AL AL - Randall Whitfield, 40, Haleyville, 8 Dec 2001

[OkieGranny]

Missing: Randall Harold Whitfield
Nickname/Alias: Randy, Red
Age last seen: 40
Race: White
Sex: Male
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 196
Hair color: Red
Eye color: Green

Whitfield was last seen by an acquaintance at approximately 6:30 p.m. on December 8, 2001, at his residence in the 300 block of County Road in Haleyville, Winston County, AL. He may be driving a black Chevrolet Silverado pick-up truck.

"When we went to his trailer, the doors were unlocked, his supper from that night was cooked and sitting on the stove," Horsley said. "His dog didn't have any food or water, and I know Randy wouldn't have left the dog like that. I knew then that something didn't add up."

Horsley said she realized that her son was missing "two days short of three weeks," after he had last been seen. That time period extended into the Christmas holiday.

"He loved Christmas," she said. "When we went in the trailer there were wrapped presents that he had bought. He would have never left like that and not told us. Somebody took him from that trailer."

Who exactly took him from the trailer, if that's what happened, and where they took him, are questions that investigators have never been able to answer.

"He just basically disappeared off the face of the earth," said Haleyville Police Chief Kyle Reogas. "Somebody out there knows something and has the answers to the questions we need answered."

http://timesdaily.com/stories/Six-years-after-slayings-families-look-for-answers,90132

Whitfield's disappearance may or may not be related to the Thrasher murders which took place in Haleyville two days later. Read more about both in this interview:

http://missingpiecesshow.homestead.com/MissingPiecesEpisode72Archive.html

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/7446/0/

 

[NoFriends]

The Whitfield and Thrasher cases fascinate me. Are they related or coincidental? While there is nothing publicly available that to me shows they are connected, it sure seems like a heck of a coincidence.

 

[BrownBear]

Updated NamUs link

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[mlhenn]

MISSING - Randall Harold Whitfield | Solve the Case

Randy Whitfield is last known to have been seen on 12/8/2001 around 6:30 pm at his home by an acquaintance. It was almost 3 weeks later before he was reported missing. Randy lived alone and he worked as an escort driver for a transport company. He often travelled and would be on the road for...

www.solvethecase.org

Summary:
Randy Whitfield is last known to have been seen on 12/8/2001 around 6:30 pm at his home by an acquaintance. It was almost 3 weeks later before he was reported missing. Randy lived alone and he worked as an escort driver for a transport company. He often travelled and would be on the road for days so his family didn't immediately realize he was missing.

Circumstances of Disappearance:
His dog was left alone without food and water. Randy had cooked dinner and it was sitting on the stove. His home and shop were found unlocked. All of these things were out of the ordinary for Whitfield. His family found that Randy had bought and wrapped Christmas presents for his family and those presents as well as other belongings inside his home were left untouched. Law enforcement believes a break in/robbery is unlikely. Police did arrest and charge a man for stealing a vehicle and car hauler from Randy's property.