Case Details
- Photo URLs:
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 07/25/1984
- Missing From:
- Missing From San Francisco, California
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 07/05/1954 (70)
- Age:
- Age 30 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’10, 155 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A dark-colored t-shirt, blue jeans and white sneakers.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Harvey wears eyeglasses. Some agencies may spell his last name “Dubbs.”
- Details of Disappearance:
- In 1984, Harvey, Deborah, and their son Sean Dubs disappeared from their San Francisco apartment. Harvey had advertised video equipment, and two men visited their home on July 25th. A neighbor saw an Asian man leaving with a box, and a car speeding away the next day. A mysterious phone call claimed the family moved to Washington.
Police believe the Dubs family were victims of serial killers Charles Ng and Leonard Lake. Ng and Lake, who met through a survivalist magazine, ran a horrific compound filled with weapons. They abducted and murdered people, often torturing men and children and sexually assaulting women before killing them.
Lake and Ng were eventually caught shoplifting in 1985. Lake committed suicide by poison. Police found the remains of many victims at Lake’s ranch, but the Dubs’ bodies were never found, though a receipt with Harvey’s name was discovered there. Ng was convicted of 11 murders in 1999, though he claimed Lake was solely responsible. Ng and Lake are also suspected in the disappearances of three other San Francisco men.
- Agency:
- San Francisco Police Department 415-553-0123
- Source Links:
This person was missing Missing Since 07/25/1984