AL AL - Joseph Maples, 46, Birmingham, 11 Aug 1999

[dreamweaver]

Joseph Mack Maples:
He went missing from Birmingham, AL, 8/11/1999.
He was last seen at the airport. He boarded a flight to Dallas, TX.
He worked in real estate.
He left his car parked at the Birmingham, AL airport.

LE info is that he told local Humane Society he had to leave the area and wanted them to take all his possessions and his two dogs.

His mother and sister died prior to his disappearance.

Links:
http://www.nampn.org/cases/maples_joseph.html

http://community.dps.alabama.gov/Pages/wfAlertFlyer.aspx?ID=cc03b1ca-6d56-4cff-a65e-029353c5518d

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/maples_joseph.html

There is not a lot of information out there about Joseph Maples.

**note: cklee: A friend of Mr Maples, a new poster, asked me how to start a thread for him.
Hope we can find some answers.

new poster: cklee
WELCOME to WS, cklee.

 

[dreamweaver]

cklee:
If you are a friend of Joseph Maples, do you have knowledge of his SSN?
If so, you can ask LE to run his ssn number and see if it has been used.

Do you know if police ever found out for sure he arrived in Dallas?

 

[Kat]

Bump

Joseph has been missing 11 years today. Come home soon.

 

[Kat]

Joseph's NamUs profile:

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/4794/77/

 

[JerseyGirl]

still missing: http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/09/where_are_they_now_missing_peo.html#19

 

[CastlesBurning]

Bumping for Joe as we approach the 21st anniversary of his disappearance

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[Atombudd]

Joe used to own a construction company back in the 80's

Maples Construction Company, Inc. - AlabamaCorporates – Company Profiles of Alabama

 

[Pennysmom1]

Joseph Mack Maples – The Charley Project

<<The circumstances surrounding Maples's disappearance are unclear. His father died when Maples was very young, and his mother and sister had also died prior to his disappearance. He had stated that Birmingham had unhappy associations for him due to his deceased family, and some of his loved ones feel he left of his own accord because of this.

However, Maples's extended family stated it is uncharacteristic of him to be out of touch with them for so long. He was unmarried and worked in real estate at the time of his 1999 disappearance. His case remains unsolved.>>

 

[Pennysmom1]

Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Online Services

app.alea.gov

<<JOSEPH may be in need of medical attention>>

Joseph Mack Maples - Alabama Missing Person Directory

Details and Pictures of Joseph Mack Maples, Missing since August 1999

www.missingin.org

3308DMAL - Joseph Mack Maples

Name: Joseph Mack Maples
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: August 11, 1999
Location Last Seen: Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama

Physical Description​

Date of Birth: April 27, 1953
Age: 46 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 175 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unspecified medical condition. He had shoulder surgery in the past, possibly on the rotator cup. May have heart problems.

Identifiers​

Dentals: Not available
Fingerprints: Not available
DNA: Not available

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance​

Joseph Mack Maples, known as Joe, was last seen in Birmingham before boarding a plane to Dallas, Texas. He left everything he had to the Humane Society in Birmingham. He told the director there that he was leaving town and he wanted them to have his things, including his two dogs.

Investigating Agency(s)​

Agency Name: Birmingham Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Detective Cheryl Garvich
Agency Phone Number: 205-297-8413
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: Unknown

NamUs Case Number: 4794
NCIC Case Number: M812193858

Information Source(s)​

NamUs
NAMPN
Alabama Department of Public Safety

Admin Notes​

Added: 10/25/08; Last Updated: 11-13-2021 - By: Htmlcnvtr

 

[DannyRichard2006!]

is he related to John Maples, who was also from Alabama and disappeared almost a decade earlier?


I read that he had a wife and only a daughter, but perhaps he had a son from a previous marriage. They were both involved in construction-related businesses.

John Maples