CA CA - Michael Bruce Gove, 41, Sunset Beach, 5 Sep 1988

[Atombudd]

Michael Bruce Gove

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Gove, circa 1988

• Missing Since 09/05/1988
• Missing From Orange County, California
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Male
• Race White
• Date of Birth 08/03/1947 (74)
• Age 41 years old
• Height and Weight 5'9, 150 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry Description A plaid shirt, blue jeans and white Reebok sneakers.
• Medical Conditions Gove was addicted to cocaine at the time of his 1988 disappearance. He also smoked marijuana.
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Gove may have a mustache. He wears contact lenses. Gove's nickname is Mike.

Details of Disappearance
Gove was last seen at the Sunset Beach casino in Orange County, California on September 5, 1988. He disappeared under suspicious circumstances and has never been heard from again. His case remains unsolved and foul play is suspected.
Michael Bruce Gove – The Charley Project

Circumstances of Disappearance Michael Gove was last seen in Sunset Beach, CA on September 5, 1988, when he left for a trip to Las Vegas, NV. He checked out of his hotel on Sept. 9, 1988, and has not been seen or heard from since.
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
786DMCA - Michael Bruce Gove
Michael Bruce Gove

 

[ProductiveOne]

Michael Bruce Gove's case, and an unidentified's case were submitted to Namus, and both investigating agencies. Details here (Warning: mild post-mortem in spoiler):

NY - NY - Brooklyn, WhtMale, 45-65, UP9526, found unresponsive on a bench, Nov'89

 

[HopeRains]

Map from Sunset Beach, CA to Las Vegas, NV (which Namus reports he checked out of his hotel from). No vehicle mentioned.

 

[spartanx]

I have the impression that this man was a gambler... he liked to gamble on liquor, maybe drugs too... generally it is a dangerous life because where there is gambling money there is always someone who wants revenge for having lost... perhaps he is in the nevada desert...
either way
rest in peace

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Michael Bruce Gove – The Charley Project