Speaking from personal experience, that’s how you get all your food groups in when you’re neurodivergent.
CA Bailey Cameron, 23, Camp Pendleton Marine, last seen outside bar, San Diego, 25 August 2024
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I’m thinking maybe he’s had a mental health crisis related to the stress of leaving active duty.
My hope is that maybe he has sought out mental health help somewhere. Do they have any MH crisis centers in the area?
It’s a smart watch of some kind, for sure. If he has an iPhone then it’s likely an Apple Watch. There are others that pair with android devices.
If the phone and the watch are near each other, data is transmitted via Bluetooth.
Some watches can actually have an active phone number attached. Data could be available if both phone and watch back up to the same Apple ID in the cloud, but I’m not sure how it works with Androids.
I’m sure phone and watch data are one of the first things investigators checked, but I know it can take time to access the accounts. Hopefully it will reveal some data.
My Apple Watch only has battery life for about 24 hours, so the watch may be dead anyway.
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This case is confusing me.
Firstly, I really hope he’s okay and his family are in my thoughts.
If he wanted to start a new life he would’ve moved out of area surely or done more to disguise himself - I’m thinking more of a mental health breakdown.
I hope he manages to get help - I just hope this has a happy ending
Firstly, I really hope he’s okay and his family are in my thoughts.
If he wanted to start a new life he would’ve moved out of area surely or done more to disguise himself - I’m thinking more of a mental health breakdown.
I hope he manages to get help - I just hope this has a happy ending
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“He had returned from a night out and was coming back to the barracks. He was in a class getting ready to exit the Marines on September 9th,” said Sharie Finn, who runs a nonprofit called the RAD Movement to help families like Cameron’s.
Through Finn’s assistance, the family learned Cameron had been spotted on base since going missing, but he lost contact with his command post and friends and hasn’t returned to his barracks.
“The behavior is so foreign. It’s foreign to how we knew him before he was a Marine, and it’s foreign to all the Marines here. It’s not Bailey,” Cameron’s father Kevin said.
“He had returned from a night out and was coming back to the barracks. He was in a class getting ready to exit the Marines on September 9th,” said Sharie Finn, who runs a nonprofit called the RAD Movement to help families like Cameron’s.
Through Finn’s assistance, the family learned Cameron had been spotted on base since going missing, but he lost contact with his command post and friends and hasn’t returned to his barracks.
“The behavior is so foreign. It’s foreign to how we knew him before he was a Marine, and it’s foreign to all the Marines here. It’s not Bailey,” Cameron’s father Kevin said.
I agree.
I notice that his physique looks pretty different in the missing photos as compared to the recent surveillance photos and video. There are tons of reasons why someone might change in that way - and this is meant with empathy, not criticism - but mental health struggles do sometimes impact behaviors in ways that can significantly change body composition over a relatively short period of time. It happened to me too, after a tough life change/mental health period a few years back. Could be situational for him, could be physiological, could be nothing at all, but it seemed relevant to mention that since mental health is being discussed as a possible factor.
I hope he gets the help he needs, whatever that is.
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Bailey Cameron's mom issues update on missing Marine
Cameron, a 23-year-old Marine who disappeared in California roughly two weeks before he was set to leave the Corps, is still missing.www.newsweek.com
The mother of Bailey Cameron, a 23-year-old Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton, California, who was reported missing on August 25, said her son was spotted nearly a week later in apparent distress.
Since his disappearance, there have been unconfirmed sightings of him around the base. According to Cameron's family, a Marine saw him on Saturday, August 31, at approximately 11:30 p.m. as he was running toward the ocean in apparent distress, as reported by Fox 5/KUSI.
"The gentleman we talked to said Bailey looked so afraid, so distressed. I just need to know that he's OK," Cameron's mother, Juliette England, told the local news media. "We just want to get him across the finish line," his family said.
