Found Deceased NC - Martin Bankhead, 61, Raleigh, 10 Jun 2018

[cybervampira]

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Family of missing Raleigh man plan to hire private investigator

More than a month after Martin Bankhead went missing, his family says they are raising money to hire a private investigator to find him.

Sarah Triplett and her husband Anthony spoke exclusively with ABC 11 for the first time about the disappearance of their brother Martin.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Martin Bankhead appeared on the game show “Family Feud” in April.

Police say: “Watch his video and please help us locate him and bring him home. #CALL911 to provide us with any details you may have, no matter how small or where you are.”

Missing Raleigh man was on ‘Family Feud’ in April

 

[wendybtn]

As a geriatrics RN, I always wonder if he had a medical problem that caused him to become lost and eventually abandon his car?

 

[LietKynes]

Can't find any info. about his phone... unless I've missed it ?
Any chance he 'escaped' to a new life ?

Wandered away from the crashed car with amnesia ?

Am assuming the car was dusted for prints to see if anyone else was driving it. And was the seat in the usual position in which he was accustomed to driving ?

 

[ghoulnextdoor]

Some quotes from Martin's sister about Martin. Reading these made me very sad especially the detail about the T-shirt and the welcome home banner
'We will never give up:' Sisters continue to search for Raleigh man missing since June :: WRAL.com

“We will never give up looking for you until we find out,” Bankhead’s sister, Sarah Triplett, said.

Triplett and her sisters, who live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, said their brother is one of 12 siblings and the family is very close. They can’t imagine he would leave without telling somebody.

“We have no idea or no clue, so that’s what is so devastating because this is so much out of Martin’s character,” Bankhead’s sister, Elaine Harper, said.

Family members said Bankhead was known to be a world traveler, but he always stayed in touch with his family.

We just had our family reunion, which we’ve been having for at least 35 years, a couple of weeks ago and this is the first time Martin has missed one of the family reunions,” Triplett said.

Family members said they even had Bankhead’s T-shirt and a welcome home banner waiting for him at the reunion, hoping he would show up.

 

[cybervampira]

Human remains believed to be missing Raleigh man

According to the York County Sheriff's Office, on August 29 surveyors in the area of Will Jones Circle and South Anderson Road in Catawba located human remains in a wooded area near a creek.

After an investigation in coordination with the York County Coroner's Office, the remains are believed to be of Martin Elbert Bankhead, 61, of Raleigh, NC, who was reported missing from his home on June 10.

 

[cybervampira]

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Exclusive: Family of Raleigh man wants answers in mysterious death

Family members said they learned Saturday that authorities found the remains of the 61-year-old Raleigh man.

But they still have a lot of questions about how he wound up 200 miles away from his home without any of them knowing.

Marisha Davis, Bankhead's niece, said that is out of character for her uncle.

"He never, never went anywhere without letting us know his whereabouts," Davis said. "It's unacceptable. Until I find answers I will never stop."