WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.679 --> 00:00:05.280 Hello friends, Steve Stockton here with you. Welcome to our 2 00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:09.119 latest episode. Now. Hunting can be an excellent way to 3 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:13.119 connect with nature and as a valuable resource for wildlife management. 4 00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:16.760 Spending hours in a stand while searching for prey can 5 00:00:16.839 --> 00:00:19.640 lead to exciting encounters with various animals you may not 6 00:00:19.719 --> 00:00:23.920 have expected to see. Hunting provides unique experiences that others 7 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:27.559 may never have the chance to enjoy. However, is essential 8 00:00:27.679 --> 00:00:31.199 to remember that it also comes with risk. In this video, 9 00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:35.000 we'll discuss cases of individuals who went missing while hunting. 10 00:00:35.679 --> 00:00:48.280 Join me let's walk and see first up. Midi Rivers. 11 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:52.759 Midi Rivers, a seventy four year old experienced outdoorsman, went 12 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:56.479 missing on November twelve, nineteen forty five, while hunting near 13 00:00:56.600 --> 00:01:00.520 Long Trail Road in Vermont Route nine on a weekend 14 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:03.200 hunting trip with four other hunters in the mountains and 15 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:06.599 was familiar with the local area. Mitty and his son 16 00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:10.400 in law, Joel was on walked together before reaching a fork. 17 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:13.959 Mitti planned to separate from Joe, telling him he'd only 18 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:16.000 be gone for a short distance before he would join 19 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:19.280 them at camp for lunch. As three pm passed and 20 00:01:19.319 --> 00:01:21.719 still no sign of Midi, the rest of the hunting 21 00:01:21.719 --> 00:01:26.560 party started searching before contacting the authorities. They conducted an 22 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:29.480 extensive search, but the only evidence they found was a 23 00:01:29.519 --> 00:01:33.159 single rifle cartridge in a stream. A speculation was that 24 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:35.840 Mitty might have leaned over and the cartridge had fallen 25 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:39.359 out of his pocket into the water. So what happened 26 00:01:39.359 --> 00:01:43.879 to Mittie rivers? Unfortunately, Mitty's body was never found and 27 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:47.680 the case remains unsolved. With so many years passed, we 28 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:50.319 can only hope that what happened to Mitty will someday 29 00:01:50.439 --> 00:01:56.560 be revealed. Next up, Mark A. Stript Materer. Mark A. 30 00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:59.400 Stripp Mader, a forty four year old hunter, went missing 31 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:03.359 on October nineteen, twenty nineteen, while hunting alone in Medicine 32 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:07.560 Bow National Forest, Wyoming. Before entering the forest, he was 33 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:11.520 last seen at a convenience store in Saratoga, Wyoming. His 34 00:02:11.639 --> 00:02:15.199 last communication was a text message since his girlfriend Kimberly 35 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:18.719 Mees at around eleven am on that same day. When 36 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:21.199 he failed to return from the hunt, search teams were 37 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:23.919 deployed and his truck was found on Forest Road eight 38 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:27.759 oh one. Mark's disappearance became one of Wyoming's most prominent 39 00:02:27.759 --> 00:02:32.479 missing person cases. An early season snowstorm hindered search efforts, 40 00:02:32.759 --> 00:02:36.360 which continued for over a week with no success. Another 41 00:02:36.439 --> 00:02:40.280 three day search in twenty twenty yielded no results. In 42 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:44.080 November of twenty twenty, the Carbon County Sheriff's Office released 43 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:47.479 a news statement stating that a hunter had discovered Mark's binoculars. 44 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:51.280 This discovery initiated the third round of searching, which involved 45 00:02:51.319 --> 00:02:55.080 a canine unit. Report mentioned that the search also yielded 46 00:02:55.080 --> 00:02:57.479 other items that could have belonged to Mark, but no 47 00:02:57.599 --> 00:03:02.000 remains were found. Then, in October sixteenth, twenty twenty two, 48 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:05.840 a group of hunters discovered a firearm concealed beneath some vegetation. 