Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 01/15/1994
- Missing From:
- Missing From Hazard, Kentucky
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 09/02/1972 (52)
- Age:
- Age 21 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 6’0, 160 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A blue flannel shirt, a black denim jacket, blue jeans, a green baseball cap with a hemp plant insignia, and tan and green hiking boots.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Wells may go by his middle name, Mark.
- Details of Disappearance:
- On January 15, 1994, in Hazard, Kentucky, a man named Wells got into a fight with his friends and ran off. He frantically banged on the door of a closing Burger King, acting terrified like someone was chasing him. Police came quickly, but he’d vanished. He was then seen trying to hitch a ride from people leaving a nearby Walmart. Police dogs followed his trail to a river, but he was never found.
Importantly, Wells disappeared less than a day after a gas station robbery and murder in the same town. The killer was caught and sent to prison, but police couldn’t link that crime to Wells’ disappearance, even though they investigated. Wells, one of fourteen siblings, left behind two sons. His case remains a mystery.
- Agency:
- Kentucky State Police
- Source Links:
This person was missing Missing Since 01/15/1994