories a second and third time. Loo k at the terrain on uaoogle
: .: Earth" and see if you can notice any similarities in the locations of
:. the disappearances.
·. · l have included as many maps as 1 could afford in this book. The
.···.411 cases included in both the Western and Eastern United States
... books are not a11 ofthe cases that fit this criteria. 1 guarantee there
." ·: are more, probably many more. With the advent ofthe internet and
.. · ...: .bett¿r communications, the idea that more adults and children are
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:· :.. .. missing in the Canadian North is a guarantee. The New York Times
· :.J1as done a great public service of making their articles befare 1900
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,·.•· '' · . .. .· .. l have included three special categories of missing people that
.· ·. :."··"ªre .quite unique: farmers, berry pickers, and sheepherders. Again, 1
:• ·:. wa~n't looking for a subcategory to include, thesejumped out at me.
... · Several ofthe missing berry pickers were young children that were
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:. ~omentarily left alone and almost seemed to vanish under their ·
.. : .parent's supervision. Many of the disappearances occurred in ver y
· ... ·.remate areas where there were no other cars or people present, yet
there were indicators that these children may have heen abducted, a
very troubling and serious possibility that I'm sure taw enforcement
·· · n~ver adequately or thoroughly investigated .
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