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colt45allstar · 03-09-2006, 01:56 AM

Alot of you seem quite knowledable and thus I figured I would ask this here.

Can any of you think of a person who was missing for an extended period of time. (by extended I'm talking at least 10 years... but preferably 15 to 20 years or more) and then was either found alive, or simply turned back up?

I find this stuff interesting, but can't think of a single case with that much time passing, of a person being found still living.. but imagine there has to be 'some' documented cases of that sort of thing.

Thanks!

connieallbright · 03-09-2006, 02:35 AM

I'm sketchy on the details but there was a Vietnam vet who never really came home. His family thought he was a POW or MIA. Eventually he was found living in a small town in Australia. Something like 20 years later. His family wanted him to come home for good but I believe he did return to Australia.

Anyone know more about this story? Not an Unsolved Mysteries case but still compelling.

Bleedingheart · 03-09-2006, 02:43 AM

There was the case on Unsolved Mysteries where this woman kept running but was later found each time she met a man who she later married who was not told about her tendencies to wander off and become disoriented she walked away one last time this was back in the 70s, she was found i believe 2 yrs ago very much live and well,i can't remember her name if anyone remembers her name please add the additional info

Allierain · 03-09-2006, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Bleedingheart

There was the case on Unsolved Mysteries where this woman kept running but was later found each time she met a man who she later married who was not told about her tendencies to wander off and become disoriented she walked away one last time this was back in the 70s, she was found i believe 2 yrs ago very much live and well,i can't remember her name if anyone remembers her name please add the additional info

Patricia Carlton. If you do a search on these forums under that name, and Pat Ann Teer Snyder, you'll find a few threads about her.

03-09-2006, 01:56 AM	#1
colt45allstar Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 09, 2006 Posts: 69	Longest missing person, found alive.... Alot of you seem quite knowledable and thus I figured I would ask this here. Can any of you think of a person who was missing for an extended period of time. (by extended I'm talking at least 10 years... but preferably 15 to 20 years or more) and then was either found alive, or simply turned back up? I find this stuff interesting, but can't think of a single case with that much time passing, of a person being found still living.. but imagine there has to be 'some' documented cases of that sort of thing. Thanks!

03-09-2006, 02:35 AM	#2
connieallbright Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 20, 2003 Posts: 115	I'm sketchy on the details but there was a Vietnam vet who never really came home. His family thought he was a POW or MIA. Eventually he was found living in a small town in Australia. Something like 20 years later. His family wanted him to come home for good but I believe he did return to Australia. Anyone know more about this story? Not an Unsolved Mysteries case but still compelling.

03-09-2006, 02:43 AM	#3
Bleedingheart Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 27, 2006 Posts: 110	There was the case on Unsolved Mysteries where this woman kept running but was later found each time she met a man who she later married who was not told about her tendencies to wander off and become disoriented she walked away one last time this was back in the 70s, she was found i believe 2 yrs ago very much live and well,i can't remember her name if anyone remembers her name please add the additional info