OK OK - Sallisaw, "Mike Howard", WhtMale 58-59, UP17843, Poss abducted from CA as a child, May'18

[Romulus]

Interesting case, but without photos is hard to resolve.

 

[Laughing]

All questions, no answers.

Sorry, Mr. Howard! We'd like to help, but need more dots to connect.

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[lep_98]

Checking in as of 04/08/2022- Robert Anthony Sidebottom of Okmulgee, OK has been ruled out as well.

 

[John/Jane Doe]

If he really was kidnapped as a kid in California, what's the chance it's Todd Collett? He disappeared at the age of 3 in California in 1964.

Todd Eugene Collett – The Charley Project

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Checking in as of 04/08/2022- Robert Anthony Sidebottom of Okmulgee, OK has been ruled out as well.

That is interesting. So they also ruled out an adult. (RS went missing from Oklahoma in March 2017 at 41-years-old.)

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I wonder what Mike Howard provided to LE. Birth certificate? DNA? Any photos?

 

[John/Jane Doe]

I wonder what Mike Howard provided to LE. Birth certificate? DNA? Any photos?

I wonder if there is any photograph of this man.

 

[Friday Fan]

Amnesia?

Hard to verify his story?

I remember the woman in California last year. She thought she was from the East Coast, but she was really from Los Angeles

Maybe they don't think he's really abducted, but maybe he went around telling people that he was, so they may be trying to find people that he knows...They need to get an ID on him....MOO

 

[lep_98]

It also appears that the Sequoyah Residential Facility where he was said to be living may have shut down in recent years. Wonder what's happened to Mr. Howard since then?

 

[John/Jane Doe]

@Caring1 Hey could you post the current NamUs Exclusion List for this John Doe?

 

[Caring1]

@Caring1 Hey could you post the current NamUs Exclusion List for this John Doe?

3 Missing Person Exclusions

 

[Puzzleworth]

Since Mr. Howard is still living, he would be able to use more common genetic genealogy sites like Ancestry or 23andMe. (edit: assuming his legal guardian, if he has one, consents to it) It should be fairly easy to find his bio-relatives.

 

[Soulmagent]

His link doesnt work anymore. I am just wondering if he knew who he was until the last few years and he offers up thoughts in his confusion ,meaning he could be anyone according to him. Since they dont know ,what is real and what is forgotten. Like missing events in his lifetime that he does remember might lead him to conclude he might have been kidnapped. Or may have been family abducted by one or the other had grown up with that family drama and as he ages those confusing merories have become even more confusing with less context as that has all been forgotten. In reality he could have a whole family missing he from the time frame he has forgotten ,the more recent past. I dunno ,weird john doe case. Even sadder by the fact it appears he hopes someone knows who he is so they can tell him ,so he isnt alone?

 

[ChatteringBirds]

His link doesnt work anymore.

The original link on this thread is outdated, but a NamUs link later in the thread still works:

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

I agree with you and hope he can find answers soon. Agree with the previous poster who wondered why they can't just use Ancestry/ 23andMe to figure this out, since he is an adult. I guess it's more complicated than it seems.

 

[Triss]

The original link on this thread is outdated, but a NamUs link later in the thread still works:

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

I agree with you and hope he can find answers soon. Agree with the previous poster who wondered why they can't just use Ancestry/ 23andMe to figure this out, since he is an adult. I guess it's more complicated than it seems.

I was wondering the same thing. Surely it'd be the quickest way to give him some answers. He must be related to someone.

 

[salamanderqueeftp]

bump

 

[azure]

Given that the DNA was pending when he was added to NAMUS, I wonder if there's proof he's not related to whoever raised him. Or does he simply claim to not remember anything about his past? Very intriguing.

 

[cyberpanda]

No new updates on NamUs, same 3 exclusions.