Found Deceased IL - Joshua Brock, 34, left home on bicycle, seen @ Dollar General, West Frankfort, 9 Oct 2021

[TwinkieDefense]

Investigation into disappearance of Franklin Co., Ill. man reveals new information



Joshua Brock was seen leaving his home on a bicycle at 12 p.m. on Saturday, October 9.

The sheriff’s office said Brock was seen on the evening of Oct. 9 at the Dollar General Store on the west side of West Frankfort.

 

[Unsolved]

So he was last seen leaving home on a bicycle at noon and then seen in the evening at the Dollar General. Wonder where he went all day, and if they know if he was still on a bike when he went to the store?

 

[PommyMommy]

NOV 12, 2021
Franklin County Sheriff's Office looking for missing man - KBSI TV Fox 23

• Brock is 5'11" tall, 260 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes.
• It is believed that he was riding a gold 10-speed bicycle with curled style handlebars.

 

[Unsolved]

Joshua FB

Joshua Brock

 

[alucardsdream]

Investigation into disappearance of Franklin Co., Ill. man reveals new information

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Joshua Brock was seen leaving his home on a bicycle at 12 p.m. on Saturday, October 9.

The sheriff’s office said Brock was seen on the evening of Oct. 9 at the Dollar General Store on the west side of West Frankfort.

"According to Franklin County Chief Deputy Kyle Bacon, it was not uncommon for Brock to be seen biking throughout many communities in the county."

I'm not familiar with Franklin County so I don't know how much distance he was known to cover, but is it possible he had some kind of accident somewhere? Looking at a sateliite image on Google it looks like there are a lot of wooded areas in that county.

 

[TwinkieDefense]

Deputy believes these pictures (which I have trouble posting here) were taken near time of disappearance and shows clothing he may have worn. I don’t know why the last picture is so dark.

New photos released in search for missing Franklin County man

 

[PommyMommy]

Odd. When and where did he change clothes?

NOV 12, 2021
Franklin County Sheriff's Office looking for missing man - KBSI TV Fox 23

Joshua Brock, 34, was last seen on Oct. 9 at the Dollar General Store on the west side of West Frankfort.

He was wearing dark colored cargo shorts, a red, blue, a white button down short sleeve shirts and red tennis shoes.

Deputy believes these pictures (which I have trouble posting here) were taken near time of disappearance and shows clothing he may have worn. I don’t know why the last picture is so dark.

New photos released in search for missing Franklin County man

From the article above dated Nov 3, 2021:

According to Chief Deputy Kyle Bacon, the photos above were captured near the time of his disappearance, and depict the clothing he had on near that time.

 

[TwinkieDefense]

You’re right Pommy. Completely different look. Wonder time, date, and where pictures with dark clothes were taken? Good sign they must be following leads.

 

[dub]

"According to Franklin County Chief Deputy Kyle Bacon, it was not uncommon for Brock to be seen biking throughout many communities in the county."

I'm not familiar with Franklin County so I don't know how much distance he was known to cover, but is it possible he had some kind of accident somewhere? Looking at a sateliite image on Google it looks like there are a lot of wooded areas in that county.

I have a basic familiarity with Franklin County although I haven’t been there in a long time and haven’t spent much time there.

You’re right, it is pretty heavily wooded in general, and it’s very rural but not what I’d call “remote”—there are a lot of small towns that it would be feasible to bike between.

I think an accident is probably the most likely scenario, although it is odd that if that’s the case he still hasn’t been found after six weeks.

If it was an accident I think it’s more likely to have been with a vehicle rather than him crashing on his own. Tons of drunk drivers in the area and a lot of tweakers in West Frankfort specifically.

 

[alucardsdream]

I have a basic familiarity with Franklin County although I haven’t been there in a long time and haven’t spent much time there.

You’re right, it is pretty heavily wooded in general, and it’s very rural but not what I’d call “remote”—there are a lot of small towns that it would be feasible to bike between.

I think an accident is probably the most likely scenario, although it is odd that if that’s the case he still hasn’t been found after six weeks.

If it was an accident I think it’s more likely to have been with a vehicle rather than him crashing on his own. Tons of drunk drivers in the area and a lot of tweakers in West Frankfort specifically.

I wonder if he could have been accidentally hit by someone who then panicked and hid his body...it's a plausible scenario, especially if the driver was drunk or otherwise impaired. It's hard to clean up all signs of a hit-and-run, but I don't know if LE has conducted any kind of organized search for him.

 

[dub]

I wonder if he could have been accidentally hit by someone who then panicked and hid his body...it's a plausible scenario, especially if the driver was drunk or otherwise impaired. It's hard to clean up all signs of a hit-and-run, but I don't know if LE has conducted any kind of organized search for him.

Could have been. If that’s the case though I doubt he was moved any further than the woods or whatever cover was just off the side of the road. JB is 260 pounds so unless there were multiple people present it’s doubtful he could have been moved anywhere.

From the article it sounds like there have been LE searches and organized private searches, but where and how extensive they were isn’t clear.

The one notable thing about the searches though is seemingly all of them have been in Franklin County. JB was last seen like two miles from the Williamson County line, and just going by what’s indicated in the articles I’m not sure that county has been searched at all. My guess is he’s somewhere there.

 

[PommyMommy]

NOV 15, 2021
Search continues for missing Orient man | WCIL - Marion, IL (cilfm.com)


Joshua Brock | Franklin County Sheriff’s Office

[...]

Joshua Brock, 34, was last seen around 12:00 p.m. October 9th leaving his home on a bicycle. Authorities are now confirming that Brock was also spotted at the Dollar General on West Frankfort’s west side later that same night.

[...]

Add'l link: Search Continues for Missing Franklin County Man | Alt 2K 92.7

 

[TwinkieDefense]

12/9/2021:

2 months later, Joshua Brock is still missing; police seek info from the public


Joshua Brock, 34, has been missing since Oct. 9 of this year.

Detectives believe that there are people in the community who "undoubtedly have specific information that would greatly assist the case," police said.

 

[lunarbear86]

Bumping, there is a FB group for updates, though not sure if it's run by family. There was a post shared Christmas day saying 76 days missing

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Human remains found in Franklin County believed to be missing man

 

[TwinkieDefense]

Human remains found in Franklin County believed to be missing man

oh no. Thank you for checking on this case @imstilla.grandma. Sorry to see this sad update. Condolences to family and friends.

 

[Darling136]

Detectives, Benton firefighters and the Franklin County Coroner’s Office were responded to a report of human remains found in rural Benton shortly before 1 p.m. on Wednesday, January 19.

According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, the remains are believed to be those of Joshua R. Brock, who was reported missing in October.

Human remains found in Franklin County believed to be missing man

 

[PommyMommy]

Rural Benton? Where's his bike?

100 E Main St (Dollar Tree) to Benton, Illinois - Google Maps

Benton - Google Maps

 

[Gloomy Bear]

Rural Benton? Where's his bike?

100 E Main St (Dollar Tree) to Benton, Illinois - Google Maps

Benton - Google Maps

Only 10-11 minutes away. I wonder if he did indeed get hit accidentally.

 

[TwinkieDefense]

Jan 20, 2022 article:

The remains of a missing Franklin County man have been discovered, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office told WFCN News.

[…]

According to the sheriff's office, Brock was located Wednesday in rural Benton, Illinois.

Remains of missing Illinois man discovered in Franklin County