Hey guys. Has anyone heard anything new about the Gordon Page case? Are his parents still alive and well and searching? I live in Flint, Mi and last year I saw this man who I believed to be Gordon Page. He was heavier than his pics I had seen before he went missing. He was standing at a bus stop, listening to headphones and I noticed his lips were moving. I saw him again, a couple weeks later, and he had on the headphones and his lips were moving and he was kind of squinting. I emailed the unsolved website and I got a generic reply, so I m wondering does anyone have any new news? :confused:

Hey guys. Has anyone heard anything new about the Gordon Page case? Are his parents still alive and well and searching? I live in Flint, Mi and last year I saw this man who I believed to be Gordon Page. He was heavier than his pics I had seen before he went missing. He was standing at a bus stop, listening to headphones and I noticed his lips were moving. I saw him again, a couple weeks later, and he had on the headphones and his lips were moving and he was kind of squinting. I emailed the unsolved website and I got a generic reply, so I m wondering does anyone have any new news? :confused:

I haven't heard of any updates. He is still missing. Here is his doe network profile:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/151dmmi.html

There's a phone number at the bottom of who to call if you have any information. I would strongly suggest you call them and tell them you think you may have sighted him and where. Of course you can remain anonymous if you wish.

Will do. We have really crappy police here, I will be surprised if they participate in looking for him. :(

Cha Cha,

Did you contact them and let them know you think you saw Gordon?

I'm in Michigan too, south of Flint, though. Please keep on top of this and don't let them ignore Gordon. I'm sure his parents wish they'd never followed the advice of the "experts" who told them to put him in a group home and then leave the state!

Hey, yeah, if you think you saw Gordon, I hope you contacted someone. Yeah, I feel bad for Gordon's parents, they thought they were doing the right thing for him and looked what happened. I do not blame his parents, they were just trying to do what they thought was right. However the so called 'experts' dropped the ball on this one, to say the least. Now granted, this was almost 20 years ago when autism certainly was much less understood than it was now. In fact, I commend the psychiatrist that diagnosed Gordon with Autism around 1989 or so. I mean at that time, Autism would have been the last thing most shrinks would have thought about. However with this group home I was shocked they said his relatives could not visit for two months. I have never heard of such a thing. I mean you could tell his parents were just beyond heartbroken over this and his dad especially, since his dad was the last one to see him. So sad. It honestly would not surprise me if Gordon Page Jr is still alive somewhere. I certainly hope and pray he is and I hope he is reunited with his family.

This is one of my pet cases, I really hope Gordon comes home one day or this case gets resolved.

This was one of the saddest cases to me. I can't imagine the guilt his parents must have felt.

This case makes me cry every time I see it.

I think Gordon Page is still alive, although he is probably a transient.

I've never seen the segment but read about this case, and as previous posters have said i just find it incredibly sad. Especially how he layed out his favourite baseball cards. A case i would i love to be solved.

The Gordon Page case really haunts me because he is someone that can be manipulated and harmed easily.

The Gordon Page case really haunts me because he is someone that can be manipulated and harmed easily.

Exactly & that very well could have cost him his life. I like to think he is still alive wandering around somewhere & then there's that possibility that eventually something bad happened to him & he is no longer alive.

I also don't believe Gordon is still alive. I just think he somehow would have turned up shortly after the hitchhiking sighting. I think it's a very realistic possibility that he wandered off into some remote area and died of exposure.

IF he is alive, I think he ended up in an institution somewhere and his identity has somehow eluded whoever is taking care of him now.

I just watched this again a couple times. It's easily one of the most heartbreaking segments, just because of how easily it could've been prevented if the public had known more about things like autism in those days and that the poor guy kept getting misdiagnosed. Even in 1991 when he disappeared, I'm pretty sure it was just beginning to become common knowledge, much less when he was growing up!

I just had a few thoughts - if the segment played out exactly like the reenactment when Gordon tried to get in his dad's van, I almost wonder if he might've been unhappy or for all we know, even abused at the grouphome. Just the look on his face was so sad (or at least the guy playing him), as if to say help me. :(

Also, this might be a minor point, but he's probably more able minded than it came across as (they said he was a high functioning autistic, but the way it was portrayed he seemed maybe medium functioning), meaning there's a bigger chance he could still be alive. His dad said he got that job at the grocery store as a cartboy right after he graduated high school in 1981. Then they cut to the home video where Gordon Sr. is trying to coach him on how to interact with customers...the caption saying he's 23 (around 1986). Could that be a simple oversight no one thought of, or did Gordie actually work there for around 5 years?