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This is not normal behavior for Bailey," his father said. "Anybody that knows him says this is not normal. He's scared for some reason, and we just need him back." He also called for people on social media to please refrain from misdirecting searches for their son.
so scary for them
"Officials at Camp Pendleton have not confirmed any speculative sightings of Cameron on the installation, but local commands remain dedicated to finding him.
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The family claims a Marine spotted Cameron on Saturday the 31st around 11:30 p.m. and reported active signs of distress before running away toward the ocean."
So the sighting is unconfirmed by officials, but military officials are always tight-lipped. Could Bailey have been on base without there being some record of it? Is it possible from a size/security standpoint that he was hiding on base for an extended period of time?
I think your concerns about late night ocean swims are a definite possibility.
Though San Diego County's fortunes may have declined since the glory days, Carlsbad has always had a reputation for, calm, responsible fun- with a tilt towards an upper income customer base.
There are a few venues with a mixed income customer base. But... the closer one gets to the water, the more expensive the restaurants tend to get- and the baseline in the rest of Carlsbad is already pretty high.
In the end, getting into trouble in Carlsbad, CA (Carlsbad NM, focal point of the oil industry maybe a different story) via encounters with dangerous humans can be hard. Dangerous water, however, maybe a different story.
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www.cbs8.com
Cameron was last seen on base by a fellow Marine Saturday night, but when he realized military police were on the way, he fled on foot.
“I spoke to that Marine directly, and he did share with me that Bailey appeared to be in distress. He was clearly in distress,” said Sharie Finn, founder of the RAD Movement... “Where he fled to was still on the base, so they brought out the thermals and brought out the dogs for about two hours and could not locate him and that’s when it stopped.”
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“...he does not have his eyeglasses right now, and he cannot see very well without his glasses,” said Finn.
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“When he interacted with that individual the other night, his fellow Marine, he indicated he asked him at that time, ‘Where have you been?’ He said, ‘I’ve been on base,’” said Finn.
His ATM card has been used on base as recently as a couple days ago. ...
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New sightings of missing Camp Pendleton Marine, latest search efforts
Lance Corporal Bailey Cameron has been missing since August 25, his family still searching for answers.
www.cbs8.com
“I spoke to that Marine directly, and he did share with me that Bailey appeared to be in distress. He was clearly in distress,” said Sharie Finn, founder of the RAD Movement... “Where he fled to was still on the base, so they brought out the thermals and brought out the dogs for about two hours and could not locate him and that’s when it stopped.”
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“...he does not have his eyeglasses right now, and he cannot see very well without his glasses,” said Finn.
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“When he interacted with that individual the other night, his fellow Marine, he indicated he asked him at that time, ‘Where have you been?’ He said, ‘I’ve been on base,’” said Finn.
His ATM card has been used on base as recently as a couple days ago. ...
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New sightings of missing Camp Pendleton Marine, latest search efforts
Lance Corporal Bailey Cameron has been missing since August 25, his family still searching for answers.
www.cbs8.com
His ATM card has been used on base as recently as a couple days ago.
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Missing Marine was 'humiliated by new assignment on base' before he vanished
THE family of a missing Marine is worried that he’s in an extreme crisis that led to his disappearance over a week ago. Lance Corporal Bailey Cameron’s mom and dad said that the 23-year…
www.the-sun.com
The Rad Movement, a nonprofit organization that has been helping Cameron's family search for him, said that the upcoming transition was weighing on him.
The Marine's parents, Kevin Cameron and Juliana England, opened up about how Cameron was reportedly treated at Camp Pendleton in a live Facebook video on September 2 with The Rad Movement.
England also said that Camp Pendleton put Cameron in a new position after he announced his exit - and the assignment brought him to a low point.
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According to this article:
1:30 am on August 25 - Cameron was seen on video leaving Coyote Bar & Grill in Carlsbad.
August 25 - Cameron's glasses, backpack, and phone were found on the sidewalk. Cameron was reported as missing.
