CA CA- Steven Lincoln Lombard, 34, Merced, 17 Dec 1993

[Pennysmom1]

Strange circumstances

Steven Lincoln Lombard – The Charley Project

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Lombard, circa 1993

• Missing Since 12/17/1993
• Missing From Merced, California
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Male
• Race White
• Date of Birth 10/30/1959 (63)
• Age 34 years old
• Height and Weight 5'9, 140 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry Description A blue t-shirt and blue jeans.
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• Associated Vehicle(s ) Maroon and white 1965 Ford F-250 pickup truck (accounted for)
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• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Lombard had a light red mustache at the time of his disappearance.

Details of Disappearance​

Lombard was last seen in Merced, California on December 17, 1993. He left his home to go to a towing yard on Yosemite Park Way. He planned to pick up his paycheck and do shopping for Christmas, then meet his wife.

He did arrive at work, but was unable to collect his check due to a clerical error. He never returned home and has never been heard from again. Lombard resided on Langtry Avenue, northwest of Merced, at the time of his disappearance. His hobbies include panning for gold in Mariposa County.

Just two hours before Lombard disappeared, his co-worker, Paul Armstrong, vanished from his home in Merced. The men were both employed as tow truck drivers for RTS Towing, but they were not close to each other and their loved ones do not believe they would have gone anywhere together. Investigators are unsure whether their cases are related.

Lombard's maroon and white 1965 Ford F-250 pickup truck was found abandoned in a K-Mart parking lot in south Merced following his disappearance. There was a cup of coffee on the console, the truck's keys were inside, the windows were rolled down and the door was left unlocked, which is uncharacteristic of Lombard.

Armstrong and Lombard are considered to be missing under suspicious circumstances; their cases are being investigated as homicides. Armstrong reportedly believed his coworkers were engaged in illegal activity at the time of his disappearance, and Lombard had a dispute with his boss on the day that he vanished. Both men's cases are unsolved.

Investigating Agency​

• Merced County Sheriff's Department 209-385-7444

Source Information​

• County of Merced Sheriff/Coroner
• The Modesto Bee
• The Carole Sund/Carrington Memorial Foundation
• The Merced Sun-Star
• Unsolved in the News
• NamUs

Updated 5 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated May 21, 2013; clothing/jewelry description added.

 

[Pennysmom1]

May 16, 2010

Interesting article on Steven Lombard and Paul Armstrong

In 1993, two men disappeared from Merced, California on the same day. Their names were Paul Armstrong and Steven Lombard. They didn’t disappear together and they weren’t friends or anyt…

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842DMCA - Steven Lincoln Lombard

March 20, 2009

Merced Missing Persons Case Lead to an Arrest | ABC30 Fresno | abc30.com

Merced Missing Persons Case Lead to an Arrest

abc30.com

 

[Aurora90]

Bumping this interesting case.

 

[spartanx]

My first thought... They were gay and completely in love... They thought no one in their lives would accept them and decided to elope... but the strangest thing about this case involves RTS Towing owner Randal Wright, who seems to be surrounded by suspicious events... In 2009, his ex-wife mysteriously disappeared from the couple's vacation home in Mexico... She was never found, and Wright didn't bother to report her disappearance to Mexican authorities... To make matters worse, Wright's six-year-old stepson also drowned in a pool in 1982 while Wright was babysitting him... Although the boy's death was initially ruled an accident, Wright's wife's disappearance prompted authorities to exhume his stepson's body for further investigation. Although no evidence of a crime was found, Wright ended up serving a prison sentence for auto theft and embezzlement. No one knows if Wright was at fault in his stepson's death or his wife's disappearance, but the disappearance of two of his employees on the exact same date seems like a rather strange coincidence. And it seems someone saw something they shouldn't have.
In any case,
may they both rest in peace.