AL AL - Ronald Dumas, 37, Huntsville, 15 Dec 2024

[mlhenn]

https://whnt.com/news/huntsville/missing-huntsville-real-estate-agent-was-still-traveling-west-after-car-was-found-cell-location-history-shows/

 

[PommyMommy]

I-40 Westbound, mile marker 133 - looks like the first exit after the TN river

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From Huntsville to mile marker 133 is about a three-hour drive

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[bitesizedcrime]

I am curious about the fact that the vehicle was impounded so quickly after being reported as abandoned. Usually it takes hours if not days for abandoned vehicles to be towed off the interstate, and they are not usually taken to the police impound lot. RD hadn’t even been reported missing at that point. Does anyone have any insight?

 

[mlhenn]

https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/police-missing-alabama-mans-phone-pinged-60-miles-west-from-where-car-was-found/

A Huntsville real estate agent who disappeared last week might have made it to Jackson, Tennessee, just minutes after his car was found about 60 miles away.

“We have reason to believe that he made it to Jackson, Tennessee. His phone location history shows that on Dec. 16th, just after 7 a.m., his phone was on I-40 just outside of Jackson, TN,” HPD told News 19.

 

[mlhenn]

Missing Alabama man's car found abandoned in Middle Tennessee

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The car of a missing 37-year-old Alabama man is found on I-40 in Middle Tennessee.Ronald "Ronnie" Dumas, Jr., last spoke with a family membe

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Additional article from today, Dec 26

 

[PommyMommy]

DEC 26, 2024

Family sets up search for missing Huntsville Realtor Ronald Dumas Jr.

If you were with him the night he disappeared or have any information you think could help in this case, please contact Inv. Gibbs at 256-427-5448.

www.waaytv.com

The family of Ronald Dumas Jr., the missing Huntsville-area Realtor and father of three, is organizing a search for him on Sunday.

It’ll be in Tennessee near the areas where his vehicle was recovered and his phone is last known to have pinged, according to organizers Blunt Force Media. Sign up to volunteer HERE

Search party to travel to Tennessee as Ronald Dumas, Jr. is officially added to Alabama Missing Persons List

It's been over a week since 37-year-old Ronald "Ronnie" Dumas, Jr. was last seen or heard from.

www.rocketcitynow.com

The group organizing search parties says they are seeking people able to search in two-hour, half-day, or full-day shifts. More information can be found at this link.

 

[Sherlock1842]

Really strange. He had a working phone, yet it doesn't sound like he called or texted anyone to tell them his car had broken down. What if he was intoxicated and walked much further than expected?

Apparently his phone pinged 60 miles away in Jackson, TN and a search is planned in that area soon. I guess the question is whether or not he is/was with his phone.

 

[Sherlock1842]

DEC 26, 2024

Family sets up search for missing Huntsville Realtor Ronald Dumas Jr.

If you were with him the night he disappeared or have any information you think could help in this case, please contact Inv. Gibbs at 256-427-5448.

www.waaytv.com

The family of Ronald Dumas Jr., the missing Huntsville-area Realtor and father of three, is organizing a search for him on Sunday.

It’ll be in Tennessee near the areas where his vehicle was recovered and his phone is last known to have pinged, according to organizers Blunt Force Media. Sign up to volunteer HERE

Search party to travel to Tennessee as Ronald Dumas, Jr. is officially added to Alabama Missing Persons List

It's been over a week since 37-year-old Ronald "Ronnie" Dumas, Jr. was last seen or heard from.

www.rocketcitynow.com

The group organizing search parties says they are seeking people able to search in two-hour, half-day, or full-day shifts. More information can be found at this link.

Thanks for posting this, I’ve signed up to search.

 

[Sherlock1842]

Search party to travel to Tennessee as Ronald Dumas, Jr. is officially added to Alabama Missing Persons List

It's been over a week since 37-year-old Ronald "Ronnie" Dumas, Jr. was last seen or heard from.

www.rocketcitynow.com

The group organizing search parties says they are seeking people able to search in two-hour, half-day, or full-day shifts. More information can be found at this link.

