CA CA - Ronald Dean LaValley missing from Boulder Creek since January 7, 1988

[MadMcGoo]

908DMCA - Ronald Dean La Valley

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) MP1420

Ronald Dean La Valley Jr. – The Charley Project

Ronald Dean La Valley

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Ronald “Ronnie” Dean La Valley Jr.​

Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: January 07, 1988
Location Last Seen: Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California
Date of Birth: January 2, 1968
Age: 20 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 160 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Scar on the right cheek, Pierced left ear.
Clothing/Jewelry: Unknown

Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Available
DNA: Available

Circumstances of Disappearance:
La Valley was last seen at his residence in the 400 block of Midway Ranch Road in Boulder Creek, California on January 25, 1988. He lived there with two friends. He has never been heard from again.

His roommates provided several different stories as to what had happened to him. At one point they said he'd been abducted and murdered by "biker types", a story one of them later characterized as just a "bad dream." Another another time they said he had moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, a story that turned out to be false. His roommates told police that La Valley had been using cocaine and marijuana regularly and that he was involved in small-time burglaries. His father knew La Valley smoked marijuana, but says it was for medicinal purposes.

La Valley was reportedly involved in a small marijuana trafficking operation at the time of his disappearance, and may have had knowledge of an arson fire in Santa Cruz, California that destroyed five businesses, including one owned by one of his roommates. Before he went missing, his family had seen him with large amounts of cash which he refused to account for.

He's considered missing under suspicious circumstances and foul play is suspected in his case.

Investigating Agency:
Agency Name: Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: Investigator Donna Rodoni
Agency Phone Number: 831-454-7649
Agency E-Mail: [email protected]
Agency Case Number: 889925
NCIC Case Number: M400850101

 

[MadMcGoo]

Santa Cruz Sentinel 07 Feb 1992, page Page 1 - Newspapers.com

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[spartanx]

I have the impression that Ronald's roommates colluded with the drug dealers that Ronald was providing services to... it could also be that they wanted to get him out of the business and out of the room and a good way was to kill him... they probably drugged him into an overdose and he died or they beat him to death or shot him in the head...
again and unfortunately drugs only lead to your own destruction and death... I don't think he was a bad guy, just that he associated with the wrong people...
whatever the case
rest in peace