IA IA - Dennison Stookesberry, 56, Blakesburg, 8 Feb 1999

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Dennison Clark Stookesberry​

Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: February 8, 1999
Location Last Seen: Blakesburg, Wapello County, Iowa

Description:

• Date of Birth: October 15, 1942
• Age: 56 years old
• Race: White/Caucasian
• Gender: Male
• Height: 5'-6" (66 inches)
• Weight: 230 lbs.
• Hair Color: Black
• Eye Color: Hazel
• Nickname/Alias: Dennis. Two Feathers.
• Distinguishing Marks/Features: Wears eyeglasses. Walked with a cane.
• Clothing & Personal Items: Wire-rimmed eyeglasses with a slight tint.
• Identifiers: Fingerprints and DNA available.
• Other: Medical - Suffers from diabetes and heart problems, and needs a cane to walk. He is classified as disabled and requires medication.

Circumstances of Disappearance:
Stookesberry was last seen on the evening of February 8, 1999, when a fishing buddy dropped him off at home in Blakesburg, Iowa after an evening at a bar. He has never been heard from again. He was reported missing a week later.

Officials discovered Stookesberry appeared to have left his residence in the middle of cooking dinner and hadn't taken his diabetes or heart medication with him. His dogs had been left behind, something he never would have done under normal circumstances, and his laundry had been left hanging on a clothesline for a week. He didn't drive and used a cane to get around. Officials believe he was taken against his will. Few details are available regarding Stookesberry's disappearance and his whereabouts remain unknown.

Investigators:

• Wapello County Sheriff's Office: (641) 684-4350
  Reference Case #: 024499

• Missing Person Information Clearinghouse - Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation: (515) 725-6036

NamUs Case Number: MP32590
NCIC Case Number: N/A

Dennison Stookesberry
3664DMIA - Dennison Clark Stookesberry
Missing Person / NamUs #MP32590
Dennison Clark Stookesberry – The Charley Project

 

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Dennison Stookesberry

Dennison Stookesberry, 56, was reported missing to the Wapello County Sheriff's Office in Ottumwa, Iowa, on Feb. 15, 1999.

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Dennison Clark Stookesberry​

Missing Person​

Dennison Stookesberry (Courtesy IA Dept. Public Safety)
Name: Dennison Clark Stookesberry
Age at Report: 56
DOB: October 15, 1942
Weight: 230 lbs.
Height: 5′ 06″
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Hazel
Incident Type: Disability – physical/mental
Missing From: Blakesburg, IA
Wapello County
Investigating Agency: Wapello County Sheriff’s Office
Case Number: 024499
NamUs MP #: 32590
Last Seen Alive: February 8, 1999
Date Reported Missing: February 15, 1999

Dennison Stookesberry, a 56-year-old disabled man from rural Blakesburg, Iowa, in Wapello County, was last seen alive on Monday evening, Feb. 8, 1999, when a fishing buddy said he’d dropped his friend off at home after a night at a bar.

Stookesberry was reported missing to the Wapello County Sheriff’s Office in Ottumwa, Iowa, one week later on Monday, Feb 15, 1999, after officials discovered the diabetic appeared to have left his home in the middle of cooking dinner and hadn’t taken any of his diabetes or heart medication with him. Butter had been left on the kitchen table and a deer steak left in the microwave oven.

Stookesberry also had four dogs — all of which had been left behind — something Stookesberry never would have done under normal circumstances.

Stookesberry’s laundry had been left outside the full week, hanging on a line.

He didn’t drive and used a cane to get around. Officials believe he was taken against his will and classified his disappearance as missing and endangered.

At the time of his disappearance, Stookesberry was described as a 56-year-old white male with black hair and hazel eyes, 5-foot-6 and weighing about 230 pounds. He may have worn a mustache and regularly wore wire-rimmed glasses with a slight tint.

A DNA Family Reference Sample (FRS) has been submitted and tests are complete.

Fingerprint information has also been entered is available through the investigating agency

 

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Old article Sept 3, 1999

Dennison Clark Stookesberry 3 Sept 1999 Des Moines Register

Clipping found in The Des Moines Register published in Des Moines, Iowa on 9/3/1999. Dennison Clark Stookesberry 3 Sept 1999 Des Moines Register

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