49 00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:09.680 The hunters immediately notified a game warden, who then formed 50 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:13.120 the Carbon County Sheriff's Office. This discovery led to a 51 00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:16.240 series of searches by Carbon County officials and volunteers from 52 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:19.479 the University of Wyomings Department of Anthropology and the Wyoming 53 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:23.800 State Archaeologist's Office. This led to finding human remains and 54 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:27.919 personal belongings in the area located south of Rawlins. A 55 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:29.800 member of one of the search parties said that the 56 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:32.560 remains were three hundred and twenty five yards where his 57 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:36.360 team conducted their initial search efforts. The Sheriff's office said 58 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:39.199 the remains were confirmed as Mark Stript matters through an 59 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:43.560 examination that included known dental records. So what happened to 60 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:46.919 Mark Strett Majer Mark war light clothing into the woods 61 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:50.599 and was likely unprepared for the early season snowstorm. The 62 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:53.599 most plausible explanation is that he succumbed to the harsh 63 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:59.919 weather conditions. Next, Philip Carnell Philip Carnell, of fifty eight 64 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:04.080 year old resident of Sikeston, Missouri, went missing on November thirteen, 65 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:07.319 twenty twenty two, while hunting in the Ozark National Scenic 66 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:10.560 Riverways near Cave Spring. He was dropped off in the 67 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:13.199 area by a friend, but failed to return from hunting 68 00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:16.439 later in the day. Family and friends could not locate 69 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:20.439 him and reported him missing. Emergency responders started searching the 70 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:24.240 area for him that evening. Volunteers and emergency responders combed 71 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:27.759 the area on foot, in vehicles, on horseback, and by boat. 72 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:31.439 Aircraft and drones made multiple passes over the area, while 73 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:35.600 dog teams were deployed to pick up scent trails. Philip's footprints, 74 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:38.560 along with his gun and some of his gear were found. 75 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:42.360 After two intense days of searching, his body was found 76 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:46.319 by volunteers on horseback. It suspected that Philip became lost 77 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:49.120 and crossed a slough onto a small island while tracking 78 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:51.639 a deer. The corner ruled that the condition of his 79 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:58.000 body was consistent with hypothermia and exposure. Next up Michael Fowler. 80 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:03.480 On October nineteenth, Michael Faller, a seventy three year old hunter, 81 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:06.399 went missing while hunting in the North Creek Road area 82 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:09.240 of Butte County. He had been camping with his wife 83 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:12.839 since October seventeen and checked in at lunchtime the previous 84 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:17.079 two days. However, on the night of October nineteenth, he 85 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:20.120 did not return to the campsite, causing his wife to 86 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:23.839 seek help from the local authorities. Faller was riding a 87 00:05:23.879 --> 00:05:26.680 red Honta ATV when he left camp. The Butte County 88 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:29.279 Sheriff's Office wrote in the press release, noting that their 89 00:05:29.319 --> 00:05:32.120 officers were joined by Clark County Search and Rescue personnel 90 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:37.160 and volunteer searchers. They continue searchers began an extensive search 91 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:39.519 of the area in an attempt to locate the ATV 92 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:44.600 and Faller. On the second day, searchers located Michael's ATV 93 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:48.360 Parsons reported that his rifle and hunting jacket were leaning 94 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:51.759 against a nearby tree. His body was discovered ten days 95 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:54.560 after he went missing by k nineteens, just a half 96 00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:57.959 mile from his rifle and jacket. According to his family, 97 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:01.639 Michael Fowler died doing what he loved. In a social 98 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:05.399 media post by Michael's granddaughter, she stated, I'm so happy 99 00:06:05.480 --> 00:06:08.000 that he has been found, and that's what's most important 100 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:10.519 in the end. The closure from my family and I 101 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:15.240 is what we wanted from the beginning