Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 12/07/1963
- Missing From:
- Missing From Wyoming County, West Virginia
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 08/10/1931 (93)
- Age:
- Age 32 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight Unknown
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male.
- Details of Disappearance:
- In December 1963, Army Sergeant Haynes disappeared. He was hitchhiking from Maryland, where he lived with his family, to his parents’ house in West Virginia for Christmas. He never arrived.
Police found some of his belongings – his wallet and a bloody chain – but not Haynes. They believe three men, Trump, Cozort, and Cox, murdered him. The theory is that they fought with Haynes, followed him, and ran him over with their car. They allegedly bragged about repeatedly running over his body to make sure he was dead, then burying him.
One suspect, Trump, was arrested in 1971 but released due to lack of evidence. Cozort was questioned but never charged, and Cox was never found. Even though it’s unlikely anyone will be prosecuted, police still want to find Haynes’s body to solve the mystery. His case remains unsolved.
- Agency:
- Raleigh County Sheriff’s Department 304-443-5262
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This person was missing Missing Since 12/07/1963