FL FL - Thomas Brown, 44, Wood Springs Suites motel, Gainesville, Alachua County, 9 Nov 2018

[cybervampira]

Gainesville Police Department

Missing Person Investigation – Thomas Brown
GAINESVILLE, FLA – The Gainesville Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a reported missing person. Thomas Brown, W/M, DOB 4/19/74, was last seen at the Wood Springs Suites motel located at 5505 SW 41st Blvd on November 9th and has not been seen or heard from since. He was last seen wearing a black shirt with a skull design on the back, see attached picture. Thomas is known to ride a blue mountain bike. Anyone with information of Mr. Brown’s whereabouts is asked to contact Detective Jon Rappa at 352-393-7684 or call the non-emergency number at 352-955-1818.

Gainesville police looking for missing man

 

[cybervampira]

Location:

WoodSpring Suites Gainesville I-75
5505 SW 41st Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
+1 352-672-6008
Google Maps

 

[GuyfromCanada]

Still missing, video at link GPD search for missing man

 

[cybervampira]

Volunteers on horseback search for missing Gainesville man

Volunteers on horseback are partnering with the Gainesville Police Department to search for a man who's been missing since Nov. 9.

 

[Steelslady]

Not a lot of information on this man's background, is there?

 

[cybervampira]

His Facebook:


Tommy Brown

 

[JerseyGirl]

Detectives say eyewitnesses last saw him in the woods at grace marketplace.

Detectives are still gathering more information about who he was in contact with on the night he went missing.

GPD searching for missing Gainesville man

 

[cybervampira]

Family of missing man offering $1,000 to help find him

A missing man’s family is offering up to $1,000 to whoever gives information leading to his location.

The Gainesville Police Department held the third press conference on Friday about Thomas Brown’s disappearance. Joseph Butler, Brown’s brother, and James O’Hara, a family friend, spoke to media.

“He’s alive,” Butler said at the conference. “We pray for him every day. We’ve never given up hope. That’s why we’re asking for the public’s help.”

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[cybervampira]

Reward offered for man missing since November

The search is on for a man who vanished Nov. 9, 2018, from Gainesville, Florida.

Police said Thomas Brown disappeared from Wood Springs Suites in southwest Gainesville and has not been seen since.

Investigators said he was originally staying Grace Market Place but relocated to Wood Springs Suites because he did not feel safe at Grace Market Place.

Brown was an active member of the Greenhouse Church and usually spoke to his family several times a week, but detectives said communication stopped Nov. 9.

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Brown's family is offering a $2,500 reward through Crime Stoppers for anyone with information leading to the whereabouts of Brown.

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[CastlesBurning]

Still missing, now over two years...

Cold Cases - Long Term Missing Persons

 

[iulia]

Thomas Morgan Brown – The Charley Project

Thomas Morgan Brown

• Missing Since 11/09/2018
• Missing From Gainesville, Florida
• Classification Missing
• Sex Male
• Race White
• Date of Birth 04/19/1974 (47)
• Age 44 years old
• Height and Weight 5'7, 150 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry Description A black sleeveless t-shirt with a green skull and light-colored writing on the back, blue jeans and sneakers.
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, green eyes. Brown has the following tattoos: the letters "PTTG" across his fingers, a spiderweb on his right elbow, his nickname "Tom" on his upper right arm, and the name "Kyle Thomas Brown" on the right side of his neck.

Details of Disappearance
Brown was last seen leaving a Gainesville, Florida hotel alone, riding a bicycle, November 9, 2018. He left personal belongings behind in his hotel room and has never been heard from again. It's uncharacteristic of Brown to be out of touch with his family. Few details are available in his case.


His NamUs page: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[KyleTBrown]

Hello, this is my father and we are approaching 5 years since we have last heard from him. I stumbled onto this website while researching everything I can about his case to see if there is anything that can be done to help with finding out what happened to him. If anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreciated. My name is tattooed on his neck.

I am trying to piece it together to make some kind of timeline. Thinking about hiring a private investigator if I can afford it to hopefully get some kind of clue. And help or insight is greatly appreciated thank you

 

[GatorFL]

Hello, this is my father and we are approaching 5 years since we have last heard from him. I stumbled onto this website while researching everything I can about his case to see if there is anything that can be done to help with finding out what happened to him. If anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreciated. My name is tattooed on his neck.

I am trying to piece it together to make some kind of timeline. Thinking about hiring a private investigator if I can afford it to hopefully get some kind of clue. And help or insight is greatly appreciated thank you

Kyle, so sorry for your loss. Before hiring a PI, have you spent some time with the investigating officers? I saw a note about he felt unsafe at Grace Market Place so he went to the hotel. He disappeared Nov 9. The next day was a Gators home game and that hotel would probably have went up to the maximum nightly rate, perhaps he knew he needed to stay somewhere else on Saturday? Also, do you know why he felt unsafe? Have you spoken with Grace Market Place? The woods nearby seems like a logical place to start looking.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Hello, this is my father and we are approaching 5 years since we have last heard from him. I stumbled onto this website while researching everything I can about his case to see if there is anything that can be done to help with finding out what happened to him. If anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreciated. My name is tattooed on his neck.

