vermontaigne
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I know that the time frame's not good from an estimated PMI point of view, but here's a candidate:
Half a tank would have been enough to get him to Falmouth from Paintsville, about 2 hours 4o minutes away, assuming the roads were as they are today, more or less. What happened to the car is a bit of a mystery.
- Missing Since 07/03/1990
- Missing From Johnson County, Kentucky
- Classification Endangered Missing
- SexMale
- RaceWhite
- Date of Birth 01/21/1947 (73)
- Age 43 years old
- Height and Weight 6'1, 208 pounds
- Medical Conditions Hale was being treated for a brain aneurysm at the time of his disappearance, and had an open skull injury. He has also previously suffered a stroke. He had seizures, severe headaches, muscular weakness especially in his legs, poor coordination, memory loss, a paralyzed throat that caused him to choke easily, drastic mood swings, and double vision at the time he vanished, and he responded slowly. He needs multiple medications and round-the-clock are to control his conditions. He is classified as disabled.
- Distinguishing CharacteristicsCaucasian male. Gray hair, brown eyes. Hale may spell his name "Ruble." He has previously fractured his skull and his arm. His gallbladder is missing. Hale's left arm is crippled. He has scars on his head and abdomen and a discoloration on his right cheek. Hale smoked cigarettes in 1990.
Hale was last seen at the Paintsville Health Care Center, a nursing home in Johnson County, Kentucky, on July 3, 1990. He disappeared at around 10:25 a.m., at the same time that a 1988 Ford Tempo was stolen from the parking lot of Druther’s Restaurant, next door to the nursing home.
Witnesses reported a gray-haired man with eyeglasses drove the vehicle south towards Prestonsburg, Kentucky. Police suspected Hale stole the car, but his caregivers say he would have been physically incapable of driving far, especially without his medication.
Hale did not have his medicine with him at the time of his disappearance, and he had only $2 in cash. He received disability payments and never cashed his last check. The Ford he allegedly took had half a tank of gasoline at the time it was stolen.
Witnesses reported a gray-haired man with eyeglasses drove the vehicle south towards Prestonsburg, Kentucky. Police suspected Hale stole the car, but his caregivers say he would have been physically incapable of driving far, especially without his medication.
Hale did not have his medicine with him at the time of his disappearance, and he had only $2 in cash. He received disability payments and never cashed his last check. The Ford he allegedly took had half a tank of gasoline at the time it was stolen.
Half a tank would have been enough to get him to Falmouth from Paintsville, about 2 hours 4o minutes away, assuming the roads were as they are today, more or less. What happened to the car is a bit of a mystery.
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depression is horrible.
