OK OK - Michael James MacDougal, 15, missing from Stilwell since 10 December 2020

[haggis]

Seems that he left his house that morning and disappeared. No fight with family, no girlfriend in the picture.

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Michael James MacDougal - Oklahoma Cold Cases

Michael James MacDougal was 15 and is 5'9, 180 lbs with red hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a LSW black sweatshirt, white sweatpants and

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Day of disappearance:

 

[GraceG]

He was tagged as "use caution - do not approach" and I've seen that on more than one missing poster. That often means (if the report doesn't state anything about being armed, which this one does NOT) that the person may be in a dangerous situation and your intervention could potentially worsen it So I'm thinking, IMO, they were worried about self harm. Have you seen this child? Michael James MacDougal

 

[haggis]

He was tagged as "use caution - do not approach" and I've seen that on more than one missing poster. That often means (if the report doesn't state anything about being armed, which this one does NOT) that the person may be in a dangerous situation and your intervention could potentially worsen it So I'm thinking, IMO, they were worried about self harm. Have you seen this child? Michael James MacDougal

Oh, thanks. Hadn't seen that.

 

[mlhenn]

Cold case Files: Stillwell teen vanished in December of 2020 and authorities have virtually no leads

Just over four years ago on December 10, 2020, a 15-year-old boy vanished from Stillwell. On that fateful day, Michael James MacDougal left his home in the Bell Road area of Adair County and hasn't been heard from since. Law enforcement initially believed that Michael left home of his own...

www.todayinfortsmith.com

Law enforcement initially believed that Michael left home of his own accord, but it is feared that something may have happened to him afterward.
Investigators have meticulously reviewed security footage from various locations in the area and identified two vehicles of interest that were present at the time of Michael's disappearance.


The vehicles in question traveled on Bell Road between 7:50 and 8:00 a.m. on December 10, 2020. One is a white Chevrolet Suburban, and the other is a black Chevrolet or GMC pick-up truck, possibly from the early 2000s model, with Nerf bars.

 

[mlhenn]

FBI, local law enforcement search for missing boy

An Adair County teenager has been missing since last week.

www.stilwelldemocrat.com

This article is from 2020.

The teen has no history of being in trouble with the law.

“He’s never been in trouble. He’s a very good kid,” Ritchie said.

He was last seen walking away from his home in the Bell community on Thursday, Dec. 10 around 8 a.m.

His mom contacted LE at 6:47pm that day.

 

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[Soulmagent]

This should have caused an amber alert ! He was 15 and there are suspect car descriptions! 4 YEARS! I am heartbroken , he was 15!

 

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i believe this is where the photo of the white truck was taken.
[note: there's a white truck in their driveway, different front grill]

confirmed to me: the two photos depict the trucks going North on Bell road at this location, then at the very least, the black truck comes back. Must be why we get the time frame instead of a time.

thought: i wonder why both trucks are of interest and not just the black one. If the white one returned, they must have footage to confirm that, why not share that photo too?

 

[Soulmagent]

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i believe this is where the photo of the white truck was taken.
[note: there's a white truck in their driveway, different front grill]

confirmed to me: the two photos depict the trucks going North on Bell road at this location, then at the very least, the black truck comes back. Must be why we get the time frame instead of a time.

thought: i wonder why both trucks are of interest and not just the black one. If the white one returned, they must have footage to confirm that, why not share that photo too?

The truck in the photo you posted is a pick up. The white reported truck was an suv and the black one a pick up . I do not think this truck is related to the one in question.
It would be interesting to pull regige owners and see who owned these types of trucks in the area.
A lot more information should be available and would be if this had went out as an Amber Alert. 15 yr old should not be allowed to stand by the road waiting for the sex trafficker's to scoop them up , which is exactly like this looks like , IMO.

 

[truthfinder2019]

12/10/2020 was a Thursday. Schools are still open on that date.

Was Michael heading to school, so early in the morning ?

This is his FB

Facebook

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According to it, he was at the Stilwell High School, which is ca a 11 min drive from the area where his house is. I do not post here the address to respect privacy.

Impossible IMO he was heading there on foot (ca 2h on foot). So IMO the bus was stopping on Bell Rd, and he had to walk a bit to get to the bus stop. If this was the intent that day.

Did he lose the school bus? Did he take a lift with the wrong person? Did he leave on purpose with no intention to head to school ? Did he have a phone with him?

Deputies say he was last seen walking away from Bell Road in Stilwell before 8 a.m. on Dec. 10, 2020.

Adair Co. officials still searching for boy who went missing two years ago

A sheriff with the Adair County Sheriff's Office says the case of Michael MacDougal is "100% not a cold case."RELATED |Adair County officials searching for mis

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If you look at Bell Rd , the main road there, what would “walk away from Bell Rd” mean?

To me it was not clear where he was last seen. But, after a bit of digging and assuming that walking away from Bell road means he was still on his road, and by comparing the last photo of his, with streetview in google maps, then possibly IMO his last sighting was towards the end of his gravel road, not far from the crossing with Bell Rd.

It is unknown to the public after that if he went towards Stilwell or towards Bell.

In the photo, it looks like he is looking towards Bell Rd. Was he waiting for someone ?

And why did he leave without a coat in winter ? Was the temperature mild that day ?


JMO

ETA: for those wondering, Blaziken is a Pokemon character

ETA 2: is there any report that he missed school that day? Did the school inform his parents? He was reported missing after 6 pm that day I think.

