Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 05/06/1986
- Missing From:
- Missing From Walden, Vermont
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 09/24/1955 (69)
- Age:
- Age 30 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’11 – 6’1, 155 – 165 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description Possibly jeans or work clothes.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Bovit may have a mustache. He had bleeding warts on both of his hands at the time of his disappearance. Bovit has a surgical scar at the base of his spine as the result of a polytoid cyst removal. His nickname is Russ and some agencies refer to him by that name.
- Details of Disappearance:
- Bovit disappeared from his Vermont farm on May 6, 1986. He was last seen at home around 9 pm. The next day, he missed an appointment, and his disappearance was reported to the police on May 11th.
His light blue car was found stuck in the mud a few miles from his farm. There was blood in the car and on his mattress, which had been flipped over to hide the stains. The blood was Bovit’s. Oddly, he left behind a lot of money and all his belongings.
A man named Garth Drew, convicted of a murder around the same time, claimed Bovit’s body was dumped in Lake Willoughby, but a search turned up nothing. Police think Bovit was murdered, but not for robbery. Private investigators even suggested another man, who died three months later, might be responsible, possibly involving drugs, although Bovit didn’t use drugs.
Despite all the investigation, Bovit’s disappearance remains a mystery.
- Agency:
- Vermont State Police 802-748-3111
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This person was missing Missing Since 05/06/1986