Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 02/05/1988
- Missing From:
- Missing From Orlando, Florida
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 07/14/1964 (60)
- Age:
- Age 20 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’2, 145 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A purple plaid buttoned shirt and new Levi’s blue jeans.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Red hair, blue eyes. Chism wears prescription eyeglasses.
- Details of Disappearance:
- On February 5, 1988, Chism disappeared from Orlando, Florida. After calling his parents in Ohio and his girlfriend in Kentucky from the Altamonte Mall, he vanished.
Police later arrested Harold Suggs for stealing Chism’s blue Pontiac Grand Prix. Suggs was spotted driving Chism’s car and wearing Chism’s jacket near Starke, Florida, the day after Chism disappeared.
Three weeks later, police found Chism’s car with Suggs inside. There was blood in the car, and Chism’s bloody clothes and a crowbar were found nearby in a dumpster. DNA confirmed the blood was Chism’s. Suggs gave conflicting stories about his relationship with Chism, and he had no fixed address.
Although police suspect Suggs murdered Chism, they couldn’t bring charges because a key witness couldn’t testify, and the car theft charge was dropped. Chism’s case remains unsolved. He was a musician in a gospel group and planned to move back to Ohio.
- Agency:
- Orange County Sheriff’s Office
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This person was missing Missing Since 02/05/1988