It's even more bizarre there's never been any real updates - from what I've read just a few possible sightings and a psychic in San Francisco in '99. If that indeed was him and he survived that long, there's a better chance he could still be alive today and slipped through the cracks of the system. Maybe he kept hitchhiking and ended up in a brand new area without anyone knowing who he is.

Then again, even if he was somewhat impaired when it came to communicating, I don't think he was totally helpless enough to not realize who he or his family was.

Gordon Page was definitely my vote for the saddest UM segment. Back in the late 90's-early 2000's I tended to think he was alive living in a homeless shelter somewhere...but now, with not ONE new sighting of him...I'm really starting to lean towards him being dead. But I doubt there was foul play involved.

Gordon Page was definitely my vote for the saddest UM segment. Back in the late 90's-early 2000's I tended to think he was alive living in a homeless shelter somewhere...but now, with not ONE new sighting of him...I'm really starting to lean towards him being dead. But I doubt there was foul play involved.

Yeah, I'm leaning towards the idea that if the circa 1999 sighting of Gordon was indeed him, then he could be still alive (if he survived then almost 10 years on his own, he theoretically may be now too).

Of course I deeply hope this didn't happen...but it is possible he could've been dead on the first night he ran away from the grouphome after the cop saw him. What if he was hit by a car in the darkness or suffered a fall or got lost and succumbed to the elements. Foul play is even possible too, but even without that, there's many ways he could've passed away.

His parents are probably 75ish today (they looked about 55-60 when it was filmed) and I truly hope they find an answer one way or another while they're still alive. His dad especially seemed like such a nice man who wanted the best for him, and horribly regretted his decision to not let Gordon in the van.

Yesterday, I read every Michigan case on Project Charlie. I learned a couple new small things about Gordon Page. One of them was that when he crossed a street, he didn't turn his head both ways to look for oncoming cars. Instead, he kept his face forward while moving his only his eyes to scan for cars.

Unless he had very good luck, or had enough peripheral vision to use this technique successfully, I can definitely see him becoming the victim of a hit and run or getting hit and injured this way, and ending up in the hospital as maybe a transient "john doe".

Witnesses stated that they had seen a man fitting Gordon's description hitchhiking along a major expressway.

He was, apparently, under a bridge overpass on that highway at some point, since they found a baseball card collection with his favorite 3 players separated from the set. I wonder if or how well they searched the sides of the road in the area of the expressway he was seen hitchhiking on.

A few years ago, a local man was parked on the side of the expressway near where I live. Someone called for help and someone stopped and spoke with him. It was in the middle of the blizzard and they thought he had car trouble or something. He declined help so they left. The next day, his car was towed from the site. He was missing for about 3 years.

Then, a year ago, a road crew was cleaning up the cloverleaf area of the expressway where he had gone missing. They found his skeletonized remains just a few feet (maybe 100?) from where his car had been towed from. Authorities decided that he had car trouble, declined help, and decided to walk for help on his own, possibly to avoid a drunk driving ticket, as he was a known DUI driver. They think he succumbed to the elements right there near his car.

He should have been found sooner, since that particular cloverleaf is the only road that funnels traffic for a huge area and it had been mowed and maintained many other times while his body lay there. It just happened to be overlooked repeatedly, for years. I can see where something like this could have happened to Gordon, if he were it by a car on the expressway and his body thrown into brush, tall weeds, or a swampy area that doesn't normally have foot traffic.

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/p/page_gordon.html

That's an amazing story about that fellow's remains being there for three years without being seen... obviously it happened, but it seems like the kind of thing that isn't very likely...

With him not turning his head, it causes me to wonder how he could hitch hike successfully. Unless, I guess, he walked backwards. If I recall correctly, that is a part of the highway that has hills on both sides for a short while, and then the sides of the road goe down. I distinctly remember driving through there and thinking it'd be a perfect place to hide a body (I'm weird like that, but it is a fear of mine to discover someone on the side of the road).

I wonder which way he was going. If you go south, there is a place where it is popular for truck drivers to stop, and people who're running away usually head there for rides. I've had to pick up a few runaways (from the home I worked at) from that stop. There's also a rest area on that stretch where it's popular for men attracted to other men to meet up for interludes or however you want to put it. I know at least in the 90's/00's they kept it very well mowed there to discourage those activities, but I know that the grass got fairly long on the sides of the road there, and they only mow/burn so far out from the road before stopping, so I can see where they could miss him if he'd been hit.