now. The disappearance 102 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:18.759 of Corey Kelly. Corey Kelly, a thirty eight year old man, 103 00:06:19.000 --> 00:06:22.040 disappeared on October sixteen, two thousand and six, while on 104 00:06:22.079 --> 00:06:25.399 a grouse hunting trip in the Beltramie Island State Forest 105 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:28.600 woods with his friend Jim Neprud. It was Jim's first 106 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:31.120 time hunting in the area, while Corey had spent much 107 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:33.399 time there during his youth as his uncle had a 108 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:36.040 cabin there. The two friends set up camp in the 109 00:06:36.079 --> 00:06:38.839 forest and Jim went to town to get gas, leaving 110 00:06:38.879 --> 00:06:42.120 Corey and his dog behind to gather firewood. The two 111 00:06:42.199 --> 00:06:45.079 hunters had planned to meet at a designated point. When 112 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:47.959 he returned to the area, Jim flashed his vehicles lights 113 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:50.560 and honked the horn helped Corey find his way back 114 00:06:50.560 --> 00:06:54.279 in the darkness, but Corey never returned. He pursued some 115 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:57.040 game when I was gone, which isn't unusual for him. 116 00:06:57.079 --> 00:07:00.560 Jim said, I had no reason to worry. My dog 117 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:03.920 obeys him, and it was beautiful out. When it started 118 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:07.399 to drizzle, I became more concerned, but by that time 119 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:10.600 it was late, so there was nowhere to go. Jim 120 00:07:10.680 --> 00:07:13.399 solicited the help of two passers by the following day, 121 00:07:13.879 --> 00:07:17.600 and after a brief search, they alerted authorities. On October 122 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:21.519 twenty five, Jim's dog Sammy, who accompanied Corey, was found. 123 00:07:22.199 --> 00:07:25.480 This whole thing has been mentally, physically and emotionally exhausting. 124 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:29.800 I can't even imagine what Corey's family's going through, Jim said. 125 00:07:30.079 --> 00:07:32.600 Everybody's coming up with their own ideas of what went wrong, 126 00:07:33.040 --> 00:07:36.240 But it shouldn't have happened. That's it. Jim joined the 127 00:07:36.279 --> 00:07:40.839 search later, hopeful they would find Corey alive. Despite dozens 128 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:43.879 of searches conducted by sixty two agencies and spanning six 129 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:47.240 five hundred hours during late fall and early winter, Corey 130 00:07:47.240 --> 00:07:50.480 could not be located in the heavily wooded area. On 131 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:53.639 October twenty seven, a search discovered some of his clothing 132 00:07:53.720 --> 00:07:56.519 and other personal items fifteen miles east of where he 133 00:07:56.600 --> 00:07:59.720 was last seen. They can't believe he got about fourteen 134 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:02.759 miles where the campsite was. He probably got there by 135 00:08:02.800 --> 00:08:05.160 the first night. He must have been flying through the 136 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:07.959 trees the bushes. I can't believe he could have gotten 137 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:11.360 that far, said Corey's mother, Jan Kelly. They're thinking he 138 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:15.079 might have backtracked a little the next day. Sadly, on 139 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:18.480 April twenty seven, two thousand and seven, helicopters spotted a 140 00:08:18.480 --> 00:08:21.439 body north of the Rapid River Walking Trail bridge off 141 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:25.160 Rapid River Road near Moose River Road, north of Foretown. 142 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:29.199 The body was later confirmed to be Corey's. Corey's family 143 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:31.439 said they were grateful for the many hours of assistance 144 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:35.000 professional and volunteer personnel provided in this search and recovery effort. 145 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:37.480 We've had a lot of people praying for us and 146 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:42.879 helping us through this, Corey's mother said. Next up Jeremy Childress. 147 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:47.320 On October fifteenth, two thousand and four, Jeremy Childress, a 148 00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:49.960 thirty one year old experienced hunter went on an annual 149 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:53.240 l hunting trip in Tillamook Forest, rugged and treacherous terrain 150 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:56.679 with his hunting partner, Shane Lewis and Shane's twelve year 151 00:08:56.679 --> 00:09:00.440 old son. However, they lost track of their campsite soon after. 