Last July, the 76-year-old, Dennis Day, vanished. Day was last seen on his driveway saying he was going to visit friends, but that’s the last anyone ever saw of him.
The former actor and Mouseketeer was living with his partner of over forty years.
They had with a third roommate whose name appears in a letter supposedly written by Day, later found at a neighbor’s home after he disappeared. “…that basically said that the roommate had assaulted him on an occasion,” said police. However, police say there’s no evidence to support that.
Day’s car also went missing eventually found by police along the coast with two people inside who were unfamiliar to Day and his partner. And again, police say it didn’t lead anywhere.
With no new leads or tips, police say it’s possible Day left voluntarily.
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Dennis Day, left, and his husband, Ernie Caswell.
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In early January of 2019, one of Dennis’s family members, who lives in Oregon, turned on his local NBC channel and
saw a report that would shock the family: Dennis was missing -- and hadn’t been heard from in six months.
When his sister called the police, she learned Dennis’s husband Ernie had been the one to report Dennis, now 76, missing in late July of 2018. “Ernie was in the hospital at that time, and he realized Dennis hadn’t come to visit him in a few weeks,” Nelda told Dateline. “So he had someone from the hospital call the police and report Dennis as missing.”
Police said they hadn’t contacted Dennis’s family because they didn’t have any record of family other than Dennis’s husband, Ernie. Ernie, in the hospital with dementia, wasn’t able to provide contact information for Dennis’s family, who live in California.
“Dennis had a car, but the car was left behind. He left his dog and his cat behind, too – he loved them dearly, just like children.”
Though Dennis and Ernie’s roommate told police Dennis had left on foot, Dennis’s car was found along the Oregon coast shortly after his disappearance. Inside the car
were two people Dennis did not know. It’s unclear how they gained access to Dennis’s car.
None of Dennis’s accounts or credit cards have been used since he disappeared. Dennis did not use social media and had a pre-paid cell phone.
Dennis’s husband Ernie has since been released from the hospital and is in an assisted living facility.
Dennis Day, left, and his sister, Nelda Adkins.
Family searching for original Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer Dennis Day, missing from Oregon since July 2018
