Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 06/07/1971
- Missing From:
- Missing From White Haven, Pennsylvania
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Age:
- Age 64 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’3, 115 – 130 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A white mesh t-shirt, dark-colored plaid shorts, and brown leather slippers or sandals with rubber soles, and a watch. Possibly carrying a small zippered coin purse and a handkerchief.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. White hair, blue eyes. Lawton has previously broken his left wrist. He wears wire-rimmed eyeglasses.
- Details of Disappearance:
- On June 7, 1971, Lawton disappeared while looking at cabins near Nescopeck Creek in Pennsylvania with his wife. He went for a walk at 3:00 p.m. and vanished. Search dogs followed his trail to a railroad bridge, but he was never found despite a big search. Lawton was a math professor at Temple University before retiring due to Parkinson’s Disease. He was officially declared dead seven years later, on June 7, 1978, and the mystery of what happened to him remains unsolved.
- Agency:
- Pennsylvania State Police 570-387-4261
- Source Links:
This person was missing Missing Since 06/07/1971