AZ AZ- Reinhold Kirchner, 61, Coconino County, 4 Apr 2007

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Missing Person / NamUs #MP35447

View NamUs missing person case MP35447 for Reinhard Kirchner missing from Coconino County, Arizona. Date of last contact: Apr 04, 2007. NCMEC case number: --.

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Missing Age 61 Years​

Current Age 79 Years​

First Name Reinhard​

Middle Name --​

Last Name Kirchner​

Nickname/Alias --​

Sex Male​

Race / Ethnicity White / Caucasian​

Height 5'-10" - (70 - inches) --​

Weight 160 - lbs --​

Tribe Enrollment/Affiliation --​

Associated Tribe(s) --​

Circumstances​

Date of Last Contact April 4, 2007​

NamUs Case Created September 27, 2016​

Last Known Location (Map)​

Location Coconino County, Arizona --​

County Coconino County​

Missing From Tribal Land Yes​

Primary Residence on Tribal Land --​

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Circumstances of Disappearance​

Kirchner was last seen in Coconino County, Arizona in early April 2007. He was hiking a remote section of the Navajo Reservation. Reinhard is an experienced hiker who was in good physical condition and hiked extensively in the Colorado Plateau area. He carried a day pack, hiking stick and a camera in black case when he went hiking. He failed to show in Las Vegas for an 4/9/07 meeting, and was reported missing. No one has seen or heard from him since that date.​

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Physical Description​

Hair Color Gray or Partially Gray​

Head Hair Description Brown going gray​

Body Hair Description --​

Facial Hair Description --​

Left Eye Color Brown​

Right Eye Color Brown​

Eye Description ----​

"Accessories" Walking stick, camera in black case and day back pack

"Clothing" Earth tone hiking pants with green or tan shirt.​

Reinhard Kirchner — Locations Unknown

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<<Kirchner was last seen in Coconino County, Arizona in early April 2007. He worked as a physicist back in Germany and had visited the United States many times before. He was hiking a remote section of the Navajo Reservation. He’s an experienced hiker who was in good physical condition and hiked extensively in the Colorado Plateau area.​

Kirchner failed to meet his girlfriend in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 9. The search for him began on April 12. That day his rented truck was found near the rim of the Little Colorado River Gorge, west of Tuba City, about two miles from Hell Hole Bend.​

There are many sinkholes in the area which, especially at night, would be difficult to see and easy to fall into. The sinkholes were deemed too dangerous to search personally, although searchers did look in them with cameras. An extensive search, lasting six days and covering 56 square miles of territory, turned up no other sign of him.​

Kirchner’s case remains unsolved; he is presumed to have gotten lost in the area.>>​