 

[feels_close_to_home]

Alright this one's pretty freaking close. silver trim, GMC, dark windows; any better car people?

 

[Soulmagent]

12/10/2020 was a Thursday. Schools are still open on that date.

Was Michael heading to school, so early in the morning ?

This is his FB

Facebook

www.facebook.com

According to it, he was at the Stilwell High School, which is ca a 11 min drive from the area where his house is. I do not post here the address to respect privacy.

Impossible IMO he was heading there on foot (ca 2h on foot). So IMO the bus was stopping on Bell Rd, and he had to walk a bit to get to the bus stop. If this was the intent that day.

Did he lose the school bus? Did he take a lift with the wrong person? Did he leave on purpose with no intention to head to school ? Did he have a phone with him?

Deputies say he was last seen walking away from Bell Road in Stilwell before 8 a.m. on Dec. 10, 2020.

Adair Co. officials still searching for boy who went missing two years ago

A sheriff with the Adair County Sheriff's Office says the case of Michael MacDougal is "100% not a cold case."RELATED |Adair County officials searching for mis

okcfox.com

If you look at Bell Rd , the main road there, what would “walk away from Bell Rd” mean?

To me it was not clear where he was last seen. But, after a bit of digging and assuming that walking away from Bell road means he was still on his road, and by comparing the last photo of his, with streetview in google maps, then possibly IMO his last sighting was towards the end of his gravel road, not far from the crossing with Bell Rd.

It is unknown to the public after that if he went towards Stilwell or towards Bell.

In the photo, it looks like he is looking towards Bell Rd. Was he waiting for someone ?

And why did he leave without a coat in winter ? Was the temperature mild that day ?


JMO

Silly question, how many missing Alumni does this school have throughout the years? I seriously wonder..

 

[truthfinder2019]

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i believe this is where the photo of the white truck was taken.
[note: there's a white truck in their driveway, different front grill]

confirmed to me: the two photos depict the trucks going North on Bell road at this location, then at the very least, the black truck comes back. Must be why we get the time frame instead of a time.

thought: i wonder why both trucks are of interest and not just the black one. If the white one returned, they must have footage to confirm that, why not share that photo too?

I agree with the location for both vehicles, the little stone columns confirm it, and it s 1 min walk from where , as I just posted, I believe his last photo was taken.
The white van is pictured going towards Stilwell and OK-100 W, while the black truck obviously is pictured both arriving and leaving.
Hence, IMO, the mkst important vehicle for this case, is the black one.

Jmo

 

[truthfinder2019]

Alright this one's pretty freaking close. silver trim, GMC, dark windows; any better car people?
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Pretty close IMO, good find!!
This is ca 6 mins driving downwards from where he lives, and towards Bell.
But this could mean that the vehicle was just passing by, coming from here going towards Stilwell and may have nothing to do with his disappearance. At least the driver may have seen sth or given the boy a lift.
If this is the same black truck, however I doubt LE would not have already found out given the short distance, they must have checked all these residences along the main road.

 

[Soulmagent]

I agree with the location for both vehicles, the little stone columns confirm it, and it s 1 min walk from where , as I just posted, I believe his last photo was taken.
The white van is pictured going towards Stilwell and OK-100 W, while the black truck obviously is pictured both arriving and leaving.
Hence, IMO, the mkst important vehicle for this case, is the black one.

Jmo

I missed the white van , entirely . I admit I am kinda flipped over him being 15 and missing for 4 years already!!

 

[truthfinder2019]

Silly question, how many missing Alumni does this school have throughout the years? I seriously wonder..

I am only aware of this cold case from Stilwell

OK Post in thread 'OK-Sherryl Lynn Jacquot, 42, Adair County, 03 Jul 1999'

Aug 31, 2021

https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/lo...omen-featured-dateline-nbc-s-missing-n1277762

Sherryl Lynn Jacquot was last heard from on July 3, 1999, when she called her mother from an unknown number in Arkansas to let her know she’d come by her house in Oklahoma City to pay back some money she had borrowed the previous week. She never made it, and hasn’t been seen since. Her Datsun pickup truck is also missing.

The week before she...

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Any other MP from there?

 

[truthfinder2019]

He was tagged as "use caution - do not approach" and I've seen that on more than one missing poster. That often means (if the report doesn't state anything about being armed, which this one does NOT) that the person may be in a dangerous situation and your intervention could potentially worsen it So I'm thinking, IMO, they were worried about self harm. Have you seen this child? Michael James MacDougal

Why would he use an alias dob
i cite from above
He may use the alias date of birth 3/11/2005.

 

[Sweetluv]

Dec 10, 2020 was a Thursday..
I assume Michael was waiting for the bus or walking to school? At 15 , I would think that's why he was out so early.
Maybe some predator was scoping out kids heading to school...Michael was 5'9 and 180 pounds..doesn't sound like an easy target.

 

[LauraAnne]

Enough time has gone by that the family/LE/agencies would have put out more information. He's not wearing a backpack, so it seems he wasn't going to school? I don't know whether he typically carries one. Was he doing well in school? Was it typical for him to leave at 8 for a normal school day? Did he have friends, a girlfriend? The lack of information is kind of unusual, after all this time.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Was the FBI brought in? Were his electronics examined by experts?

I feel for his family and hope they find him very soon.