Presumed Located LA - Hilary 'Billy' Stagg, 23, Baton Rouge, Nov 1977

[Queenofwands]

The Doe Network:
Case File 970DMLA
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/970dmla.html

NOTE: The Baton Rouge Police Department said that Mr. Stagg went missing in 1977 - NOT 1970 - as listed on various websites.

Missing Since: November 1977 from Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Classification: Endangered Missing
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Vital Statistics
•Date Of Birth: January 6, 1954
•Age at Time of Disappearance: 23 years old
•Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 6'3"; 160 lbs.
•Distinguishing Characteristics: White male. Dark hair.
•AKA: His nickname is "Billy".
•Dentals: Not Available
•DNA: Not Available

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Circumstances of Disappearance:

Billy was reported missing in November 1977. His car was found abandoned on the west side of the new Mississippi River bridge, a suicide note and his wallet inside. No body was ever found. Authorities told Stagg's family he probably had jumped to his death, however left open the possibility of foul play.

A passerby later said that she had seen a young man walking from the bridge at the Plaquamine exit on the same day that Stagg disappeared.


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Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Baton Rouge Police Department
225-389-3844

Source Information:
Baton Rouge Police Department
LSU Faces Lab http://identifyla.lsu.edu/profile.php?id=279
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.) - April 19, 1998 - Section: NEWS - Page: 1-a

 

[namstache]

Sodalitas Vulturus Volantis

 

[sunnynz]

Sodalitas Vulturus Volantis

What is the relevance of that to this case?

 

[namstache]

What is the relevance of that to this case?

He is rumored to be a member. Someone who voluntarily took on and maintained John Doe status. I'll post a link in a bit

 

[namstache]

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[Archangel85]

So, he staged his suicide to join a cult?

 

[Sleuth91]

Would be interested to see if there was anything else learned about him

 

[Melt71]

According to DoeNetwork's Closed Cases "Hilary Harmon Stagg Jr.(970DMLA) was reported missing sometime in November 1977. His case has been closed per LE. No further information is available."

 

[Diane Redfern]

Presumed located? Where? How? His case has been removed from NamUs, but there's no explanation.
What is the evidence to say he joined to a cult?
I'm not very sure about last sighting date.
I read he disappeared in 1970 or in 1972. Porchlight, for instance, mentions 1970.

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The seven years span makes me think that maybe his family wanted to declare him deceased and had to report him missing to do so.
In that case, he may be considered as a possible match for John Doe of Plaquemines (1975).

3832UMLA

Although, I found something interesting on My Heritage Web page: Hilary Stagg Family History & Historical Records - MyHeritage
Hilary Harmon Stagg (1954 - 1993)

I think this might be his mother.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Marie and John LaBauve; husband, Hilary H. Stagg, Sr.; sister, Juanita Mattingly; 2 grandchildren; and grandson-in-law.
Marie is survived by her children, Linda Gray, John and Esther Stagg, Debra and Thomas "Gene" Campbell, Hilary H. Stagg, Jr., Kenneth W. and Karen Stagg, and Maria "Terrie" Stagg; siblings, John "Jack" LaBauve, Jr., Jules "Bo" LaBauve, and Winifred Landry; 9 grandchildren, and 9 great grandchildren.

Marie Arbour “Billie” LaBauve Stagg (1922-2016) -...

Marie Billie Arbour LaBauve Stagg passed peacefully on Thursday, April 21, 2016 in her home surrounded by her loved ones. Marie was born on January2, 1922 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Marie and John LaBauve. She married the love of her life, Hilary H. Stagg. She is a graduate of St. Joseph's...

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