LA LA - Anthony Cavet, 71, Zachary, 1 June 1996

[TheArtfulDetective]

Anthony J. Cavet



Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: June 01, 1996 - exact date unknown
Location Last Seen: Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Description:

• Date of Birth: November 16, 1924
• Age: 71 years old
• Race: White/Caucasian
• Gender: Male
• Height: 5' 6" (66 inches)
• Weight: 160 lbs
• Hair Color: Gray
• Eye Color: Brown
• Nickname/Alias: Unknown
• Distinguishing Marks/Features: Wears eyeglasses
• Clothing & Personal Items: Eyeglasses
• Additional Personal Items: A beige 1985 Ford pickup with dual rear wheels and a louvered steel protector over the back window. The protector has three holes in it for vision. The license plate number is B340220.
• Identifiers: Not available

Circumstances of Disappearance:
Cavet was last seen on his property in Zachary, Louisiana in early June 1996.*** He worked as a railroad bridge tender on the Intracoastal Waterway for more than thirty years and retired in the early 1980's. He never married and led a reclusive lifestyle; his mail carrier was the only person he spoke to regularly. She reported him missing when she had not seen him since early June and neither had anyone else. He has never been heard from again.

Cavet's family stated it is uncharacteristic of him to leave without warning. He was very close to his pets, which included dogs, goats, and cats. They were left unattended without food and water, and were given over to the county animal control center after Cavet was reported missing.

Cavet's beige 1985 Ford pickup (description above), which he bought three months before his disappearance, was also missing and has never been located despite a nationwide search. Records do not indicate that he sold it.

Investigators searched his 40-acre property and found no indications of foul play or signs that he died there. Few details are available regarding Cavet's disappearance and his whereabouts remain unknown.

***Via NamUs - Possible sighting of Cavet in Denham Springs, Louisiana in December 1996.

Investigators:

• East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office: (225) 389-5000
  Reference Case#: 96-45987

• LSU FACES Laboratory: (225) 578-4761; [email protected]
  Reference Case#: MP17

NamUs Case Number: MP4074
NCIC Case Number: M-987292947

Anthony J. Cavet - LA Repository for Unidentified & Missing People
1630DMLA - Anthony J. Cavet
Anthony J. Cavet – The Charley Project
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[Pennysmom1]

Anthony and his truck are still missing

Missing Person / NamUs #MP4074

View NamUs missing person case MP4074 for Anthony J. Cavet missing from Zachary, Louisiana. Date of last contact: Jul 01, 1996. NCMEC case number: --.

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Anthony J. Cavet – The Charley Project

<<Cavet's truck is described as a beige 1985 Ford pickup with dual rear wheels and a louvered steel protector over the back window. The protector has three holes in it for vision. The truck's license plate number is B340220.>>

1630DMLA - Anthony J. Cavet

Identifiers​

Dentals: Not Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Not Available

 

[spartanx]

Is that the only photo of Anthony? It looks like a newspaper copy pulled from some poor-quality microfilm and then digitized to... some degree, anyway... Since authorities found no evidence of a break-in, Anthony must have fled of his own volition or allowed someone to enter and forced him to drive at gunpoint... The sighting at Denhem Spring in December couldn't have been possible because Anthony would never leave his animals behind for that long... But considering how bad the only photo we have of him is, whoever saw him must have recognized him from the other town and was absolutely certain it was him...
Where would he have gone? Given that he was such an antisocial recluse, I think the only reason, other than coercion, for him to leave his property would have been to go into town to buy food, but could he have accidentally fallen into the Mississippi River?
You can also "recognize" someone and be wrong. Or you got the date wrong...
When someone disappears with their car (or is never found), chances are they're in a body of water with their car...
whatever the case,
Rest in peace.