Anthony Ray Choate
Choate was last seen riding a pink four-wheeler in Bonnieville, Kentucky at noon on September 14, 1993. He had left his father-in-law's home and was supposed to wait for his child to get off the school bus. He never arrived and has never been heard from again. His grandparents, who had raised him, reported him missing three days later.
Choate has a history of leaving home and traveling great distances, as far as Florida and California, but he always returned home. After his 1993 disappearance, he was never heard from again.
Foul play is suspected in his case; investigators believe he was murdered. Anthony Ray Choate – The Charley Project
Questions still linger regarding 1993 case
Police believe Choate was a homicide victim
Kentucky State Police originally considered the case involving Choate a missing person investigation because Choate was known to leave town for stretches of time, traveling to Florida and California until his money ran out.
But his grandparents who raised him, who are now both deceased, realized that something was different this time. So three days later, they reported him missing. Choate, 25, never returned.
Years after his disappearance, police gathered information that led them to believe Choate had been the victim of a homicide, KSP Detective Scott Skaggs said. Choate is believed to have been in the process of committing a crime at the time of his disappearance.
His body has never been found.
Police have dug up concrete, searched neighboring caves and conducted numerous ground searches looking for Choate’s remains.
A cousin by marriage, Geneva Choate of Upton, helped care for Tony Choate when he was a child.
She remembers him as a boy who never gave her any trouble, a boy who grew up to be a “pretty good” man when he stayed straight, she said.
“I knowed him ever since he was a baby,” she said. “He was the cutest little thing that ever was when he was little.”
“He’d get back there and fish and ride horses,” she said.
When he grew up, he worked in the tobacco fields and worked on cars.
Tony’s grandparents held out hope until the day they died that their grandson would be found, Geneva Choate said.
“Nobody never did find out,” she said.
Questions still linger regarding 1993 case
COLD CASE ON THE MISSING PERSON ANTHONY CHOATE – kentuckystatepolice.org
- Missing Since 09/14/1993
- Missing From Bonnieville, Kentucky
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Sex Male
- Race White
- Age 25 years old
- Height and Weight 6'0, 185 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description Cut-off blue jeans and a wedding band.
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Choate has scars on both arms, his right hand and his right elbow, and tattoos on both arms and on his chest. His nickname is Tony and some agencies refer to him as Tony Ray Choate.
Choate was last seen riding a pink four-wheeler in Bonnieville, Kentucky at noon on September 14, 1993. He had left his father-in-law's home and was supposed to wait for his child to get off the school bus. He never arrived and has never been heard from again. His grandparents, who had raised him, reported him missing three days later.
Choate has a history of leaving home and traveling great distances, as far as Florida and California, but he always returned home. After his 1993 disappearance, he was never heard from again.
Foul play is suspected in his case; investigators believe he was murdered. Anthony Ray Choate – The Charley Project
Questions still linger regarding 1993 case
Police believe Choate was a homicide victim
- By DEBORAH HIGHLAND, The Daily News, [email protected]/783-3243
- May 23, 2011 Updated Mar 17, 2012
Kentucky State Police originally considered the case involving Choate a missing person investigation because Choate was known to leave town for stretches of time, traveling to Florida and California until his money ran out.
But his grandparents who raised him, who are now both deceased, realized that something was different this time. So three days later, they reported him missing. Choate, 25, never returned.
Years after his disappearance, police gathered information that led them to believe Choate had been the victim of a homicide, KSP Detective Scott Skaggs said. Choate is believed to have been in the process of committing a crime at the time of his disappearance.
His body has never been found.
Police have dug up concrete, searched neighboring caves and conducted numerous ground searches looking for Choate’s remains.
A cousin by marriage, Geneva Choate of Upton, helped care for Tony Choate when he was a child.
She remembers him as a boy who never gave her any trouble, a boy who grew up to be a “pretty good” man when he stayed straight, she said.
“I knowed him ever since he was a baby,” she said. “He was the cutest little thing that ever was when he was little.”
“He’d get back there and fish and ride horses,” she said.
When he grew up, he worked in the tobacco fields and worked on cars.
Tony’s grandparents held out hope until the day they died that their grandson would be found, Geneva Choate said.
“Nobody never did find out,” she said.
Questions still linger regarding 1993 case
COLD CASE ON THE MISSING PERSON ANTHONY CHOATE – kentuckystatepolice.org
