Found Deceased KY - Robert Estep, 69, Clay Co, 15 Dec 2020

[mlhenn]

Deputies searching for missing Clay County man

195 pounds, and is 6′2 tall


Family last saw Robert “Bob” Estep Tuesday morning after he told them he was going deer hunting.

His family has not heard or seen him since.

Estep left his home on a red ATV.


Deputies tell WYMT they searched for Estep Wednesday morning in the Hector area off KY 149.

 

[mlhenn]

Hector man reported missing

A search is underway in the Hector area off Ky. 149 for a 69-year-old man.

Robert "Bob" Estep was last seen Tuesday morning as he told family he was going deer hunting. He left home on a red Kawasaki four-wheeler and hasn't been heard from or seen since.

 

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Police in Southeast Kentucky Seeking Public's Help Locating a Missing Person - ClayCoNews

This article mentions the Bar Creek community.

 

[YaYa_521]

Get to safety, Mr. Estep. You and yours are in my prayers.

Robert Estep

 

[mlhenn]

Search for Robert "Bob" Estep continues


The search for a missing Hector man entered day three as friends and volunteers scoured the area for 69-year-old Robert Estep.

Emergency Management Services Director David Watson and Assistant EMS director Brian Jackson, who is also the director for Air Evac, performed a grid search of the area Estep was thought to have been deer hunting when he left home on Tuesday morning.

Jackson utilized the Air Evac helicopter to search Britton Branch, off Ky. 149, and the Elk Mountain Industrial Park. EMS also coordinated an ATV search of the area.

Search for Robert "Bob" Estep continues

•Estep left his home before daylight on Tuesday morning to go deer hunting.
•Various cameras along Ky. 149 at Hector identified Estep going by their homes around 7 a.m.
•Cameras further down Ky. 149 were also checked and did not pick up Estep in their area


•coordinated a ground search of all those areas from Chadwell Hollow to the Long Fork area of Hector
•searched each road within Britton Branch and Long Fork
•All side roads, gas well roads and any other trail has been searched and verified

 

[mlhenn]

Unable to find an update

 

[YaYa_521]

Family offers $50,000 reward in search for missing Clay County man
10 hrs ago
The son of a missing man in Clay County is offering a $50,000 reward for information about his father’s whereabouts.

Family asks for help in missing loved one.
Anyone with video cameras on Ky. 149, and U.S. 421 and Ky. 66 in the Big Creek area is asked to review their footage and see if Mr. Estep is on their surveillance. You are also asked to look for any vehicle that may be hauling a red ATV.

 

[mlhenn]

Family offers $50,000 reward in search for missing Clay County man
10 hrs ago
The son of a missing man in Clay County is offering a $50,000 reward for information about his father’s whereabouts.

Family asks for help in missing loved one.
Anyone with video cameras on Ky. 149, and U.S. 421 and Ky. 66 in the Big Creek area is asked to review their footage and see if Mr. Estep is on their surveillance. You are also asked to look for any vehicle that may be hauling a red ATV.

That’s a hefty reward, IMO.
It’s worrisome that they have not been able to find his ATV either. Possibly an accident of some kind in his way to the woods??

 

[YaYa_521]

That’s a hefty reward, IMO.
It’s worrisome that they have not been able to find his ATV either. Possibly an accident of some kind in his way to the woods??

Possibly, but foul play is likely as well. Goodness knows whose path he might have crossed out in the woods. The ATV plus whatever guns/gear Mr. Estep had with him are worth thousands. I hope like heck he's camping though.

 

[YaYa_521]

There aren't any updates on Mr. Estep's well-being. I can't imagine he'd be hunting or camping this long without getting in touch with his family. Where are you, Bob?

 

[mlhenn]

$50,000 REWARD OFFERED BY DESPERATE FAMILY OF MISSING CLAY COUNTY, KY. MAN

The son of a missing man in Clay County is offering a $50,000 reward for information about his father’s whereabouts.

The family of Robert “Bob” Estep last saw him on Tuesday morning, December 15, after he told them he was going deer hunting.

Robert “Bob” Estep has been missing since December 15. He was last seen in the Hector area of KY. 149.

Robert Estep’s son told Lexington, Ky. television station WKYT that his father left to go hunting on a red ATV. Neither Estep nor the ATV have been seen since.

 

[YaYa_521]

Laurel County Sheriff's Office
24 Mar 2021

Clay County Sheriffs Office
23 Mar 2021
Clay County Sheriff Office Detective conducts searches.

Clay County Sheriff Patrick Robinson is reporting that on March 23, 2021 Clay County Sheriff Detective Jeff Kelsey along with Detectives with the Kentucky State Police and Emergency Management Officials conducted numerous searches within Clay County regarding active missing person cases of Robert “Bob” Estep and David Campbell. Search efforts included helicopter support along with search and rescue dogs. If you have any further information regarding the cases please feel free to contact the Clay County Sheriff’s Office 8am-4pm (606) 598-3471. All information will be kept confidential and every tip or lead will be followed up.

 

[YaYa_521]

The AWARE Foundation, Inc.

 

[mlhenn]

The AWARE Foundation, Inc.

From link above:
•Robert “Bob” Estep’s 4-wheeler has not been located either, along with the 3 guns he had with him at the time of his disappearance.

 

[mlhenn]

Coroner gives update on human remains found

Came across this article. It mentions Mr. Estep.



Clay County Coroner Jarrod Becknell says it could be months before the human remains found on Little Creek may be identified.

Since 2016, four people in Clay County have been reported missing and never found.
Angela Smith, 30
Cecil Burkhart, 30
David Campbell, 49
Makayla Collett, 21

And then the article mentions:
Robert “Bob” Estep, 69

 

[mlhenn]

Helicopter Support and Rescue Dogs Utilized Tuesday in Southeast Kentucky during Searches in Two Missing Person Cases - ClayCoNews

Clay County Sheriff Patrick Robinson is reporting that on March 23, 2021 Clay County Sheriff Detective Jeff Kelsey along with Detectives with the Kentucky State Police and Emergency Management Officials conducted numerous searches within Clay County regarding active missing person cases of Robert “Bob” Estep and David Campbell.

Search efforts included helicopter support along with search and rescue dogs.

 

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It’s sad that Mr. Bob hasn’t been found yet. I wish there were some sort of lead like his atv or a gun being found...something...anything.

 

[Rescue63]

I made 5 trips to ky to search for Mr. Estep. Unfortunately, like all the rest, I found nothing.

 

[lindamichelle1]

Six missing person cases; police searching for answers

Six missing person cases; police searching for answers

Mentions Robert but no updates, still missing.

 

[lindamichelle1]

Who Will It Be?


On December 15, 2020, Robert “Bob” Estep, 69, left his home to go deer hunting off Ky. 149 at Hector and was never heard from again.

Coroner Jarrod Becknell says he expects to have the results on the skull at any time.

“Like the other skull, they are performing rapid DNA testing,” he said.

Ronald Estep, son of Robert “Bob” Estep, says he doesn’t feel the other skull will be his father and he feels more could be done in his dad’s disappearance.

“I don’t feel that all is being done by the ones over the case and they won’t allow other agencies to help,” he said. “The only way we’ll ever find what happened to dad is for someone to just come out and say it, I feel people close to this case are scared to ask the right questions because they’re afraid something will happen to them or their family, that’s just my opinion.”