This is another link to the search on Sunday. I’m about 2 hours from Jackson so I signed up. Many thanks to PommyMommy for the original post about the search.

 

[Marysmith]

Search party to travel to Tennessee as Ronald Dumas, Jr. is officially added to Alabama Missing Persons List

It's been over a week since 37-year-old Ronald "Ronnie" Dumas, Jr. was last seen or heard from.

www.rocketcitynow.com

The group organizing search parties says they are seeking people able to search in two-hour, half-day, or full-day shifts. More information can be found at this link.

This is another link to the search on Sunday. I’m about 2 hours from Jackson so I signed up. Many thanks to PommyMommy for the original post about the search.

That's so nice of you! I hope some clue is found as to what happened to him!

 

[PommyMommy]

Thanks for posting this, I’ve signed up to search.

You're awesome, thank you!!!

 

[bitesizedcrime]

Do they know why he was in Tennessee? If he was three hours away from home in Huntsville at 6am, he must have had a reason.

 

[PommyMommy]

DEC 26, 2024

Missing Huntsville realtor's family arranges search party, offers reward in efforts to find him

Ronald Dumas, Jr's family is offering a $2,500 reward for information about his disappearance and is organizing a search party for this Sunday, December 29th in Tennessee.

www.waaytv.com

... his family will form a search party this Sunday, December 29th. They want to see how they can help Huntsville Police and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation find more clues.

"They are relying on tips from the public to lead them," said Styles, referring to HPD. "So, we'd like to assist them by just talking to local people who are in maybe gas stations or businesses along that area, who may have seen him."

 

[PommyMommy]

Here is a photo of what his vehicle looks like which might help jog someone's memory.

• 2021 black Hyundai Palisade, AL tag 47AUW1E

Image source: Family of Missing Alabama Realtor Organizes Search in Tennessee

https://www.facebook.com/HuntsvillePoliceDepartment/posts/994081386096775

 

[Sherlock1842]

They don’t know that he was in Tennessee that’s just where his phone was pinging.

 

[bitesizedcrime]

They don’t know that he was in Tennessee that’s just where his phone was pinging.

Somehow his phone and car ended up in Tennessee, with or without him. That seems to be central to the mystery of his whereabouts.

 

[Sherlock1842]

Somehow his phone and car ended up in Tennessee, with or without him. That seems to be central to the mystery of his whereabouts.

Ah yes, that’s true thanks for clarifying. The phone pinged 60 miles from where the car was found, and both in Tennessee. Not sure why I had it in my mind that his car was found in Alabama.

 

[mlhenn]

Missing Alabama man may be in West Tennessee

HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? A $2,5000 reward has been offered for information that helps find an Alabama man whose car was found abandoned on the side of the road in Jackson, Tennessee.

www.fox13memphis.com

There is a $2,500 reward for information that helps find Dumas.

Huntsville Police said Dumas drove to Middle Tennessee, then drove west and left his car on the side of the road. Cell phone records show that he kept heading west and made it as far as Jackson before his phone turned off.

 

[Sherlock1842]

I-40 Westbound, mile marker 133 - looks like the first exit after the TN river

Street View · Google Maps

Explore a place in a more immersive way in Google Maps.

www.google.com

From Huntsville to mile marker 133 is about a three-hour drive

Huntsville to I-40

www.google.com

Adding Jackson, TN

Huntsville to Jackson

www.google.com

This is amazing info you are a rock star!

 

[Sherlock1842]

Really strange. He had a working phone, yet it doesn't sound like he called or texted anyone to tell them his car had broken down. What if he was intoxicated and walked much further than expected?

That’s the direction I’m taking it, too. He could be in a wooded area around where his car broke down, how thoroughly was that area searched? It’s possible he dropped his phone when he got out of the car (and didn’t know it), started walking, and someone stopped and found his phone and took it with them. To me, that makes more sense than he traveled 60 miles and hasn’t contacted anybody at all.