August 28 - Video footage from an ATM on Camp Pendleton's base showed Cameron.
August 29 - Cameron's mom later said on Facebook that he was seen near Oceanside, California.
Around 11 pm on August 31 - Family and the Rad Movement claims that a fellow Marine interacted with Cameron on base before he ran toward the ocean. He reportedly told the Marine that he had been on base the whole time.
www.the-sun.com
Timeline of Bailey Cameron's disappearance
Lance Cpl. Bailey Cameron hasn't contacted his friends or family since August 25.1:30 am on August 25 - Cameron was seen on video leaving Coyote Bar & Grill in Carlsbad.
August 25 - Cameron's glasses, backpack, and phone were found on the sidewalk. Cameron was reported as missing.
August 28 - Video footage from an ATM on Camp Pendleton's base showed Cameron.
August 29 - Cameron's mom later said on Facebook that he was seen near Oceanside, California.
Around 11 pm on August 31 - Family and the Rad Movement claims that a fellow Marine interacted with Cameron on base before he ran toward the ocean. He reportedly told the Marine that he had been on base the whole time.
Missing Marine was 'humiliated by new assignment on base' before he vanished
THE family of a missing Marine is worried that he’s in an extreme crisis that led to his disappearance over a week ago. Lance Corporal Bailey Cameron’s mom and dad said that the 23-year…
www.the-sun.com
SEP 3, 2024
Cameron was last seen on base by a fellow Marine Saturday night, but when he realized military police were on the way, he fled on foot.New sightings of missing Camp Pendleton Marine, latest search efforts
Lance Corporal Bailey Cameron has been missing since August 25, his family still searching for answers.
“I spoke to that Marine directly, and he did share with me that Bailey appeared to be in distress. He was clearly in distress,” said Sharie Finn, founder of the RAD Movement... “Where he fled to was still on the base, so they brought out the thermals and brought out the dogs for about two hours and could not locate him and that’s when it stopped.”
[...]
“...he does not have his eyeglasses right now, and he cannot see very well without his glasses,” said Finn.
[...]
“When he interacted with that individual the other night, his fellow Marine, he indicated he asked him at that time, ‘Where have you been?’ He said, ‘I’ve been on base,’” said Finn.
His ATM card has been used on base as recently as a couple days ago. ...
[...]
A quick note that all of my questions and then some are answered in the quoted articles. It seems that Bailey was definitely on base at the time of the last sighting/ATM card use.Missing Marine was 'humiliated by new assignment on base' before he vanished
THE family of a missing Marine is worried that he’s in an extreme crisis that led to his disappearance over a week ago. Lance Corporal Bailey Cameron’s mom and dad said that the 23-year…
The Rad Movement, a nonprofit organization that has been helping Cameron's family search for him, said that the upcoming transition was weighing on him.
The Marine's parents, Kevin Cameron and Juliana England, opened up about how Cameron was reportedly treated at Camp Pendleton in a live Facebook video on September 2 with The Rad Movement.
England also said that Camp Pendleton put Cameron in a new position after he announced his exit - and the assignment brought him to a low point.
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His Mom stated " the assignment was disappointing because Cameron had been trained to "jump out of airplanes and dive underwater and climb up on the side of the ship without being noticed." Does anyone know what position he held in the Marine's for those five years? Was he stateside the whole time (thinking of possible PTSD, if he had been deployed overseas or in a position of stress/danger on a regular basis).
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Disciplined/demoted and didn't like it?
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This is strange. If he is leaving in a few weeks, his unit isn't going to have him continue to train like that, it serves no purpose and they need those positions filled by people that are staying. He could have just been placed in this gym position while he processed out. I am curious as to why he was deciding to leave the Marine Corps.
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Thank you for bringing this up. I wanted to, but would never have been able to word it as compassionately and kindly as you did. Same happened to me, so I think you and I definitely noticed it, and get how it can happen.