MO MO - Gary Brumley, 37, Eldon, 16 December 1984

[Tuck]

Name - Gary Lee Brumley

Last Seen - 12/16/1984

Missing From - Eldon, Missouri

Age - 37

Race - White

Sex - Male

Hair Color - Brown

Eye Color - Green

Height - 68

Weight - 165

Medical Details - Diabetic, and classified as disabled.

Clothing - N/A

Circumstances - The missing person was last seen by his family at his home in Eldon. He planned to visit a cousin in Iberia, and left in a four-wheel drive truck. He has never been seen again, but the truck was located the following year at a truck stop in Cuba, Missouri. Authorities dusted the vehicle for fingerprints, but found none that were viable. Police stated that the truck had evidently been left at the location prior to the Christmas of 1984, but had not been noticed prior to the discovery in 1985. The circumstances under which the missing person disappeared remain unclear.

 

[OkieGranny]

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/8452

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/5114dmmo.html

 

[Coffee56]

Gary Lee Brumley – The Charley Project

 

[TheArtfulDetective]

Anniversary of disappearance today.

 

[TheArtfulDetective]

Anniversary of disappearance today.

 

[HopeRains]

Eldon (last seen) -> Iberia (said going to) -> Cuba (truck found) = ~ 90 miles

 

[HopeRains]

The Miller-County Autogram-Centinel, 3 Jan 85, pg 1. This article says he required 2 daily insulin shots and had none with him when he left. Given that and <30 miles to Iberia (where he said he was going) it would appear to me that he likely had no intention of being gone very long.

Springfield Leader, 30 Mar 85, pg 10

 

[HopeRains]

Info regarding his truck at the truckstop and actions taken thereafter, snip from The Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, 28 March 85, pg 1

 

[HopeRains]

So, I'm just thinking to myself, he was last seen on December 16 and not reported until December 24 by family (I believe another article said his wife reported him) but required 2 daily insulin shots and reported as having none with him when he left?

 

[HopeRains]

Only other thing I am finding in newspaper archives around the time period appear to be some small land transfers in November 1984.

 

[HopeRains]

Publication in Eldon Advertiser, 10 Apr 86

Eldon Advertiser, 12 Jun 86, pg 14

 

[SHSASUsleuth23]

Surely the Wife wasn't involved? Diabetes is a horrible thing. He may have purposefully disappeared to end his suffering? I wonder if there was any Life Insurance involved?

 

[Pennysmom1]

Gary Lee Brumley - Missouri Missing Person Directory

Details and Pictures of Gary Lee Brumley, Missing since December 1984

www.missingin.org