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)

 

[PommyMommy]

Ellis Worthington List Jr. – The Charley Project

Ellis Worthington List Jr.​

List, circa 1986

• Missing Since 10/29/1986
• Missing From Globe, Arizona
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Male
• Race White
• Age 53 years old
• Height and Weight 5'10, 185 pounds
• Associated Vehicle(s) A rented gold 1986 Chevrolet Cavalier with the Colorado license plate number ZAY-278
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Graying red hair, hazel eyes. Ellis wears eyeglasses.

Details of Disappearance​

List was last seen in Globe, Arizona on October 29, 1986. He traveled from his home in Ohio to attend a medical conference on arthritis in Scottsdale, Arizona, then went on a road trip to visit a friend in Show Low, Arizona.

He never arrived there. The last indication of his whereabouts was when he stopped at the now-defunct Copper Hills Inn in Globe. He checked out at 5:35 a.m. on October 29. That day he also called his family and asked them to renew his malpractice insurance policy. On October 30 at 7:00 a.m., he called to say he would be home on November 1 or 2, but didn't say where he was at the time of the call. He has never been heard from again and his renal car has not been found.

The circumstances of List's disappearance are unclear. He may have left some personal belongings behind in a hotel in Scottsdale. At the time of his disappearance, he was a general practitioner, medical director of several nursing homes, and the head of the medical division of the General Motors plant in Warren, Ohio.

He's described as a devoted family man and a reliable employee and it's uncharacteristic of him to leave without warning. His case remains unsolved.

Last updated August 23, 2024; casefile added.​

 

[GoBuckeyes]

Ellis Worthington List Jr. – The Charley Project

Ellis Worthington List Jr.​

List, circa 1986

• Missing Since 10/29/1986
• Missing From Globe, Arizona
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Male
• Race White
• Age 53 years old
• Height and Weight 5'10, 185 pounds
• Associated Vehicle(s) A rented gold 1986 Chevrolet Cavalier with the Colorado license plate number ZAY-278
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Graying red hair, hazel eyes. Ellis wears eyeglasses.

Details of Disappearance​

List was last seen in Globe, Arizona on October 29, 1986. He traveled from his home in Ohio to attend a medical conference on arthritis in Scottsdale, Arizona, then went on a road trip to visit a friend in Show Low, Arizona.

He never arrived there. The last indication of his whereabouts was when he stopped at the now-defunct Copper Hills Inn in Globe. He checked out at 5:35 a.m. on October 29. That day he also called his family and asked them to renew his malpractice insurance policy. On October 30 at 7:00 a.m., he called to say he would be home on November 1 or 2, but didn't say where he was at the time of the call. He has never been heard from again and his renal car has not been found.

The circumstances of List's disappearance are unclear. He may have left some personal belongings behind in a hotel in Scottsdale. At the time of his disappearance, he was a general practitioner, medical director of several nursing homes, and the head of the medical division of the General Motors plant in Warren, Ohio.

He's described as a devoted family man and a reliable employee and it's uncharacteristic of him to leave without warning. His case remains unsolved.

Last updated August 23, 2024; casefile added.​

I don't know anything about Arizona, except I think it's very hot and there's desert?? Are there also some bodies of water (any at all), along the route he would have traveled?

Does anyone have any theories on this case? TIA

 

[victoriarobinson642]

I don't know anything about Arizona, except I think it's very hot and there's desert?? Are there also some bodies of water (any at all), along the route he would have traveled?

Does anyone have any theories on this case? TIA

A few small bodies of water, a river + a large creek, though I don't know what it looked like 40 years ago. And of course, who knows if he actually went to Show Low.

Show Low to Globe

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[PommyMommy]

I don't know anything about Arizona, except I think it's very hot and there's desert?? Are there also some bodies of water (any at all), along the route he would have traveled?

Does anyone have any theories on this case? TIA

The Salt River Canyon area looks a bit dicey. The first article in post 1 says he was familiar with the area as he had lived there for about 10 years, but I wonder what the weather was like? Per the second article in post 1, his wife said that authorities told her the area where he was last seen could conceal an automobile accident indefinitely. They compared the Salt River Canyon to the Grand Canyon.

Look at these switchbacks:

Globe to Show Low

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I would have to go with accident at this point. I'm curious why he decided to stay another night in Globe, though. I mean, as of the 2020 census, the population was 7,249. Couldn't have been much going on there in 1986 except mining?

Also curious about what he left behind in the hotel in Scottsdale. Sounds like police still don't know. MOO

Globe, Arizona - Wikipedia

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[GoBuckeyes]

The Salt River Canyon area looks a bit dicey. The first article in post 1 says he was familiar with the area as he had lived there for about 10 years, but I wonder what the weather was like? Per the second article in post 1, his wife said that authorities told her the area where he was last seen could conceal an automobile accident indefinitely. They compared the Salt River Canyon to the Grand Canyon.

Look at these switchbacks:

Globe to Show Low

www.google.com

I would have to go with accident at this point. I'm curious why he decided to stay another night in Globe, though. I mean, as of the 2020 census, the population was 7,249. Couldn't have been much going on there in 1986 except mining?

Also curious about what he left behind in the hotel in Scottsdale. Sounds like police still don't know. MOO

Globe, Arizona - Wikipedia

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WOW!! I had no idea that there were any topographical features there like the Salt River Canyon. They compared it to the Grand Canyon! I'm assuming that means that there are vast areas that just can't be searched, right? Very sad for him and his family.