Deceased/Not Found PA-Walter Springer Lawton, 64, White Haven Creek, 07 Jun 1971

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Walter Springer Lawton – The Charley Project

Walter Springer Lawton

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Lawton, circa 1971

• Missing Since06/07/1971
• Missing FromWhite Haven, Pennsylvania
• ClassificationEndangered Missing
• Age64 years old
• Height and Weight5'3, 115 - 130 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry DescriptionA white mesh t-shirt, dark-colored plaid shorts, and brown leather slippers or sandals with rubber soles, and a watch. Possibly carrying a small zippered coin purse and a handkerchief.
• Medical ConditionsLawton suffers from Parkinson's Disease.
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsCaucasian male. White hair, blue eyes. Lawton has previously broken his left wrist. He wears wire-rimmed eyeglasses.

Details of Disappearance
Lawton was last seen in White Haven, Pennsylvania on June 7, 1971. He and his wife were visiting the area of Nescopeck Creek; they were planning to buy a cabin. Lawton went for a walk at 3:00 p.m. that day and has never been heard from again. Dogs later tracked his scent to the railroad bridge overpass area on the road to Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, but in spite of an extensive search, he was never located.

Lawton previously worked as a professor and chairman of the mathematics department at Temple University, before his Parkinson's Disease forced him into early retirement. He was declared legally dead on June 7, 1978, the seventh anniversary of his disappearance. His case remains unsolved.

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Walter Springer Lawton 1971 PA

Clipping found in The Mountaintop Eagle published in Mountain Top, Pennsylvania on 9/16/1971. Walter Springer Lawton 1971 PA

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Oct 30, 2023

CASE: COLD CASE - MISSING PERSON 64-YEAR-OLD WALTER LAWTON - WHITE HAVEN - LUZERNE COUNTY

The Pennsylvania State Police Troop N – Bloomsburg Station continues their investigation on missing person 64-year-old Walter Lawton.Lawton was last seen in White Haven, Luzerne County on June 7, 1971. He and his wife were visiting the area of

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Nov 9, 2023

State police seek information on 1971 professor’s disappearance near White Haven - Times Leader

Pennsylvania State Police at Bloomsburg recently issued an advisory seeking information on the disappearance of Walter Lawton, 64, last seen in White Haven in June 1971.

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Walter is still missing

Missing Person / NamUs #MP50250

View NamUs missing person case MP50250 for Walter Springer Lawton missing from White Haven, Pennsylvania. Date of last contact: Jun 07, 1971. NCMEC case number: --.

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Other distinctive physical characteristic
Left wrist had been broken years before. Xray of wrist was given to the State Police in 1971-1972.

The Forgotten Cases

Dr. Walter Springer Lawton Last seen around 3 PM on June 7, 1971 in White Haven, Pennsylvania. • Missing Since 06/07/1971 • Missing From White Haven, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County) •...

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<<Dr. Lawton was a retired professor and chairman of the mathematics department at Temple University. He had retired due to health issues. On June 7, 1971, Dr. Lawton and his wife were visiting the Nescopeck Creek area as they were planning to buy a cabin near there.>>

<<Dr. Lawton was one of the earliest radar instructors in the country. Before teaching at Temple, he worked as a Navy Radar Officers’ training instructor at Harvard, MIT, and Bowdoin College during World War II. >>