CA CA - Danny Michael, 44, Mendocino County, 3 April 1995

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Danny Ray Michael
Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Case # 95-1595
Date of birth: 15 November 1950
Residence: 46000 block Fisherman Drive, Laytonville, CA

Danny is a white male, 5 feet 6 inches tall, with blue eyes and brown hair. His photo depicts him with a “caterpillar” mustache that extends slightly below his mouth's corners. He works as an automotive mechanic.

On 3 April 1995, Danny left his home in Laytonville. He told a relative that he was going to drive north along Hwy 101 to Garberville.

Danny's sister, Hopland CA resident AC, claims Danny was seen in Laytonville on 8 April. However, the person who found Danny's truck at Third Gate on Sherwood Road south of Laytonville said the Ford pickup truck was there as early as 3 April.The Third Gate resident towed Danny's vandalized truck to his residence on 20 April. When paperwork was found in the truck, the finder used the found information to contact Danny's mother on 21 April 1995. The next day, Danny was reported missing. Mendocino County Search and Rescue searched the Third Gate area for Danny without success.

According to AC, Danny had just installed a new stereo in his truck. She said the vehicle was found with keys in the the ignition. The Mendocino County Sheriff's Office stored the truck, then processed it as a crime scene.

Note: So how much was the crime scene truck befouled by the towing effort by the Third Gate finder? Was the stereo stolen from it?

LE contact information

Information concerning this case may be called in to the MCSO Tipline at 707-234-2100. Their Investigative Services Bureau may be emailed at [email protected]. The Sheriff's Office can also be reached at 951 Low Gap Road, Ukiah, CA 95482.

Sources

Ukiah (CA) Daily Journal, 30 April 1995: https://www.newspapers.com/image/1998114

The Anderson Valley (CA) Advertiser, 10October 2015:
http://theava.com/archives/48647#2

The Willits (CA) News, 7 October 2015:
http://www.willitsnews.com/general-...oking-for-missing-persons-in-mendocino-county

The Fort Bragg (CA) Advocate News, 14 April 2016: http://advocate-news.com/article/NM/20160414/NEWS/160419995

California Department of Justice website: http://dojapp.doj.ca.gove/missing/detail.asp?FCN=3319511200440

The Charley Project website: http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/michael_danny.html

Mendocino County Sheriff's Office website: http://www.mendocinosheriff.com/missing/
 
Missing person cases in Mendocino and Lake counties

Danny Ray Michael was last seen April 22, 1995. He was born in 1950 and described as 5-foot-6, 150 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. Anyone with information about Michael’s location is asked to contact the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office at 707-463-4095 and reference case number 951595.

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I have the impression that this man was the victim of foul play or perhaps he took part in some crime or offense or perhaps he rebuilt his life in another place...
whatever he is rest in peace
 

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Michael, circa 1995
  • Missing Since 04/03/1995
  • Missing From Laytonville, California
  • Classification Endangered Missing
  • Sex Male
  • Race White
  • Date of Birth 11/25/1950 (72)
  • Age 44 years old
  • Height and Weight 5'6, 150 pounds
  • Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes.

Details of Disappearance​

Michael was last seen in the 46000 block of Fisherman Drive in Laytonville, California on on April 3, 1995. He told a family member he was going to drive to Garberville, California. He has never been heard from again.

On April 21, a Laytonville resident notified Michael's family that his vehicle had been found abandoned on Sherwood Road in Willits, California on April 3 and was finally towed on April 20. There was no indication of his whereabouts at the scene. Few details are available in his case.

Some agencies give the date of Michael's disappearance as April 22, 1995.

Investigating Agency​

  • Mendocino County Sheriff's Office 707-463-4095

Source Information​

Updated 2 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated May 21, 2011; date of disappearance corrected, details of disappearance updated.
 

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