Would it be safe to assume he'd head south, with his parents in Florida and his brother in Texas?

Lulu, I'm not familiar with that part of I96, but I think Gordon was trying to head toward "home". They said that the baseball card collection was found near ramps heading to Chicago/Detroit.

He's probably alive, but like somebody said a transient or maybe...just maybe...he found a woman who took him in and now has a family and never looked back.

If he was sick like they portray he may think his family abandoned him...I don't know.

I'd hate to think any of the missing people are dead.

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I see it's been awhile since this topic has been discussed. Which I feel is really sad. I would have thought a case like this would have received more public attention since it first aired back in 1994 on Unsolved Mysteries. Here is a facebook page devoted on finding Gordie, or at least finding out what happened to him since. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Where-is-Gordie/130388463644845

I'm not sure if his parents are still alive, but even if they aren't Gordie had two younger brothers, which today both would be in their early to mid 40's. I think if we can get more people to pay attention, more people will want to find Gordie. Then finally his family can get the answers they have been looking for, and even more importantly, Gordie himself! Please share the facebook page with friends.

Tracy are you from Mi too?

Tracy are you from Mi too?

Yep. Lived most my life in the Detroit suburbs.

I used to really like it here, but lately..... I'm not so fond of the economy. :eek:

Is there somehow, someway to find out if his parents are still alive and where they live so we can get in contact with them so we could have them contact the T.V. show "Disappeared" that way Gordie's case could get into the media once again. And if his parents aren't alive, is there a way to get ahold of his younger brothers?

I feel ya! It is terrible $$ wise where I am.

The Gordon Page FB was just trying to do that! It is a great idea. I would love to see pics of Gordon's brothers, just to see how they look, as he may resemble them.......

[QUOTE=chacha6581]The Gordon Page FB was just trying to do that! It is a great idea. I would love to see pics of Gordon's brothers, just to see how they look, as he may resemble them.......[/QUOTE

They're pictures or on his unsolved mysteries case. It also says their names. I'll send you a link to it in a PM.

I'm a Michigander too, all my life. The home that Gordon ran away from is in Grand Rapids which is about a 2 hour drive from where I live.

I wanted to grab a snap shot from Google Maps of the home and put it in the UM Locations thread. The Charley Project says the building is on the corner of Kraft Avenue & 60th Street in Grand Rapids. But there is no building on that corner according to Google Maps. And Googling Cascade Foster Care home, nothing comes up now. Maybe the home closed down?

Thank you again :)

I know where you are :)
I was thinking that Gordon might have been hit by a car/ attacked maybe had a head injury? Perhaps he forgot his name or family and some agency just kind of helped him out.... maybe helped him get a job that he could handle or find a low income place to stay.... I know it is far fetched but it could happen.....

I know where you are :)
I was thinking that Gordon might have been hit by a car/ attacked maybe had a head injury? Perhaps he forgot his name or family and some agency just kind of helped him out.... maybe helped him get a job that he could handle or find a low income place to stay.... I know it is far fetched but it could happen.....

Anything is possible. I'm sure the family has already done so, but they should ask any hospitals within a 50 mile radius if they have any records that match Gordies' description. Any homes that take in people. I think we should campaign to the show "Disappeared" to feature Gordie's case!!!! Whos with me!?

http://www.facebook.com/DisappearedonID

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Where-is-Gordie/130388463644845

Anything is possible. I'm sure the family has already done so, but they should ask any hospitals within a 50 mile radius if they have any records that match Gordies' description. Any homes that take in people. I think we should campaign to the show "Disappeared" to feature Gordie's case!!!! Whos with me!?

http://www.facebook.com/DisappearedonID

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Where-is-Gordie/130388463644845
Let's Do it!

eh i bet hes probably dead somewhere sadly

eh i bet hes probably dead somewhere sadly

Yet, he could be alive and well not knowing who he really is.

I'd say chances are he's probably passed away too unfortunately. There's a lot of sickos out there and somebody could have easily taken advantage of him given his situation. It's probably one of the saddest cases I've seen on UM.

Yet, he could be alive and well not knowing who he really is.

the guy cant even form a resume from what we've gathered

unless he found a good homeless shelter where else can he be 20 years later?

the guy cant even form a resume from what we've gathered

unless he found a good homeless shelter where else can he be 20 years later?