152 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:04.039 According to Shane, they spent two days looking for their 153 00:09:04.080 --> 00:09:07.240 camping spot. Shane and his son eventually returned to their 154 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:10.919 truck around four thirty pm on October seventeenth, but Jeremy 155 00:09:10.919 --> 00:09:13.559 walked along into the thick brush ahead. It was the 156 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:17.440 last time anyone saw him. An extensive search turned up 157 00:09:17.480 --> 00:09:20.759 no clues as to his whereabouts. The location where Jeremy 158 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:23.799 disappeared is characterized by steep and rugged terrain, covered with 159 00:09:23.879 --> 00:09:28.639 brush with many gullies and fallen trees. Wild animals like bears, cougars, 160 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:32.080 and coyotes also inhabit the area. Authorities do not suspect 161 00:09:32.120 --> 00:09:35.720 foul play in Jeremy's disappearance. Is presumed he got lost 162 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:38.720 or injured in the wilderness and passed away. In two 163 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:42.039 thousand and six. Based on that theory, Jeremy's wife obtained 164 00:09:42.039 --> 00:09:45.600 a death certificate for him. In reports issued just months 165 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:48.679 after Jeremy's disappearance, The under sheriff stated that the area 166 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:52.360 typically sees one or two hunters go missing every season. Still, 167 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:55.480 the majority eventually find their way back to a road. 168 00:09:55.799 --> 00:09:59.559 In a twenty fourteen interview with a Statesman journal, Jeremy's mother, 169 00:09:59.679 --> 00:10:02.600 Beck Grimes, said, I still have hope that one day 170 00:10:02.720 --> 00:10:05.120 he'll be found. I'd much rather have him here with 171 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:07.679 us than up there on that mountain. I still can't 172 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:13.600 go up there and now. Alan Theas. In November two 173 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:16.639 thousand and three, Alan Theas, a fifty two year old 174 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:20.000 hunter from Eden Valley, Minnesota, went on vacation to Montana. 175 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:22.759 He planned to collect rocks and hunt mule deer in 176 00:10:22.759 --> 00:10:26.679 the Upper Missouri River Breaks area. Before leaving, he told 177 00:10:26.679 --> 00:10:28.919 his mother he would return home by the month's end. 178 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:32.039 Alan was a passionate out doorsman who used to reside 179 00:10:32.120 --> 00:10:35.039 near the area he planned to hunt. However, he hadn't 180 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:38.200 visited the location in quite some time. Alan worked for 181 00:10:38.240 --> 00:10:41.799 about ten years for Geocom, a company specializing in global 182 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:45.240 positioning systems, and was recognized as a responsible employee with 183 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:49.480 a good reputation. On November twenty two, Alan checked into 184 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:53.000 the Super eight motel located in Lewistown. He paid a 185 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:55.720 portion of his bill in advance and his checkout date 186 00:10:55.879 --> 00:10:59.120 was November twenty four. However, he didn't leave on the 187 00:10:59.159 --> 00:11:02.000 assigned date and left behind most of his belongings at 188 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:05.559 the motel, except his hunting clothes and rifle, which were 189 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:09.080 not in the room. Allen was reported missing on November 190 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:11.720 twenty sixth, two days after failing to check out of 191 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:15.399 his motel as scheduled. A search plane found his truck 192 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:18.360 part near the Stafford Ferry on the Missouri River, with 193 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:20.840 an empty rifle case and his boots on the floor. 194 00:11:21.720 --> 00:11:25.840 No other evidence of his squareabouts was ever found. Fergus 195 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:30.320 County Sheriff Tom Killham said, it's extremely rugged, eroded ground. 196 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:33.039 It dropped several hundred feet from the top down to 197 00:11:33.080 --> 00:11:37.360 the river bottom. It's beautiful country, but it's terribly unforgiving. 198 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:40.120 You need to know what you're doing going into it. 199 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:45.440 These breaks. They are inside out mountains. So what happened 200 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:49.120 to Alan theis authorities believe Allan became lost in the 201 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:52.600 wilderness and ultimately succumbed to the elements. He was legally 202 00:11:52.639 --> 00:12:00.720 declared deceased eight years after his disappearance. Next Raymond Lee Mattlock. 