Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 11/01/1986
- Missing From:
- Missing From Aitkin, Minnesota
- Classification:
- Classification Lost/Injured Missing
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 12/06/1968 (56)
- Age:
- Age 17 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’9, 130 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Blond hair, blue eyes.
- Details of Disappearance:
- Noel disappeared on November 1, 1986, while camping with friends near Aitkin, Minnesota. After a late-night party, he left their cabin alone at 5:45 a.m. with his shotgun, supposedly to hunt grouse. He wasn’t prepared though – no map, compass, matches, or warm clothes. He never came back.
Someone heard gunshots that night, possibly Noel signaling for help. Searchers found his mosquito net and a spent shotgun shell, suggesting he might have tried to build a fire. But nothing else was ever found. It was freezing that night, and a snowstorm hit soon after. Without shelter, he couldn’t have survived.
Noel was a fit, athletic high school senior who dreamed of going to college. His disappearance remains a mystery; his mother’s obituary even mentioned that he had died before her.
- Agency:
- Aitkin County Sheriff’s Office 218-927-7435
- Source Links:
This person was missing Missing Since 11/01/1986