High Functioning autistic are very capable of taking care of themselves, their major blunder are their social skills. And they tend to be very bright and gifted on some of the more difficult things. But I get what you are saying to, you would think someone would know something and we would know by now. But then again I dont think this received enough attention for the media for anyone to recognize that he is missing.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Where-is-Gordie/130388463644845

High Functioning autistic are very capable of taking care of themselves, their major blunder are their social skills. And they tend to be very bright and gifted on some of the more difficult things. But I get what you are saying to, you would think someone would know something and we would know by now. But then again I dont think this received enough attention for the media for anyone to recognize that he is missing.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Where-is-Gordie/130388463644845


Exactly. I think another strong possibility is the fact that because his parents LEFT HIM BEHIND he thinks they don't want him and has had no desire to return home. Another characteristic of autism tends to be that they do not comprehend social subtleties and mistakes the way others do so by leaving him in a home and moving out of state he probably felt effectively abandoned.

This is a total guess, but I could see him escaping from the home with the goal of making it back to his family home but upon arrival he discovers that they've already moved. He interprets it as they abandoned him so he wanders off elsewhere and is either picked up and placed in a different home/institution or makes his own way in the world.

I also got the impression that his parents listened more to the doctors than to their own son which could also mean that he was better off than they actually thought.

While it's clearly a possibility that he meant with foul play or simply could not survive on the streets, I think its equally if not more so probable that he managed to find/stumble across a shelter or other organization that would take him in and help him find a job. He could just as easily be bagging groceries in a store and living in a small apartment as he could be living in a less-structure group home or have otherwise received the help he needed to be more independent.

Wasn't there a similar story where an autistic boy/teen/young man ran away and was later discovered working on a farm in the Midwest and had a family?

Gordie's now been missing 21 years. His parents still live in Tampa, Florida, and still follow up on every lead themselves. Personally, I believe he is no longer with us, but there is a psychic who occasionally emails me and claims that he is living with another special needs person somewhere around Alamogordo (sp?), New Mexico.

Maybe I could enlist help from some of you in exploring this??!!!
:wave:

Gordie's now been missing 21 years. His parents still live in Tampa, Florida, and still follow up on every lead themselves. Personally, I believe he is no longer with us, but there is a psychic who occasionally emails me and claims that he is living with another special needs person somewhere around Alamogordo (sp?), New Mexico.

Maybe I could enlist help from some of you in exploring this??!!!
:wave:
I'll be honest, I'm not to keen on the whole "psychic" thing. But with that being said, we have nothing to lose. So count me in!:)

Gordie's now been missing 21 years. His parents still live in Tampa, Florida, and still follow up on every lead themselves. Personally, I believe he is no longer with us, but there is a psychic who occasionally emails me and claims that he is living with another special needs person somewhere around Alamogordo (sp?), New Mexico.

Maybe I could enlist help from some of you in exploring this??!!!
:wave:
Yes, please do! I don't know how much faith I put in psychics but it can't hurt.

This story has always stayed with me for some reason.

I understand the skepticism about psychics; I share that, too. But, Gordie has a special place in my heart, so I will try ANYTHING to help find him.

EMAIL ME and I can send you a list of the writings that the psychic gave me - it includes names, locations, etc., that she thinks he might be located.

It's worth a shot, right?!!

Email me for the list if you're interested in helping out: pattigarner@hotmail.com or missinginla@yahoo.com

I understand the skepticism about psychics; I share that, too. But, Gordie has a special place in my heart, so I will try ANYTHING to help find him.

EMAIL ME and I can send you a list of the writings that the psychic gave me - it includes names, locations, etc., that she thinks he might be located.

It's worth a shot, right?!!

Email me for the list if you're interested in helping out: pattigarner@hotmail.com or missinginla@yahoo.com

My email is kojojonesworth@yahoo.com

Patti, I just emailed you

According to the "Where is Gordie" facebook page today is his 50th birthday.

According to the "Where is Gordie" facebook page today is his 50th birthday.

:( This case will always bother me until it's solved. My heart is broken for his parents.

This is another case that seems so preventable....

This is another case that seems so preventable....
Happy 50th Gordy,wherever you are.
Yes I could never figure out why he was put in a home so far away from his parents,knowing he had tried to run away to see his brother before.I'm not critisizing his parents,it's just not something I would do myself.I would at least want him nearby so we could visit often.And I would have been worried about the lack of security,esp. the windows and him being on the ground floor.He just walked away,really.I know it wasn't prison,still...look at what happened.