AZ AZ - Ellis Worthington List Jr, 53, Ohio doctor disappeared after checking out of a Globe motel on October 29, 1986

[MadMcGoo]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) MP101162

Ellis Worthington List Jr 1986 AZ

Clipping found in The Marion Star published in Marion, Ohio on 10/29/1988. Ellis Worthington List Jr 1986 AZ

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Ellis Worthington List Jr 1986 AZ

Clipping found in Telegraph-Forum published in Bucyrus, Ohio on 11/10/1986. Ellis Worthington List Jr 1986 AZ

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Ellis Worthington List Jr 1986 AZ

Clipping found in Telegraph-Forum published in Bucyrus, Ohio on 2/4/1987. Ellis Worthington List Jr 1986 AZ

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Name: Dr. Ellis Worthington List Jr.
Date of Last Contact: October 29, 1986
Missing From: Globe, Gila County, Arizona
Sex: Male
Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Missing Age: 53 Years
Date of Birth: September 6, 1933
Height: 5' 10" (70 Inches)
Weight: 185 lbs
Hair Color: Gray or Partially Gray
Eye Color: Hazel

Circumstances of Disappearance: List, a general practitioner from Ohio, has not been seen alive since he checked out of the Copper Hills Inn on October 29, 1986. He planned on traveling to visit a friend after leaving Globe, but never made it. List came for a medical seminar from Oct. 24-26 in Scottsdale. His credit cards have not been used since he disappeared.

One source says that List phoned home from the motel on October 30th after staying an extra day.

Transportation: Hertz Rental Car - 1986 gold Chevrolet Cavalier with Colorado license plate number ZAY-278.

 

[MadMcGoo]

I wonder about this guy.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

How sad for his family.

I wonder if his rental car ever turned up anywhere, but it sounds like it didn't.

The long planned drive through a rural landscape + car missing + family/career/assets left behind point toward a car accident, not a voluntary disappearance, IMO.

 

[jpriddy1]

Thank you for posting this. I just got this profile published on NAMUS. Dr. List is my stepdads uncle.

 

[jpriddy1]

How sad for his family.

I wonder if his rental car ever turned up anywhere, but it sounds like it didn't.

The long planned drive through a rural landscape + car missing + family/career/assets left behind point toward a car accident, not a voluntary disappearance, IMO.

The rental car to our knowledge has never been found. However the case, has been dormant for a very long time. Also, the case files were lost due to various reasons. A new missing persons case has been opened. So if the car has been found it may not have been identified as being a car associated with a missing person.

 

[GoBuckeyes]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) MP101162

Ellis Worthington List Jr 1986 AZ

Clipping found in The Marion Star published in Marion, Ohio on 10/29/1988. Ellis Worthington List Jr 1986 AZ

www.newspapers.com

Ellis Worthington List Jr 1986 AZ

Clipping found in Telegraph-Forum published in Bucyrus, Ohio on 11/10/1986. Ellis Worthington List Jr 1986 AZ

www.newspapers.com

Ellis Worthington List Jr 1986 AZ

Clipping found in Telegraph-Forum published in Bucyrus, Ohio on 2/4/1987. Ellis Worthington List Jr 1986 AZ

www.newspapers.com

Name: Dr. Ellis Worthington List Jr.
Date of Last Contact: October 29, 1986
Missing From: Globe, Gila County, Arizona
Sex: Male
Race / Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Missing Age: 53 Years
Date of Birth: September 6, 1933
Height: 5' 10" (70 Inches)
Weight: 185 lbs
Hair Color: Gray or Partially Gray
Eye Color: Hazel

Circumstances of Disappearance: List, a general practitioner from Ohio, has not been seen alive since he checked out of the Copper Hills Inn on October 29, 1986. He planned on traveling to visit a friend after leaving Globe, but never made it. List came for a medical seminar from Oct. 24-26 in Scottsdale. His credit cards have not been used since he disappeared.

One source says that List phoned home from the motel on October 30th after staying an extra day.

Transportation: Hertz Rental Car - 1986 gold Chevrolet Cavalier with Colorado license plate number ZAY-278.

I know this sounds like a dumb question, it being AZ. Are there any bodies of water near where he went missing?

 

[LadyL]

I know this sounds like a dumb question, it being AZ. Are there any bodies of water near where he went missing?

not seeing much in this satellite view but I'm not a map person
looks like they have canyons there though?

Satellite map of Globe,AZ - Google Maps

Satellite map of Globe, Gila County, Arizona, USA. Booking hotels nearby Globe. Latitude & Longitude GPS coordinates and elevation. Gmaps.

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[MadMcGoo]

I know this sounds like a dumb question, it being AZ. Are there any bodies of water near where he went missing?

When I was researching, I looked around the key locations mentioned in the newspaper articles (Phoenix, Globe and Pinetop). The biggest body of water I found was Rainbow Lake, which is not too far outside of Pinetop-Lakeside.

Phoenix to Pinetop-Lakeside

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[renaebri]

Yeah some extreme mountains from Globe to Pinetop-Lakeside.
I started looking at spots but there's just so many, and multiple wrecks visible
(white car here 33°48'8.87"N110°28'53.09"W, view from the road)