NC NC - Vycheslav Arkadyevich Akopov, 52, Bladensboro, 12 Sep 1998

[Kat]

The Doe Network:
Case File 4211DMNC

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/4211dmnc.html

Vycheslav Arkadyevich Akopov
Missing since September 12, 1998 from Bladensboro, Bladen County, North Carolina
Classification: Missing



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Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: July 26, 1946
Age at Time of Disappearance: 52 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'8"; 150-170 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White male. Graying black hair.
Dentals: Not available.


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Circumstances of Disappearance
Mr. Akopov disappeared after apparently driving to Raleigh and bringing home two other immigrants. Mr. Apokov was accustomed to going to Raleigh to meet with other Uzbekistanis, and it was normal for him to allow them to live with him at his Bladenboro-area home, until they found work.

Mr. Akopov was last seen by his landlord getting into his vehicle, (1987 Plymouth Caravelle, 4-dr light blue, license LDN-9565, VIN#1P3BJ36K3HC135239) with two unknown males on September 12. His landlord describes them as two younger males, between 5'9 and 5'11" tall, with stocky builds. Both were in their thirties.

The day Akopov apparently disappeared, his landlord said she gave him directions to Nye's insurance office in Elizabethtown. She said he had been to Smithfield Packing Co. and the Employment Security Office with the two men earlier that day, apparently trying to help them find work.
Mr. Akopov was known as a reliable employee and tenant. He did not report to work, pick up his paychecks, or pay his rent. His personal possessions were left at his usually neat home, in disarray, except a small dictionary he used for translation.

His landlord reported him as missing on September 22. He has not been seen or heard from by either his friends locally or his family in Russia. He had around $500 or $600 cash in his wallet, according to his landlord. Plus his two paychecks. His last two paychecks were never cashed.

Akopov had a wife and two children back in Uzbekistan. He regularly wrote letters to his family and other relatives, and sent photographs.
Foul play is possible in his case.



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

Bladen County Sheriff's Office
910-862-6942

Agency Case Number: 9809-3277

NCIC Number: M-156533237
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source Information:
NamUs

http://www.nampn.org/cases/vyacheslav_akopov.html
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Family members continued to write to Akopov until law enforcement and members of a missing persons group found a translator to help tell a family halfway around the world that their loved one was missing. Akopov had a wife and two children back in Uzbekistan. He regularly wrote letters to his family and other relatives, and sent photographs. Foul play is possible in his case. No sign of Akopov, his light-colored four-door Plymouth, or the two suspicious tenants has ever been found. However, the skeletal remains of a man around Akopov's age, wearing similar boots, were found near Wilmington. No positive identification has been made on the remains.

https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/4906/50?current_page=case_information
NOTE: SURNAME IS SPELLED AS Akoppv
NamUs Profile:
Dental: NA
DNA: NA
Fingerprints: NA

Which is the correct spelling?

Vycheslav has been missing close to 12 years. Come home soon.

 

[JEMB135]

Vyacheslav Arjkadyevich Akopov – The Charley Project

 

[Pipsissiway_Potts]

Vyacheslav Arjkadyevich Akopov – The Charley Project

Some very interesting comments from the landlady. Very likely these two men overpowered and killed him, and probably came back at some point to search the trailer for anything valuable or money Akopov had possibly hidden in his belongings. They had no motivation to be neat in their search, so I'm supposing they were the ones that left the trailer in disarray. What a sad case.

 

[CastlesBurning]

Bumping for Vycheslav...it's now been 23 years.

 

[AguaFlorida2001]

Bump. Read this on NamUs and it really touched my heart.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Vycheslav is still missing
NAMUS has his name as: Vycheslav Arkadyevich Akoppv

Missing Person / NamUs #MP4906

View NamUs missing person case MP4906 for Vycheslav Arkadyevich Akoppv missing from Bladensboro, North Carolina. Date of last contact: Sep 12, 1998. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

Vyacheslav Arjkadyevich Akopov – The Charley Project

• Associated Vehicle(s) Light-colored four-door 1987 Plymouth Caravelle
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Graying black hair. Akopov is a native of Uzbekistan, a former Soviet republic in central Asia. He speaks limited English.

<<Akopov resided in a trailer in Bladensburg, North Carolina in September 1998. He rented the trailer from Wanda Phipps, who describes him as a model tenant. He worked at Harriet and Henderson in Clarkton, North Carolina and sent money to his wife and two children in Uzbekistan. He often let other Uzbek immigrants stay in his home until they were able to find jobs. Two such people were staying with him at the time of his disappearance.

On September 12, Phipps saw him in Elizabethtown, North Carolina. He was accompanied by his two roommates and was trying to find his insurance agent. Phipps helped him get his car and insurance. She saw him get into his vehicle, a light-colored four-door 1987 Plymouth Caravelle, with his two friends afterwards. He has never been heard from again.>>

(more at link above)

<<Phipps stated she disliked the two men who were living with Akopov when he disappeared. They were younger than his previous roommates and unlike the other immigrants he had lived with, these men were unable to find employment in the area. Phipps stated both men were in their thirties, between 5'9 and 5'11 tall, and had stocky builds. They have not been publicly identified. Both of them disappeared at the same time Akopov did.>>

<<Skeletal remains of a man approximately Akopov's age, and wearing boots similar to his own, were found near Wilmington, North Carolina after his disappearance, but the remains have not been identified. There has been no sign of Akopov, his vehicle or his two roommates since 1998. His case remains unsolved.>>

 

[Pennysmom1]

North Carolina Cold Cases

Vyacheslav Arjkadyevich Akopov (Akopov) was last seen on September 12, 1998, in Elizabethtown, North Carolina. Akopov lived in a trailer in Bladensburg, NC and rented it from Wanda Phipps, who...

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NOT the exact missing car shown