NE NE/CO- Ali Lazem Lesem Kenani, 58, missing from Snowmass Village CO, 11 May 2019

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Case Information​

Demographics​

Missing Age 58 Years
Current Age 63 Years
Legal First Name Ali
Middle Name Lazem or Lesem
Legal Last Name Kenani
Chosen Name/Nickname/Alias--

Biological Sex Male
Height 5' 9" (69 Inches)
Weight 185 lbs
Race / Ethnicity White / Caucasian

Circumstances​

Date of Last Contact May 11, 2019
NamUs Case Created July 2, 2019

Last Known Location Map​

Location Snowmass Village, Colorado
County Pitkin County
Missing From Tribal Land No
Primary Residence on Tribal Land No

Circumstances of Disappearance Ali Kenani was last seen at a convenience store near Aspen, Colorado on 05/11/2019. His vehicle was found abandoned two days later in a remote area near Capitol Peak Trailhead, by Snowmass Village and Aspen. Searches in the area were organized but proved unsuccessful in locating Ali.

Physical Description​

Hair Color Brown
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Body Hair Description--
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Left Eye Color Brown
Right Eye Color Brown

 

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June 19, 2019

Missing man, subject of weekend search, disappeared in mid May

Authorities unsure how car ended up in Capitol Creek Valley

www.aspendailynews.com

<<But Kenani, of Lincoln, Neb., was declared missing by Lincoln police on June 6. That led local officials to reexamine the case of the abandoned car, leading to last weekend’s search of a 900-acre area including public and private lands near the site where the vehicle turned up. Twenty-five personnel from Garfield County Search and Rescue, Mountain Rescue Aspen, Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office and the United States Forest Service participated in the all-day search. Dogs and a drone team using heat-seeking technology also aided in the search, according to the press release issued Saturday. They found no clues as to Kenani’s whereabouts.>>

<<Two days before Kenani’s car was found 8 miles up the Capitol Creek Valley, he sought assistance from Basalt police, after apparently realizing he had made a wrong turn onto Highway 82 as he was driving on Interstate 70 toward California. Authorities later learned he was traveling cross country to visit his minor child who lives with his ex-wife.

At around 1:15 p.m. on May 10, Kenani drove up to an officer on foot patrol near the 7-11 footbridge in Basalt, according to Chief Greg Knott. Speaking very little English, he indicated that he was lost. Kenani called a friend in Nebraska who helped translate between him and Basalt police, and police helped him use a debit card he had in his possession to get cash and point him in the right direction to get back on the road to California.


“They were confident that he was straightened out and knew where he was going,” Knott said of his officers’ interaction with Kenani.

But instead, Kenani’s car was found on May 12. Steindler said that, so far, there are no clues as to how Kenani’s car ended up in the remote location in the valley he apparently never intended to visit. There is “no indication” he headed up that way for a hike, Steindler said.>>


<<At the time the car was found in mid May, Capitol Creek Road was not cleared of snow much past mile marker 8 and the driveway where the car was found was the last available turnoff before the road dead-ended into a snowbank. The trailhead accessing public lands and the trail to Capitol Lake at that time was about 1 mile past that location, buried in snow.

Steindler noted that, with the upper section of the road buried, it would be an easy mistake to make to turn up the private driveway thinking it was the road to the trailhead. But there is no indication that Kenani was attempting to make such a journey and the homeowner on whose property the car was found never saw him or had any contact with him, Steindler said.>>

 

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Ali Kenani – The Charley Project

Details of Disappearance​

Kenani was last seen at a convenience store in Snowmass Village, Colorado on May 11, 2019. He was on his way from his home in Lincoln, Nebraska to visit his son in San Diego, California. On the morning of May 10, he was arrested on an outstanding warrant for a traffic violation, booked into jail, and bonded out a few hours later.

Instead of continuing on Interstate 70, he traveled southeast on Colorado 82 and into Basalt, Colorado. Two police officers saw him that afternoon and said he appeared to be lost and in need of assistance. He told them he needed an ATM and the officers directed him to one and showed him how to get back on Interstate 70. He never arrived at his son's and has never been heard from again.

His vehicle, a black 2005 Honda Accord with Nebraska license plates, was found abandoned two days later in a remote area near the Capitol Peak Trailhead. Kenani's passport and phones were inside it. The vehicle's GPS device showed it had traaveled on country roads before being stopped by a snowpack at the end of Capitol Creek Road, and that it stopped at 3:32 a.m. on May 11. A photo of the car is posted with this case summary.

The theory that Kenani returned to his native Iraq has been discarded, as his passport was left in his car. He is from Lincoln, Nebraska and that city's police are investigating his case. It remains unsolved.