AZ AZ - Fred Conklin, 30, Tucson, 1 May 1993

[Tuck]

Name - Fred William Conklin

Last Seen - 05/01/1993

Missing From - Picture Rocks, Arizona

Age - 30 (according to the Tucson Citizen and the Arizona Republic) or 33 (according to Namus)

Race - White

Sex - Male

Hair Color - Brown

Eye Color - Brown

Height - 70

Weight - 165

Medical Details - Tattoo on upper left arm (design unknown) and retained deciduous teeth.

Clothing - N/A

Circumstances - The missing person vanished from his shared residence in Tucson after an argument with a roommate regarding either drugs or money. He was never reported missing by family, and it wasn't until three years later that authorities began to investigate the possibility of foul play. According to an anonymous caller, the missing person was shot in the back by the roommate at their share-house shortly after he was released on parole from Connecticut following a charge for transporting marijuana. The missing person to date has not been located, but his body is believed to have been dumped in a mine shaft in the Silver Bell Mountains east of Marana.

 

[Coffee56]

http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/1997/03/29/10225-tucson-man-charged-in-93-slaying-of-his-roommate/

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/show/42752

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[CastlesBurning]

Bumping for Fred...it's now been over 27 years.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Fred is still listed as missing

Missing Person / NamUs #MP42752

View NamUs missing person case MP42752 for Fred William Conklin missing from Tucson, Arizona. Date of last contact: May 01, 1993. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

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Conklin, circa 1993

<<Details of Disappearance​

Conklin was last seen in Tucson, Arizona sometime during the summer 1993; his five-year-old son, who lived with his mother, saw him in June or July of that year, when Conklin took him to see a movie and then to the toy store. He has never been heard from again.

In May 1996, authorities got a tip that Conklin's roommate, Jeffrey Davis, had killed him at their residence in the 9000 block of west Picture Rocks Road. He was arrested for the murder in March 1997. Authorities believe he shot Conklin in the back during an argument about money and drugs.

Davis was tried in early 1998. Two witnesses, friends of his, testified that they helped him bury Conklin's body, and a third witness testified that Davis told him about digging up Conklin's remains and re-burying them elsewhere. Despite the lack of physical evidence, the jury deliberated only three hours before convicting him of first-degree murder.

Authorities searched mine shafts in the Silver Bell Mountains for Conklin's body, but found nothing. Foul play is suspected in his case due to the circumstances involved.>>