MI MI - Arthur Ray Collins, 26, Detroit, 1 Jan 1976

[TheArtfulDetective]

Arthur Ray Collins

• Case Classification: Missing
  Missing Since: January 01, 1976 - exact date unknown.
  Location Last Seen: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Description:

• Date of Birth: circa 1950
• Age: 26 years old
• Race: White/Caucasian
• Gender: Male
• Height: 5' 7" (67 inches)
• Weight: 120 lbs
• Hair Color: Brown/Straight
• Eye Color: Blue
• Nickname/Alias: Unknown
• Distinguishing Marks/Features: Tattoo of his name on unspecified shoulder.
• Clothing & Personal Items: Unknown
• Identifiers: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance:
Collins was last known to be living in Detroit, Michigan and lost contact with his family sometime in 1976. He has never been heard from again. Few details are available regarding his disappearance and his whereabouts remain unknown.

Investigators:

• Detroit Police Department: (313) 596-1800
  Reference Case#: 1312030257

NamUs Case Number: MP20924
NCIC Case Number: Not available

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[TheArtfulDetective]

Oddly similar to this case MI - MI - Jimmy Clyde Collins, 25, Detroit, 1 May 1976. The name, the age, size, location, the year. Not much info out there. Very sad.

 

[cheemsg]

Oddly similar to this case MI - MI - Jimmy Clyde Collins, 25, Detroit, 1 May 1976. The name, the age, size, location, the year. Not much info out there. Very sad.

Also Diane Collins March 1, 1974
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
They all have brown hair and brown eyes, all have last name Collins, all went missing from Detroit, all roughly the same age and went missing within two years. I wonder if they're siblings?

 

[Nate_Bro]

Also Diane Collins March 1, 1974
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
They all have brown hair and brown eyes, all have last name Collins, all went missing from Detroit, all roughly the same age and went missing within two years. I wonder if they're siblings?

Interesting. Surely there is more on this ?

 

[Rush4087]

Without more info, any suggestion as to what might’ve happened to ARC would be a wild guess. But that’s never stopped me before!

I wonder if ARC could’ve been a victim of Wayne Gacy over in Chicago. I believe that five of Gacy’s victims still remain unidentified.

ARC’s age and the year of his disappearance would certainly fit. And I think Chicago is only about a 4 hr. drive from Detroit.

I believe there are composites of at least two of the still-unknown Gacy victims, and that LE has DNA on all five (which I presume means that those victims will eventually be identified through genetic genealogy).

I guess some questions to ask would include: 1.) are there any photos of ARC, and if so, how do they compare to the (at least) two composites, 2.) would ARC have had any reason to ever travel to Chicago?, 3.) did ARC have any friends or acquaintances who lived in Chicago (and especially near where Gacy lived)?, and 4.) did ARC ever work in residential construction as a trade specialist, laborer, drywall, painter, roofer, tile, etc.?

All pure speculation

 

[beavt]

Also Diane Collins March 1, 1974
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
They all have brown hair and brown eyes, all have last name Collins, all went missing from Detroit, all roughly the same age and went missing within two years. I wonder if they're siblings?

The gentleman has blue eyes