I am trying to piece it together to make some kind of timeline. Thinking about hiring a private investigator if I can afford it to hopefully get some kind of clue. And help or insight is greatly appreciated thank you

Kyle, welcome. YOu will learn a great deal by staying here on the site for a while. People will be so helpful to help you search. First, you should learn how to become an "insider". It gives you advantage of what you can post since you are a relative in the case.

Verified Professional and Insider Members

List of verified insiders and professionals, and info on how to become verified.

www.websleuths.com

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Hello, this is my father and we are approaching 5 years since we have last heard from him. I stumbled onto this website while researching everything I can about his case to see if there is anything that can be done to help with finding out what happened to him. If anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreciated. My name is tattooed on his neck.

I am trying to piece it together to make some kind of timeline. Thinking about hiring a private investigator if I can afford it to hopefully get some kind of clue. And help or insight is greatly appreciated thank you

Also,
I am going to try to pull in a couple of our longstanding Websleuths members.... they are outstanding around building timelines with cases. I don't know how they do it all.... but I also don't know what we would do without their hard work that benefits all of us. One of the two is also a Floridian.... and that always helps in a case to have local knowledge.

@Niner and @PayrollNerd .... i hope you see this . Perhaps you can give @KyleTBrown some ideas and motiviation.

 

[KyleTBrown]

Kyle, so sorry for your loss. Before hiring a PI, have you spent some time with the investigating officers? I saw a note about he felt unsafe at Grace Market Place so he went to the hotel. He disappeared Nov 9. The next day was a Gators home game and that hotel would probably have went up to the maximum nightly rate, perhaps he knew he needed to stay somewhere else on Saturday? Also, do you know why he felt unsafe? Have you spoken with Grace Market Place? The woods nearby seems like a logical place to start looking.

He had the room for a few days including that Saturday, so I don’t believe he went back to Grace to stay somewhere else. I don’t know a ton of details about him being unsafe as I don’t know who he told that to. I never heard any mention of it before he disappeared. I know he took bike rides around the grace marketplace area. We have spoken with the investigators of the case and we went down there to start a search but couldn’t find anything. Only thing that was a possible lead was the fight he had at grace marketplace, which was with someone who had a criminal history.

 

[KyleTBrown]

Also,
I am going to try to pull in a couple of our longstanding Websleuths members.... they are outstanding around building timelines with cases. I don't know how they do it all.... but I also don't know what we would do without their hard work that benefits all of us. One of the two is also a Floridian.... and that always helps in a case to have local knowledge.

@Niner and @PayrollNerd .... i hope you see this . Perhaps you can give @KyleTBrown some ideas and motiviation.

Thank you so much! I am hoping building some kind of accurate timeline may hopefully give a better search area to work with. The woods behind grace marketplace seems logical as eyewitnesses last saw him there, but I don’t see a time frame of when they saw him. There’s also a lot of wooded areas around the hotel he stayed at. My goal is to get help with building a timeline and spark something with my family up in jersey so we can go on a big search down there once again. I have also Contacted the NAMUS website as I found a few unidentified remains that match his height and/or weight. I have heard nothing back Since their first reply

 

[GatorFL]

Thank you so much! I am hoping building some kind of accurate timeline may hopefully give a better search area to work with. The woods behind grace marketplace seems logical as eyewitnesses last saw him there, but I don’t see a time frame of when they saw him. There’s also a lot of wooded areas around the hotel he stayed at. My goal is to get help with building a timeline and spark something with my family up in jersey so we can go on a big search down there once again. I have also Contacted the NAMUS website as I found a few unidentified remains that match his height and/or weight. I have heard nothing back Since their first reply

Post the NamUs cases here. Also, if you have a contact at GPD or the Alachua Sheriff's office, send them the NamUs links. One of those organizations would likely be responsible for looking at comparisons. Have you guys supplied DNA to either of these agencies?

 

[KyleTBrown]

Post the NamUs cases here. Also, if you have a contact at GPD or the Alachua Sheriff's office, send them the NamUs links. One of those organizations would likely be responsible for looking at comparisons. Have you guys supplied DNA to either of these agencies?

We have supplied DNA both myself and his brother.

NamUs #UP96465 is the case number for the unidentified remains that I am awaiting a email back for. I also am awaiting call back from the detective of the case from 5 years ago in hopes of helping in any way, like getting any medical records, dental records etc. also sent the same request to NAMUS
Missing Person / NamUs #MP54526 this is the link for my Fathers NAMUS case file

 

[GatorFL]

We have supplied DNA both myself and his brother.

NamUs #UP96465 is the case number for the unidentified remains that I am awaiting a email back for. I also am awaiting call back from the detective of the case from 5 years ago in hopes of helping in any way, like getting any medical records, dental records etc. also sent the same request to NAMUS
Missing Person / NamUs #MP54526 this is the link for my Fathers NAMUS case file

Since you've supplied DNA, NamUs will automatically compare Does with your father. You're probably not finding him on NamUs unfortunately.