MI MI - Oscar Hintta, 64, Kenton, 16 Nov 1988

[TheArtfulDetective]

Oscar Francis Hintta



Case Classification: Lost/Injured Missing
Missing Since: November 16, 1988
Location Last Seen: Kenton, Houghton County, Michigan

Description:

• Date of Birth: circa 1924
• Age: 64-65 years old
• Race: White/Caucasian
• Gender: Male
• Height: 5'8"
• Weight: 180 lbs.
• Hair Color: Gray
• Eye Color: Blue
• Nickname/Alias: Unknown
• Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
• Clothing & Personal Items: Hunter orange clothes - jacket, pants, hat, and gloves. Sorrel hunting boots.
• Additional Personal Items: 30-06 caliber Weatherby or Sako rifle with scope.
• Identifiers: Unknown
• Other: Medical - Suffers from diabetes and has a heart condition.

Circumstances of Disappearance:
Hintta disappeared from northwest Kenton, Michigan on November 16, 1988. He and a friend were deer hunting in the Kenton Ranger District of the Ottawa National Forest when he was last seen walking along a gravel road. He has never been seen since. His friend reported him missing to authorities a few hours later when he failed to return to their vehicle.

Despite intensive ground, air, and track dog searches conducted over several days, no trace of Hintta, his clothing, or his hunting rifle have ever been located in the 1-million-acre Ottawa National Forest.

Investigators:

• Houghton County Sheriff Department: 906-482-0055
  Reference Case#: 2046-88

• Crime Stoppers USA : 800-222-TIPS (8477); www.tipsubmit.com

NamUs Case Number: MP9161
NCIC Case Number: Unknown

Oscar Hintta's Missing-Person Website

 

[TheArtfulDetective]

Anniversary of disappearance today.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

 

[Pennysmom2]

1867DMMI - Oscar Florence Hintta

Circumstances of Disappearance​

Hintta, a retired custodian from Calumet, went deer hunting in the Kenton Area District of the Ottawa National Forest with a friend in November of 1989. The two hunters went off in different directions, Hintta was last seen going down an old logging road. When Hintta failed to show up a few hours later, his friend notified authorities.

The search effort was hampered greatly by a freak weather pattern that moved into the area the very next day. When the search resumed, a Coast Guard helicopter and the MSP Canine Unit from Negaunee were called in. But the three-day search turned up nothing.

 

[Pennysmom2]

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[spartanx]

In this case, I think it's very common to think that with his age and perhaps a somewhat altered and worn mental state, he may have been lost and succumbed to the elements... but what if the friend, for some unknown reason, murdered him in the back? Perhaps something involving money or a domestic argument... perhaps something from his past, a woman, or some attitude he didn't like...
whatever it is
Rest in peace, Oscar