CO CO - Bryan Ambrose, 23, Colorado Springs, 8 Sept 1982

[Kat]

The Doe Network:
Case File 3345DMCO

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/3345dmco.html

Bryan D. Ambrose
Missing since September 8, 1982 from Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado
Classification: Missing



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Vital Statistics

Date of Birth: June 1, 1959
Age at Time of Disappearance: 23 years old
Distinguishing Characteristics: White male. Blond hair.


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Circumstances of Disappearance
Bryan Ambrose was last seen on September 8, 1982 leaving the Rainbow Motel, 3709 West Colorado Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado and was going to the Denver Metro area.
On September 9, 1982, Ambrose’s Ford pickup truck was found in Pueblo, Colorado, without license plates. He was visiting Manitou Springs from Oklahoma in search of a job. Soon after arriving, Ambrose had called his wife and said he had three job prospects and missed his family and wanted them to join him. He was never heard from again.
He left behind a wife and a 3-year-old daughter.
An acquaintance who supposedly had found Ambrose one of his job prospects later told police the two went drinking in Denver, Ambrose got arrested and couldn't post bond, and he never saw him again. But there was no record of such an arrest.
When Ambrose's wife of five years didn't hear from him, she came to look for him. She reported him missing September 15, 1982.



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Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

El Paso County Sheriff's Office
719-520-7225
E-Mail

Agency Case Number: 82-3202

Source Information:
El Paso County Sheriff's Office
The Gazette

https://www.colorado.gov/apps/coldcase/casedetail.html?id=1162
Snipped from above link:
Bryan Dale Ambrose

Bryan D. Ambrose, a 23 year old, was last seen on September 8, 1982, leaving the Rainbow Motel, 3709 West Colorado Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado, en route to the Denver Metro area. On September 9, 1982, Mr. Ambrose's Ford pick-up truck was found in Pueblo, Colorado. Investigators learned Mr. Ambrose may have met up with a Carlos Anthony Torres aka: "CAT." Torres had a tattoo of a black cat on his left shoulder. Mr. Ambrose has never been located

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/a/ambrose_bryan.html
More details.

Bryan is *not* listed in NamUs at this time.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20010715/ai_n9992514/
Gazette, The (Colorado Springs), Jul 15, 2001 by Anslee Willett

Snipped:

One such case is on Schaller's desk right now, collected in a 3- inch binder. Cops call it a "cold" case. In fact, it's been almost 19 years since Bryan Ambrose disappeared while visiting Manitou Springs from Oklahoma in search of a job. When the toothy 23-year-old with a mop of blond hair disappeared, he left behind a wife and a 3-year- old daughter, who now has her own child.

Soon after arriving here, Ambrose had called his wife and said he had three job prospects and missed his family and wanted it to join him. He was never heard from again.

"He just simply vanished," Schaller said.

An acquaintance who supposedly had found Ambrose one of his job prospects later told police the two went drinking in Denver, Ambrose got arrested and couldn't post bond, and he never saw him again. But there was no record of such an arrest, and Ambrose's truck later turned up in Pueblo without license plates.

When Ambrose's wife of five years didn't hear from him, she came to look for him. She reported him missing Sept. 15, 1982.

Police never could crack the case, and a body never was found.

Ambrose's wife and daughter simply had to live with the ache of the unknown.

More at link above, interview with Bryan's family.

Bryan has been missing almost 28 years. Prayers for his Wife, Daughter and Grandaughter who was born since he has been missing.

Come home soon.

 

[Richard]

Bumping case up. It has been over 30 years since Bryan Ambrose went missing.

 

[moslym3]

For some reason, this UID discovered in 1997 in Ft. Collins, CO sticks out at me. Similar mention of a slight gap in the front teeth and lots of hair. Also, an Oklahoma connection with both.

Is it possible he dropped off the radar for many years before turning up dead? If this was Bryan, he would have been 38/9 years old at the time of death. The UID is listed under 40, max 30.

 

[Bryans'sis]

For some reason, this UID discovered in 1997 in Ft. Collins, CO sticks out at me. Similar mention of a slight gap in the front teeth and lots of hair. Also, an Oklahoma connection with both.