203 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:04.519 Twenty eight year old Raymond Lee Matlock went missing during 204 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:08.200 a hunting trip in Raymond, Washington, on November seventh, nineteen 205 00:12:08.279 --> 00:12:12.159 ninety eight. Two companions stated he disappeared while hunting elk 206 00:12:12.279 --> 00:12:16.960 in the nearby Bone River area. The Pacific County Sheriff's Office, 207 00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:21.720 dozens of volunteers, US Coast Guard boats and helicopters extensively 208 00:12:21.720 --> 00:12:25.600 searched a dangerous area of tidal mud flats. The search 209 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:28.360 lasted several days but had to be called off due 210 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:31.919 to heavy rain, but after a month the search resumed 211 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:35.279 with the help of cadaverdogs, but unfortunately, the only item 212 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:39.639 found was Raymond's hat. In a twenty seventeen article from 213 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:43.320 The Times, colonist Jack Knox discusses how Raymond's body was 214 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:47.919 unknowingly discovered off Vancouver Island on December third, nineteen ninety eight, 215 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:50.159 more than one hundred and twenty four miles before he 216 00:12:50.200 --> 00:12:53.639 went missing. Authorities did not realize that a body could 217 00:12:53.679 --> 00:12:57.559 travel such a significant distance. The body was spotted by 218 00:12:57.559 --> 00:13:00.840 individuals aboard an American vessel near Port Reyns and was 219 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:04.720 retrieved by the US Coastguard in Nea Bay. Washington, who 220 00:13:04.759 --> 00:13:08.360 brought it to the island. An autopsy on the remains 221 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:12.600 found no evidence of violence, disease, drugs, or alcohol. Full 222 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:16.440 body X rays were performed and no fractures were observed. 223 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:20.519 An investigation was also conducted with BC and US police 224 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:23.279 to check for any connection to missing persons, but none 225 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:27.519 was found. As a result of these findings, the remains 226 00:13:27.519 --> 00:13:30.480 were buried at the Royal Burial Park in Sandwich on 227 00:13:30.519 --> 00:13:34.799 May twenty sixth, nineteen ninety nine. However, the skull was 228 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:37.600 retained with hopes it might be used later for identification 229 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:44.840 after technological advances. After two postmortem exams, facial reconstruction and 230 00:13:44.919 --> 00:13:49.600 dental record comparisons, investigators found a key clue, a missing 231 00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:53.919 front tooth on the upper left side. No fingerprints were found, 232 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:56.080 but they helped a T shirt with a truck and 233 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:59.600 surfboard design and a Jimmy Z logo printed on it 234 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:04.759 to help identify the man. In twenty thirteen, a crucial 235 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:08.200 development occurred in Raymond's case following the launch of Canada's 236 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:11.360 Missing dot CA, the National Center for Missing Persons and 237 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:16.320 Unidentified Remains website. One of the members noticed certain similarities 238 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:19.399 between the port Renfrew case and the Raymond Matlock case 239 00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:24.360 on the us NAMEUS website. A DNA comparison was necessary 240 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:27.519 to connect the remains to Raymond Mattlock. It took the 241 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:31.559 BC Police Missing Person Center several months to locate Raymond's mother, 242 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:34.840 Carolyn Mattlock, was able to provide a DNA sample in 243 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:39.039 twenty fifteen. Due to the limited biological material, it took 244 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:41.879 much longer to construct a helpful profile from the Stewart's 245 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:47.000 gull and then on December twenty one, twenty sixteen, eighteen 246 00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:50.559 years after Raymond went missing, the DNA match confirmed the 247 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:54.320 remains belonged to him. The corner concluded his death was 248 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:58.240 an accident like grounding, with hypothermia as a potential factor, 249 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:01.120 after he possibly fell into a body of water while 250 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:06.559 fully clothed. After the positive identification was made, Raymond's remains, 251 00:15:06.600 --> 00:15:10.840 which were initially buried in Royal Oak Burial Park, were exhumed, cremated, 252 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:13.879 and reburied with his family in Texas at no cost, 253 00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:17.080 providing the family with the closure they desperately saw it. 254 00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:22.840 Now we have Charles Hoff. In late November two thousand 255 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:26.200 and four, Charles Hoff, a seventy six year old retiree, 256 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:29.679 Navy veteran and resident of Lakeland, Florida, expressed his desire 257 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:32.440 