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This person was missing Missing Since 08/16/1980

Missing Since:

Missing Since 08/16/1980

Missing From:

Missing From Visalia, Kentucky

Classification:

Classification Non-Family Abduction

Gender:

Male

Race:

Race White

Date of Birth:

Date of Birth 09/06/1962 (62)

Age:

Age 17 years old

Height and Weight:

Height and Weight 5’9, 149 pounds

Clothing/Jewelry Description:

Clothing/Jewelry Description A black shirt, blue jeans and work shoes.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Randy has a birthmark on the crown of his head, a scar above his left eye and a surgical scar on his right knee. He has a scar on his left elbow, reportedly from an old fracture. A crooked letter “R” is tattooed on his forearm. Randy wore a beard on his chin at the time of his disappearance. Four of his teeth had apparently not erupted by the time he went missing, and he may have a crown on one tooth.

Details of Disappearance:

Randy disappeared in 1980. The night before, police arrested him at a county fair for fighting and being drunk. They thought he was also on drugs. After putting him in their car, he hit an officer. Police then dropped him off a mile from his home, possibly as a favor, or because he gave them bad directions. He never made it home.

At first, police thought he’d drowned, finding footprints and signs of a fall near a river. But a search found nothing, and investigators now believe the footprints were from people looking for him.

A death row inmate, Donald Evans, claimed he gave Randy a ride and killed him at Kincaid Lake State Park. Evans has confessed to other unsolved crimes. Although police haven’t charged Evans, they think his story about Randy is believable; he drew a map of the park, and it’s near where Randy’s mother was that night. His mother thinks Randy tried to get a ride to see her.

There have also been rumors that the police officers who arrested Randy were involved, but other investigators haven’t found that credible.

Despite multiple searches, Randy’s body has never been found, and his disappearance remains a mystery.

Agency:

Kenton County Police Department 606-356-3895

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