CA CA - Andrew Scott Ewing, 20, San Francisco, 8 December 1976

[theshadow45]

Andrew has been missing for 48 years today.

 

[DD Byrd]

It's also possible he had a "destination suicide" in mind. Maybe he intended to hitchhike to San Francisco to jump off the Golden Gate. I can see bringing the .357 along in case he balked at the jump. Either way, if he had mental illness, it's hard to say what he was thinking (or thought he was thinking). I still believe if he wasn't seen hitchhiking, his body is potentially closer to home.

 

[Brightchaser47]

Ordinarily I wouldn't consider suicide in a hitchhiking case, but the fact that Andrew took a gun with him stood out to me. I guess he could've taken it for protection, but it's my understanding that hitchhiking was common in the '70s. Out of all the hitchhiking cases I've read on here, this is the first I've seen that mentions the hitchhiker taking a weapon. Additionally, Andrew "may suffer from mental illness," so I think suicide unfortunately is a possibility.

I agree. I'm wondering if maybe the suspected mental illness was taking a toll on him physically. Also, we don't know what possible relationship problems he may have been having (rejection, bad break-up the family was unaware of, etc.) jmo