MI MI - Gordon Page, 28, Grand Rapids, 27 May 1991

[aThousandYearsWide]

I am hoping for a resolve in Gordie's case similar to Keri Bray who was found alive in Texas working as a cowboy decades after he went missing. He had gone missing from a disabled center in 1986. He was missing 21 years before being found alive and well in 2007.

Missing man may be found — 21 years later

 

[ekardh]

I wonder what ever happened to Gordie and why they never found his remains or anything

America's a big place.

Not much can be ruled out. He might have bumped into the wrong person and became a victim of foul play. He might have ended up in a psych ward somewhere, although you'd think the TV show would've clued them into his identity.

I think it's probable that while hitchhiking, he took a wrong turn and died of exposure somewhere.

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping.

 

[AutumnEveHodge]

Bumping

 

[theshadow45]

Very little to go on but found two other possibilities: The Doe Network: 2336UMIL and The Doe Network: 1736UMIN.

We can rule Gordie out as being 1736UMIN, as per Doe Network has now been identified as Kenneth Wayne Watters missing from Louisville, Kentucky.

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping for Gordie, today is his birthday.

 

[Sonny Crockett]

I recently saw the Gordon Page, Jr. segment on the old Unsolved Mysteries show. Extremely sad story.

It's very unfortunate that he was mis-diagnosed for so long, that he couldn't hold down a job due to this disability, and that the last time his father saw him (at the group home) it was obvious that GP wanted to come home.

I completely understand why the parents didn't have GP living with them. He couldn't function well, and as such would need constant care that they probably couldn't provide. My understanding is that it is financially less expensive to place someone in a group home (which in some cases is state-run) than to hire 24-hour care for a person at a residence/private home. In any case, it was heart-breaking seeing the parents interviewed (especially the father, who is now deceased); they both were very likeable & were obviously very concerned for their son.

I suspect that GP just wandered out of the group home & ended up homeless somewhere, or possibly ended up in a shelter/another group home. However, it's unfortunately more likely that he's deceased. I'm not surprised he has never been found. I.e., since he himself wouldn't have been able to contact his parents & since he probably didn't have any contact information (for his family) on his person, it seems evident that he probably just slipped through the cracks somewhere. Very tragic.

 

[theshadow45]

Gordie has been missing for 30 years today.

 

[theshadow45]

Possibly this John Doe? Doe Network: The Doe Network: Case File 973UMIL and NamUs pages: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs). This UID was found in Chicago on 1 October 2003. It is believed that he died at least one or two years prior to discovery. (Gordie would have been in his late 30's at that time.) The height and age estimates work.

Gordie has been ruled out.

 

[theshadow45]

Found an article on Gordie’s disappearance that was initially published not too long after he first went missing: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.tampabay.com/archive/1992/06/08/after-year-of-agony-lost-son-is-still-lost/?outputType=amp. A new detail mentioned in it that I hadn’t seen anywhere else before is that Gordie apparently also suffered from a seizure disorder and his medication for it was left behind.

 

[theshadow45]

Today is Gordie’s birthday.

 

[theshadow45]

Gordie has been missing for 31 years today.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Gordon Thomas Page Jr. (NamUs)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A man who vanished from a Grand Rapids group home 31 years ago is still missing, and he might be linked to a baseball card collection that was found under an I-96 overpass.

Gordon Thomas Page, Jr. was last seen May 26, 1991, at the Cascade Foster Care Home on Kraft Avenue and 60th Street in Grand Rapids. At the time, he was 28 years old.
"…………………
""Page was 6 feet, 3 inches tall and weighed about 175 pounds. He had red/auburn hair and facial hair and blue eyes. He would now be 59 years old.

Anyone with information about Page is asked to call the Kent County Sheriff’s Department at 616-632-6246.

Man who vanished in Grand Rapids 31 years ago might be linked to baseball cards under I-96 overpass

A man who vanished from a Grand Rapids group home 31 years ago is still missing, and he might be linked to a baseball card collection that was found under an I-96 overpass.

www.clickondetroit.com

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Bumping up. I just heard of this tragic case.

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping for Gordie.

 

[theshadow45]

A recent article about The Missing and Autism, in which Gordie’s case is mentioned: Mystery of Grand Rapids man who vanished 30 years ago is part of bigger problem.

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping, today is Gordie’s birthday.

 

[theshadow45]

Gordie has been missing for 32 years today.

 

[jash]

I just saw Gordie's story for the first time on the original Unsolved Mysteries (watching on Pluto TV). It really touched me. I was hoping there would have been a happy ending by now but alas. Are Gordie's parents still alive?

ETA: Gordon Sr. passed away in 2018. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/tampabaytimes/name/gordon-page-obituary?id=1730592