to go hunting in the Green Swamp Wildlife Management Area, 258 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:36.440 which spans parts of Polk Lake in Sumter Counties. Charles 259 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:39.000 had a collection of guns and frequently went hunting alone 260 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:43.360 in his younger years. However, his wife, Shirley was apprehensive 261 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:47.080 about him going alone and advised him against it. Charles 262 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:49.519 agreed to go hunting with his son in law, Todd 263 00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:54.480 Derrington on Thanksgiving morning to please his wife. However, he 264 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:56.799 kept his plan to scout for deer before the trip 265 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:59.639 with his son in law secret. On the morning before 266 00:15:59.639 --> 00:16:03.159 thanks Thanksgiving, Shirley left for work and a neighbor saw 267 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:06.279 Charles leaving in his white nineteen ninety four Master truck 268 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:10.799 shortly after her departure. When Shirley returned home from work, 269 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:13.120 she noticed a package of meat in the sink that 270 00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:15.639 had gone bad, and there was no note to explain 271 00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:19.759 Charles's absence. Shirley grew anxious and decided to call her daughters, 272 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:22.799 but none of them had any information about charles whereabouts. 273 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:26.919 As the night progressed with no sign of him. Terry Griffin, 274 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:30.600 one of Shirley's daughters became increasingly worried. In contact with 275 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:34.080 the authorities. Shirley Huff spoke with a Polk County Sheriff's 276 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:37.639 deputy on Thanksgiving morning. Todd Torrington recalled a place in 277 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:40.519 the Green Swamp Wildlife Management Area where he and his 278 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:45.080 father in law used to fish. Laterterrington and Rob Griffin, 279 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:47.840 another son in law, went to the remote location in 280 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:51.120 Sumter County, where they discovered Charles truck parked off a 281 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:55.320 dirt road known as Tannic Grade. Law enforcement officials from 282 00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:58.519 the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Polk 283 00:16:58.559 --> 00:17:01.919 and Sumter County Sheriff's Office search for Charles daily from 284 00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:06.440 dawn to dusk. Was approximately forty personnel involved. All three 285 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:09.920 agencies dispatched helicopters and canine teams to assist in the 286 00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:14.440 search efforts. However, heavy rainfall impeded the dog's ability to 287 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:16.960 track the scent, and the recent coal snap was a 288 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:20.400 cost for concern for the older man's safety. The search 289 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:25.440 saw participation from officials of almost all local law enforcement agencies, hunters, 290 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:30.799 and volunteers. Additionally, several Lakeland restaurants generously donated food for 291 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:35.519 the searchers. Despite ten days of extensive searches, charles relatives 292 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:39.240 had to reluctantly give authorities permission to stop. A few 293 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:42.920 months later, volunteers with canaver snipping dogs combed the area again, 294 00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:47.200 but unfortunately, this effort also failed to yield any results. 295 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:51.880 So what happened to Charles Hoff Charles was believed to 296 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:54.200 be happy with his life, and there was no sign 297 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:57.759 that he would abandon everything he had. Moreover, his bank 298 00:17:57.759 --> 00:18:02.200 accounts and investments were left untouched. Lawyer Rob Griffin stated 299 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:04.640 that it was unlikely that the search party missed Charles 300 00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:07.200 in the section of the green swamp they covered on foot. 301 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:11.440 He suggested two possibilities. Charles walked a long distance before 302 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:14.759 passing away, or was abducted and taken far away from 303 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:18.200 miss truck. The family also thinks that robbery could be 304 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:21.960 a possibility. Griffin estimated the worth of charles hunting rifle 305 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:25.599 to be five hundred dollars. Furthermore, Charles wore a Rolex 306 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:29.559 watch and a ring with a large diamond in my heart. 