Found Safe NM - William Hughes Jr,, 32, Albuquerque, 9 Dec 1983

[Gardener1850]

William Howard Hughes Jr.
Bernalillo County, New Mexico
32 to 33 year old white male

Height (inches)

Weight (pounds)

[TD="class: view_field"]72.0[/TD]

[TD="class: view_field"]175.0[/TD]

Brown Hair
Blue Eyes

Circumstances:
On July 25 1983, William visited 19 different branches of his Albuquerque bank and cashed a personal check for $1500.00 at each. His new car was found abandoned at Albuquerque International Airport. He told family and friends that he would be vacationing in Europe before returning to duty on Aug 1 at Kirtland AFB, NM. Instead, no trace of William has been found since that July day.


Dental information / charting is available and entered

DNA Status: Sample is currently not available

Fingerprint information is currently not available

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/38273/

 

[Darling136]

How come you just recently made a thread for this guy and then he pops up?! After all those years!

That officer, Capt. William Howard Hughes Jr., was apprehended in California on Wednesday, more than 30 years after his mysterious disappearance.

According to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), the State Department was recently investigating a man claiming to be “Barry O’Beirne” during a passport fraud inquiry.

“After being confronted with inconsistencies about his identity, the individual admitted his true name was William Howard Hughes Jr., and that he deserted from the U.S. Air Force in 1983,” an AFOSI news release reads.

Ex-Kirtland AFB officer missing since 1983 found

Found

 

[Gardener1850]

How come you just recently made a thread for this guy and then he pops up?! After all those years!


Ex-Kirtland AFB officer missing since 1983 found

Found

Lol @Darling136 I guess the pressure of having a Websleuths thread was too much for him and he slipped up

 

[dotr]

Missing U.S. Air Force officer with high NATO clearance found 35 years later

This undated photo released by the U.S. Air Force shows Capt. William Howard Hughes, Jr., who was formally declared a deserter by the Air Force Dec. 9, 1983. (U.S. Air Force photo via AP)
"Hughes was involved in classified planning and analysis of NATO's control, command and communications surveillance systems during the Cold War. He specialized in radar surveillance.

He was 33 years old and single when he vanished, according to news reports from the time of his disappearance.

Hughes was last seen withdrawing more than $28,000 in Albuquerque in the summer of 1983 after returning from a two-week vacation in Europe. He had just completed a stint in the Netherlands, where he worked with NATO officers on the Airborne Warning and Control electronic surveillance aircraft. He was supposed to be back in Albuquerque by August of that year."

 

[PastTense]

Passport fraud inquiry? Any more information? Did he just apply for a passport?

 

[JerseyGirl]

Air Force officer missing for 35 years worked for University of California

 

[Richard]

Any update on this deserter's case?

 

[PastTense]

A 1983 deserter from the U.S. Air Force was arrested in 2018 and has now been tried and sentenced.

I was advised today by the Air Force Office of Special Investigation that the now-former officer has been tried and dismissed from the service. I’m working to find out the results of his trial and his current status. As more details are learned, updates will be posted.

Deserter from the U.S. Air Force apprehended and tried.