CA CA - Blake Royse Nex, 37, Claremont, 20 March 1993

[chaddylex]

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Missing Person / NamUs #MP142784
Blake Royse Nex, Male, White / Caucasian

Case Information​

Demographics​

Missing Age 37 Years
Current Age 69 Years
Legal First Name Blake
Middle Name Royse
Legal Last Name Nex
Chosen Name/Nickname/Alias Blake Lester Martin

Biological Sex Male
Height6' 2" (74 Inches)
Weight175 lbs
Race / Ethnicity White / Caucasian

Circumstances​

Date of Last Contact March 20, 1993
NamUs Case Created April 28, 2025

Last Known Location​

Location Claremont, California
County Los Angeles County
Missing From Tribal Land No
Primary Residence on Tribal Land No
Circumstances of Disappearance Blake Royse Nex was last seen in March 1993 in Claremont, California, where he rented a house in the Palmer Canyon area. After he stopped contacting his family, which was out of character for him, they visited his home and found it undisturbed, and with Blake's cat left behind.

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Circumstance Notes​

CA Attorney General MUPS website: Blake Royse Nex

Physical Description​

Hair Color Brown
Head Hair Description--
Body Hair Description--
Facial Hair Description--
Left Eye Color Brown
Right Eye Color Brown

 

[chaddylex]

I found a website for Blake - he has people actively looking for him.

What happened to Blake Nex? | Missing Person

Blake vanished from Claremont in Los Angeles County on March 20, 1993, at age 37. There’s reason to believe he didn’t walk away willingly. Help us solve this 31-year mystery. Any detail could break the case. | What happened to Blake Nex? See more at www.findblakenex.com.

www.findblakenex.com

 

[Iknewit80]

He's the missing person of the week at the Charley Project

The Charley Project

 

[Iknewit80]

I found a website for Blake - he has people actively looking for him.

What happened to Blake Nex? | Missing Person

Blake vanished from Claremont in Los Angeles County on March 20, 1993, at age 37. There’s reason to believe he didn’t walk away willingly. Help us solve this 31-year mystery. Any detail could break the case. | What happened to Blake Nex? See more at www.findblakenex.com.

www.findblakenex.com

How incredibly frustrating for the family. From the picture of him, I thought he was in the military.

Other than he was an adult, was there something else happening that law enforcement just refused to investigate this? even decades later? not even list him in NAMUS? My conspiracy sirens are going off.

 

[Bolloxology]

Hi everyone, I'm the one who created the website for Blake and would like to announce that The Vanished will feature Blake's case in an upcoming episode. The interviews with friends and family are almost done and the episode will provide many new details that aren't mentioned on the website yet, so keep an eye out for that. Thanks, OP, for creating a thread for Blake!

 

[chaddylex]

The Vanished Podcast just released the first of a 2 part episode about Blake's disappearance.

EPISODE 498: Blake Nex Part 1 - The Spark — The Vanished Podcast

In March of 1993, 37-year-old Blake Nex vanished from his home in Claremont, California. Blake’s family grew concerned when they couldn’t reach him, so a relative went to check his house. At first glance, nothing seemed amiss. There were no signs of a struggle or forced entry, but the scene inside B

www.thevanishedpodcast.com

In March of 1993, 37-year-old Blake Nex vanished from his home in Claremont, California. Blake’s family grew concerned when they couldn’t reach him, so a relative went to check his house. At first glance, nothing seemed amiss. There were no signs of a struggle or forced entry, but the scene inside Blake’s home told an even stranger story. Groceries were still sitting on the counter, as if Blake had just come home from the store and been plucked out of his life in the middle of an ordinary day. His cats were left behind to fend for themselves, along with five hundred dollars in cash, but Blake himself was nowhere to be found.

A couple of weeks later, Blake’s truck turned up in the parking lot of a local airport. No one could say when it had been left there or by whom. Then, after his disappearance, Blake’s home was broken into. An answering machine, toolbox, and several expensive bicycles were stolen, only adding to the mystery.

When Blake’s family reported him missing, they felt the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department brushed off their concerns. At the time, department policies didn’t require them to take reports for missing adults, and they considered Blake to be voluntarily missing. Nearly two decades would slip by before law enforcement finally took up the case. By then, Blake’s trail had gone ice cold. Any evidence that could have revealed what happened to Blake was already gone, swallowed by time and by the investigation that never began.

Now, decades later, Blake's loved ones are determined to reignite the search for answers, holding onto the hope that the truth about his disappearance can still be uncovered.

If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Blake Nex, please contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department at (323) 890-5500.

For more information, visit https://www.findblakenex.com, where you can learn more about his case and reach out to his loved ones who are still searching for answers.

 

[RobbyDel]

I just listened to the excellent first part of the Blake Nex episode released by The Vanished podcast. I hope the additional attention given to his disappearance will generate new leads.

I went over to the NamUs listing for Blake Nex and looked at the exemptions. To my surprise, the only exemption listed is from an unidentified case from my hometown of Merced. I actually wrote two different Medium posts about this - this person is identified but the next of kin hasn't been alerted.

My immediate thought after looking at the NamUs case for Nex was about a John Doe discovered at an airport hotel next to LAX airport in 1993. This John Doe is shorter - so I doubt this is Nex, but one thing I know from all of these cases is that families judge missing family members to be taller than they actually are, and that people routinely over-state their height on government identification forms.

Anyways, The Vanished podcast episode is very interesting and worth a listen.

 

[Bolloxology]

I just listened to the excellent first part of the Blake Nex episode released by The Vanished podcast. I hope the additional attention given to his disappearance will generate new leads.

I went over to the NamUs listing for Blake Nex and looked at the exemptions. To my surprise, the only exemption listed is from an unidentified case from my hometown of Merced. I actually wrote two different Medium posts about this - this person is identified but the next of kin hasn't been alerted.

My immediate thought after looking at the NamUs case for Nex was about a John Doe discovered at an airport hotel next to LAX airport in 1993. This John Doe is shorter - so I doubt this is Nex, but one thing I know from all of these cases is that families judge missing family members to be taller than they actually are, and that people routinely over-state their height on government identification forms.

Anyways, The Vanished podcast episode is very interesting and worth a listen.

Thank you, Robby! It was me who handed in the Merced case. After I'd submitted it for comparison, I came across your posts about the guy and saw that he had already been identified. About the height: I agree with your statement that families tend to assume taller heights, but it's the other way around in Blake's case. In the few official listings, his height is stated as 6'2'', but Royse insists he wasn't that tall and that he was probably about 6'.