307 00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:33.240 I feel like there was foul play, that someone out 308 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:36.480 there knows what happened to him. Shirley Huff said, but 309 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:40.559 you know you can't say for sure. Despite an extensive 310 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:43.839 search and years of investigation, Charles Hoff was presumed dead 311 00:18:43.920 --> 00:18:48.000 in twenty ten. His disappearance as classified as a cold case, 312 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:51.759 and the Sumter County Sheriff's Office requests anyone with information 313 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:55.640 to contact them at three five two five six nine 314 00:18:56.039 --> 00:19:00.960 one six zero zero. Alternatively, to remain an anonymous, he 315 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:04.319 can contact the crime line at one eight hundred four 316 00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:13.000 to two three tips Tips Next. Steve Keel In August 317 00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:15.920 to twenty twenty two, Steve Keel, a sixty one year 318 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:19.160 old former marine an avid out doorsman from Dover, Tennessee, 319 00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:22.519 went cariboo hunting with his friend Brian Collins in the 320 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:27.319 Alaskan Wilderness, approximately sixty miles south of Dead Horse. On 321 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:30.799 August twenty seven, Steve left to retreat supplies about six 322 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:33.839 tenths of a mile from their campsite and told Brian 323 00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:36.240 he would be right back, but he failed to return. 324 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:40.160 Brian was not initially worried, but after Steve had been 325 00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:44.000 missing for a day, he knew something was wrong. After 326 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:48.839 Steve disappeared, members of the Dover community, including Brian and 327 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:52.680 Steve's two adult sons, also experienced outdoorsmen gathered to search 328 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:54.839 for him in the remote and treacherous area where he 329 00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:58.640 went missing. An extensive ground search was conducted and over 330 00:19:58.680 --> 00:20:02.000 two hundred thousand dollars spent on helicopter equipment and fuel 331 00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:06.000 to aid in the search for Steve. Steve was wearing camouflage, 332 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:10.319 which may have hindered helicopter searches. Despite their best efforts, 333 00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:14.119 there was no trace of Steve. A fifteen thousand dollars 334 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:18.039 reward was also offered for any information. There was thought 335 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:20.000 to be a break in Steve's case in August of 336 00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:23.079 twenty twenty three, when a family search team reported a 337 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:27.599 possible deceeize person in a shallow tundra lake. The troopers 338 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:30.839 sent a specialized dive team to the site. After searching 339 00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:33.480 the entire floor of the small lake, the team found 340 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:35.720 no human remains or the item of the group, believed 341 00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:39.079 to be a body from a sonar image. Steve's wife, 342 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:42.359 Liz Keel shared on the Search for Steve facebook page 343 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:45.599 that they will be doing everything we can moving forward 344 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:52.200 to bring Steve home. Next up Raymond Jones. On September seventh, 345 00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:55.480 nineteen sixty eight, Raymond Jones, who was thirty nine years 346 00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:58.279 old at the time, went bow hunting for mountain goats 347 00:20:58.559 --> 00:21:01.160 on the east fork of Hayden Creek in limb High County. 