Is it possible he dropped off the radar for many years before turning up dead? If this was Bryan, he would have been 38/9 years old at the time of death. The UID is listed under 40, max 30.

Bryan wouldn't have willingly left his child, I can't imagine he would have just dropped out of site for 15 years with no contact.

 

[Ambercat]

Is Carlos Anthony Torres missing also? If not, was Carlos ever asked about where Bryan was going and his mood/state of mind [etc] when they parted ways?

 

[wenwe4]

He has been added to NamUs

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/17876/0/

 

[rats]

CarlK mentioned Bryan in a Websleuths thread, which is what led his sister to get the ball rolling on him being added to NamUs.

He still has not been ruled out as the Doe, though - Moab, UT, 1983. UT - UT - Moab, WhtMale UP8196, 18-25, in Arches National Park, Feb'83

 

[Atombudd]

Some comments here from Bryan's Mom included in post. www.facebook.com/attempt2locate/posts/183956856673169/

 

[Suglo]

Bumping for Bryan.

 

[moslym3]

I think the story about them going out to party in Denver is suspect -- especially since the car was found in Pueblo. Denver is over an hour north of Manitou and Pueblo is about an hour south. Maybe a red herring deliberately set.

I worked at the Rainbow motel in the mid-90s. Back then, summers were filled with mostly vacationers with a handful of "weeklies" -- tenants that paid weekly who were typically "transient". Back in early September, the Rainbow would still have many tourists. It is still one of the few motels on that main drag with a pool, so it was very popular in the summer. Once summer was over, almost the entire clientele was weeklies.

 

[Richard]

Bumping...

 

[wenwe4]

Can't believe it has been 9 years since I was checking in on this case. Hoping one day we can find answers and closure for this young man.

 

[Bryans'sis]

Is Carlos Anthony Torres missing also? If not, was Carlos ever asked about where Bryan was going and his mood/state of mind [etc] when they parted ways?

The story about Carlos Anthony Torres is a lie made up by the man that police believe killed Bryan (my brother) The man that told that story is in prison for the rest of his life due to many other violent crimes and when asked about Bryan he told the police that there is nothing in it for him so he will take it to his grave. There is no incentive for him to tell anyone about what he did with Bryan...The police don't really seem to be doing anything to get him to talk. The man has been in prison since August of 1983. He attempted an escape in 2001 that was unsuccessful and a succesful attempt in 2004 racked up his sentence to up to 463 years... after he was caught. He (Michael Mcguire) and another guy named Rodney (not incarcerated) made up the story about going out drinking and Bryan getting arrested. There would have been a record of Bryans arrest... there were none. Also, when my mother and Bryans wife FOUND Rodney.... he was wearing Bryans clothes! That also didn't seem to be an issue for the police..... We believe that Mike had an idea to use Bryans truck to commit a robbery but when Bryan didn't go for it ... they killed him and disposed of his body... when his truck was found...again by my mother and Bryans wife (because the police said he just no longer wanted to be married or a father and dropped the ball) they had made an attempt to remove the vin from the vehicle... Bryan loved his truck though and had etched his SS# on the engine... which is how they proved it was his.

 

[Bryans'sis]

I think the story about them going out to party in Denver is suspect -- especially since the car was found in Pueblo. Denver is over an hour north of Manitou and Pueblo is about an hour south. Maybe a red herring deliberately set.

I worked at the Rainbow motel in the mid-90s. Back then, summers were filled with mostly vacationers with a handful of "weeklies" -- tenants that paid weekly who were typically "transient". Back in early September, the Rainbow would still have many tourists. It is still one of the few motels on that main drag with a pool, so it was very popular in the summer. Once summer was over, almost the entire clientele was weeklies.

You are correct... there wasn't a party in Denver. Bryan met the guy we believe murdered him and another at the camp site he was staying at while looking for a job. One of the guys told him that he had some info about a place that was hiring and thought that the 3 of them should get a hotel room so they could clean up before heading to the "job interviews" (I think the job was maybe in Denver but I was a kid when all of this happened so I'm not sure about the actual location) But we think that the guy that told
Bryan about the job... actually wanted to get his hands on Bryans truck to commit a robbery and when Bryan didn't go along with it.. he was murdered and dumped. I don't understand why the police have purposely put out bad info... when they don't believe it.