Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 10/01/1989
- Missing From:
- Missing From Austell, Georgia
- Classification:
- Classification Missing
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 01/21/1970 (54)
- Age:
- Age 19 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 6’2, 155 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes.
- Details of Disappearance:
- In October 1989, a Navy air traffic controller named Morse disappeared from Austell, Georgia. He was on leave from his job in Bermuda and was supposed to return, but he didn’t. He told his parents different things about who would take him to the airport, and he’d told a friend he was unhappy in the Navy and considering deserting.
The Navy thinks he deserted (went AWOL), but won’t punish him if he comes back. A detective found out Morse visited a friend after he disappeared, and that friend dropped him off at a bus station. That’s the last anyone saw of him.
Police wouldn’t take a missing person report for many years because there was no sign of a crime. Morse’s family is worried because he was close to them and wouldn’t normally disappear like this. His father thinks he might be hiding to avoid trouble for deserting. The mystery of what happened to him remains unsolved.
- Agency:
- Cobb County Police Department 770-499-3900
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This person was missing Missing Since 10/01/1989