348 00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:04.079 Despite being in the company of other hunters at the camp, 349 00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:07.799 Raymond went missing alone when he failed to return to camp. 350 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:11.160 His hunting partners notified the local sheriff's office and search 351 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:15.000 was conducted by land and air. An Associated Press article 352 00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:19.200 dated September fifteenth, nineteen sixty eight, covered Raymond's disappearance. The 353 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:22.319 report described the search that followed, which was halted due 354 00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:25.599 to a heavy snow. A few days later, however, the 355 00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:30.480 search resumed when authorities discovered footprints in an unsearched area. Unfortunately, 356 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:32.759 no trace of the missing hunter was found, and the 357 00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:36.799 search was called off again. Raymond was officially declared deceased 358 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:40.039 in nineteen seventy. I believed for a long time that 359 00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:42.680 he would be found. I kept hoping that. It was 360 00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:46.160 probably fifteen years before I finally gave up, said Raymond's 361 00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:48.599 son Jeffrey, who was twelve years old when his father 362 00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:52.359 went missing. Rumors and stories kept circulating that somebody had 363 00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:54.839 seen him, or that he took off. Iired all this 364 00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:57.400 stuff and just kept expecting or hoping that he would 365 00:21:57.440 --> 00:22:01.480 walk through the door. One day. Three years later, on 366 00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:05.160 September seventeen, twenty twenty one, a bowl hunter looking for 367 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:08.759 a shortcut discovered two weathered black boots sticking out from 368 00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:11.799 under a boulder in rocky terrain. He said when he 369 00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:15.160 found him, he knew this was historic, someone who had 370 00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:18.720 been missing a long time. The hunter told Jeffrey he's 371 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:21.200 not a religious person, but he said it felt like 372 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:24.000 he was meant to be there. The remains were identified 373 00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:26.480 as Raymonds by the finding of his credit card and 374 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:30.240 other belongings. Jeffrey said, after the identification of his father, 375 00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:32.960 I feel blessed that I know in my lifetime what 376 00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:36.519 happened to him. I'd given up hope of ever finding out. 377 00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:40.440 Raymond had a proper burial at Miles City Cemetery, finally 378 00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:43.200 providing his family with a closure they had so desperately 379 00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:49.519 sought for decades. Next Pacey Stains twenty four year old 380 00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:52.640 Pasey Stains, a U. S. Army veteran, was hunting around 381 00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:55.440 the fifty three hundred block of North Dietrich Road in 382 00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:59.319 Junction City, Kansas, around seven forty five am on August 383 00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:02.039 twenty twenty twenty three, when he went into a wooded 384 00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:06.000 area alone. The last contact anyone had with Pacey was 385 00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:09.400 around twelve to forty five pm that day. Geary County 386 00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:12.519 deputies responded an assert the area to locate Pacey, but 387 00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:16.200 were unsuccessful. Gary County deputies remained in the area until 388 00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:19.720 members from the Gary County Sheriff's Office, Dickinson County Sheriff's Office, 389 00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:23.359 Shawnee Fire Department, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, the 390 00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:26.920 Kansas Highway Patrol, and the Junction City Fire Department were 391 00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:31.039 able to initiate a search for Paisy during the daylight hours. Sadly, 392 00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:34.880 news sources reported that on August twenty two, twenty twenty three, 393 00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:38.559 at around six thirteen pm, Pacy's remains were discovered by 394 00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:41.240 the Gary County Sheriff's Office and the Kansas Department of 395 00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:44.920 Wildlife and Parks in a densely forested area near Milford Lake. 396 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:49.000 A graveside service was held for Paisey on August thirty one, 397 00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:52.519 twenty twenty three, and he was buried in Kansas Veterans 398 00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:56.160 Cemetery in Manhattan, Kansas. His habituary describes him as a 399 00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:59.000 defendable family man, who lit up every room entered with 400 00:23:59.079 --> 00:24:02.319 his smile. At the time of this video, Acey's cause 401 00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:05.039