CA CA- Richard Dean Davison, 70, Los Angeles, 29 Oct 1997

[Pennysmom1]

Richard Dean Davison – The Charley Project

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Davison, circa 1997

• Missing Since 10/29/1997
• Missing From Los Angeles, California
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Male
• Race White
• Date of Birth 10/21/1927 (95)
• Age 70 years old
• Height and Weight 5'10, 145 pounds
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• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Gray hair, brown eyes. Davison's hair is thinning. He wears eyeglasses.

Details of Disappearance​

Davison was last seen leaving his Los Angeles, California residence on October 29, 1997. He was en route to a doctor's appointment at the time of his disappearance. Davison never arrived at his destination and has not been heard from again. He may be a patient in a hospital or nursing home.

Davison was reportedly a patient of the same doctor who treated Robert Black, who disappeared in 1996, and Goldie Swanger and Patricia Laxer, both of whom vanished in 1997. Swanger was found in 2004, but the others are still missing. All four missing persons disappeared either en route or upon returning from appointments with the same physician. It is not known if the cases are otherwise connected in any way.

Investigating Agency​

• Los Angeles Police Department 213-485-5381

Source Information​

• Los Angeles Police Department
• The Alamance Independent
• California Attorney General's Office

 

[JSolt1210]

Interesting details from this old Websleuths thread.

The following article, quoted in the thread and apparently no longer extant, adds more details:

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http://www.alamanceind.com/tc/tc_10.html

WWW.ALAMANCEIND.COM

Matt Maggio, Publisher & Editor Email

World exclusive - must credit Alamance Independent:

In the past four years, four people - three elderly and one middle-aged - have disappeared in Los Angeles either on their way to a doctor's appointment or just after getting home from one.

Ages 57-72 at the times they disappeared, all have two things in common; all are Jewish - and all saw the same doctor. None are described in police records as having Alzheimer's or other dementia problems - nor are any of them described as having prior histories of wandering.

Two of them disappeared in Aug. 1997 alone; a third disappeared two months later in Oct. 1997.

The first to disappear, then-57 Robert Black, vanished in Mar. 1996.

Two of them were men; two were women (photos below). At 6'1", 170 lbs., the first to disappear on his way to the doctor - Robert Black - was hardly a felon's first choice of a victim.

Richard Davison - who vanished in Oct. 1997 - was also tall: 5'10" and 145 lbs. - when he disappeared on his way to a doctor's appointment; both men were last seen leaving home for the doctor.

The two women were last seen arriving home from the doctor, after which they were never seen again.

Patricia Laxer - also tall (for a woman) at 5'7", 145 lbs. disappeared in Aug. 1997 after confirmed arriving home from a doctor visit.

At 5'5", 155 lbs., Goldie Swanger was slightly tall for a woman; she too was confirmed as having arrived home from the doctor's just before she disappeared that same month.

As with the two men, neither Laxer nor Swanger is described as having any serious disability.

Is a serial murderer preying on elderly Jews in Los Angeles? Not exactly what a city wants in a travel guide!

If you have any idea what happened to any of these people, the Los Angeles police missing-persons unit would like to hear from you at 213-485-5381.

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There's also a person in that thread that claims to be Goldie's granddaughter, and adds her suspicions about the person who reported her grandmother missing—which leads me to ask who reported Richard Davison, and the other two individuals as missing.

It's interesting that the men were last seen leaving home for the doctor, but the women disappeared after returning from the doctor. So who reported the women missing? Loved ones? But that would conflict with Goldie's granddaughter's testimony. And if they made it home safely, how did they disappear? Were they lured back out somehow?

I also don't know what to make of all four being Jewish. Was this a Jewish hospital? A predominantly Jewish neighborhood? Actually, did all four individuals live near each other? Is this Holocaust-related somehow (since all would've technically been alive during that time)?

 

[Caring1]

Richard Dean Davison has been added to NamUs. However, the circumstances surrounding his disappearance are different than listed above.



“Davison was last seen when he left his residence on the 7900 block of Belton Dr, Los Angeles on October 29, 1997, at approximately 0830 hrs. His vehicle was found at the docks in Marina Del Rey, and his boat, Venturess III, was missing. A witness saw Davison get underway on his boat at 1200 hrs on October 29. On October 30, LASD found the boat grounded on Dockwieler State Beach with no one aboard. The boat's navigation equipment was in the "on" position, it was not in gear, the ignition was shut off, and the auto-pilot system was on. The pilot side door was open, and the boat's inflatable was missing. The pilot navigation system indicated a last course of (211) degrees from Marina Del Rey. A search of the area yielded negative results”

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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