SD SD - Stanley Alan Strole, 37, Aberdeen, 15 Mar 1979

[Gardener1850]

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Missing Person / NamUs #MP23483
Stanley Alan Strole

Male, White / Caucasian
Height 5' 11" - 6' 1" (71 - 73 Inches)
Weight 150 lbs

Hair Color Brown
Eye Color Brown

Circumstances
Date of Last Contact March 15, 1979
NamUs Case Created February 11, 2014
Last Known Location Map
Location Aberdeen, South Dakota
Brown County

Circumstances of Disappearance
Stanley Strole was last seen on 03/15/1979 in Aberdeen, SD.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[glamourkitty1922]

He would be 77 years old if he's still living. There is nothing about him. I wonder what happened?

 

[Kell70]

He would be 77 years old if he's still living. There is nothing about him. I wonder what happened?

This is my Uncle, he's still missing...

 

[glamourkitty1922]

This is my Uncle, he's still missing...

I'm sorry you and your family are going through this. Can you tell us more about him? Do you remember him?

 

[Kell70]

Yes, I was 9 when he went missing. He was quiet and friendly. He had just gotten paid the day he was last seen. He was an insulin dependant diabetic, yet his apartment wasn't missing anything including his insulin. The police didn't really do much checking into his disappearance back then. He obviously met with foul play. The detective's have reopened the case, but to no avail.

 

[glamourkitty1922]

Yes, I was 9 when he went missing. He was quiet and friendly. He had just gotten paid the day he was last seen. He was an insulin dependant diabetic, yet his apartment wasn't missing anything including his insulin. The police didn't really do much checking into his disappearance back then. He obviously met with foul play. The detective's have reopened the case, but to no avail.

Do you have a picture of him you can post here?

 

[Kell70]

This is Stan

 

[glamourkitty1922]

This is Stan

He is a nice looking man. Can you tell us what you remember of him? What your family believes happened?

 

[Kell70]

He is a nice looking man. Can you tell us what you remember of him? What your family believes happened?

. He had 5 sisters (all deceased now). My Mother told me the last place he was seen was at a restaurant called "Palm Gardens" in Aberdeen, S.D. (which was near his apartment) he often had seizures due to his diabetes.

 

[glamourkitty1922]

. He had 5 sisters (all deceased now). My Mother told me the last place he was seen was at a restaurant called "Palm Gardens" in Aberdeen, S.D. (which was near his apartment) he often had seizures due to his diabetes.

What does your family believe happened to him?

 

[Kell70]

What does your family believe happened to him?

We think somebody saw him with cash. (He had just gotten paid) and mugged/murdered him. He did not leave on his own accord, or he definitely would have taken his insulin and supplies with him. He never got married or had children, I'm really one of a few family members he has living.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I just saw your recent post on a social networking site in a Cold Cases group. So sorry for your family. This must have been horrible for his parents and sisters. I hope you don't mind me saying, maybe some of your relatives are together with him now. He still deserves justice and to be properly laid to rest if necessary, though.

 

[Kell70]

I just saw your recent post on a social networking site in a Cold Cases group. So sorry for your family. This must have been horrible for his parents and sisters. I hope you don't mind me saying, maybe some of your relatives are together with him now. He still deserves justice and to be properly laid to rest if necessary, though.

His 5 sisters and his parents are all gone now, so I'm on my own in this search as far as family goes. I'm going to get him added to the doe network asap. Thanks for your kind words!

 

[aThousandYearsWide]

He was newly added to the Doe Network (I just noticed Kell70 mentioned in the post above about having him entered into the Doe Network)

5378DMSD - Stanley Allen Strole

Name: Stanley Strole
Case Classification: Involuntary Missing
Missing Since: March 15, 1979
Location Last Seen: Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota

Physical Description
Date of Birth: September 29, 1941
Age: 37 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 5'11"-6'0"
Weight: 150 lbs.
Hair Color: Dark brown/black, Short
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Burn scar on one shoulder

Identifiers
Dentals: Not Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Not Available

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Unknown. Usually wore button-up shirts, slacks with a belt, and dress shoes.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance
stanley Stole was last sighting in Aberdeen, South Dakota on March 15, 1979. Possibly at the Palm Garden restaurant.

Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Aberdeen Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Detective Chris Gross
Agency Phone Number: 605-626-7000
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 4464

NCIC Case Number: Unknown
NamUs Case Number: 23483

Information Source(s)
NamUs
Family Member

5378DMSD - Stanley Allen Strole

 

[CastlesBurning]

Stanley Allen Strole – The Charley Project

 

[Alleykins]

@Kell70
Welcome to Websleuths, thank you giving us more information.
Just curious, what did he do for a living?
And is DNA pending for your uncle, by chance?

 

[Atombudd]

Aberdeen police are currently handling three missing-person cold cases
Stanley Strole
Stanley Strole is a 79-year-old white man who disappeared in 1979 when he was 37. Strole was a Type 1 diabetic and, according to documents provided by the Aberdeen Police Department, was last seen at the Palm Garden after he had left his house without his insulin.
Police documents show that his sister, Vicky Opp, said he frequently threatened to run away.

Strole was not reported missing until June 1979, according to the police paperwork. In a document from 1986, Lt. T.J. "Bud" Schaffer of the Aberdeen Police Department wrote that he spoke with Opp and she said Strole got into an argument with their other sister because she would not buy him beer due to Strole's being a diabetic.

Strole then left, withdrew all of his money from his bank account and went to the Palm Gardens. Opp told police that an employee at the Palm Garden said Strole began flashing his money around and drinking beer.

Schaffer also spoke with Gary Jasmer, the Palm Garden employee who supposedly saw Strole flashing his money around. In that interview, Jasmer told the officer that's not what he said.

According to 2010 police documents, Opp told officer Eric Duven in 2009 once more that Jasmer told her Strole was last seen in Palm Garden flashing around his money. This time she added that he got into a red pickup with three other men.

There is no new information about Strole's whereabouts, according to police.

Through the years, there have a few instances in which bodies were recovered that law enforcement thought might be Strole, but DNA and fingerprint scans haven't been a match, according to documents provided by the police department.

All four of Strole's sisters are dead, according to online obituaries.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Bumping case up.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

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[beavt]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

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Does he have any listed exclusions?

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