TX TX, David Clayton Kipp, 23, Fort Worth, March 4 1986

[AFgirl193]

You guys are really good at this stuff. His family told me he married a girl that he met in Japan. I think she was also in the service, I can’t remember. I did see a deed in his name with Eileen in Tarrant county, ft worth Texas. Did they buy a house? I don’t remember his family or anybody telling me he bought a house. Did Eileen report him missing? Did he get an honorable discharge from the Air Force?

 

[Bit of hope]

You guys are really good at this stuff. His family told me he married a girl that he met in Japan. I think she was also in the service, I can’t remember. I did see a deed in his name with Eileen in Tarrant county, ft worth Texas. Did they buy a house? I don’t remember his family or anybody telling me he bought a house. Did Eileen report him missing? Did he get an honorable discharge from the Air Force?

Sorry for asking but why is it relevant he bought a house? The marriage seems to be dissolved after David's missing date. David is missing since March 4 1986, divorce Sept 9 1986 - Tarrant, Texas, USA. I'm not sure what the laws about divorce were in those days but my guess is his wife asked for a divorce waiting for 6 months, when he didn't came home. It depends on the state you are divorcing.

There are states where you have to wait at least 6 months.

Texas, nowadays:
An abandoned spouse can seek a default divorce based on abandonment.

In a default divorce, the other spouse is completely absent from the proceedings. Issues of fault, property division, and child custody are all decided without their input. A Texas court will award a default divorce if the other spouse fails to file a response by the first Monday after 20 days from service of process.

What if the other spouse’s whereabouts are unknown? In such a case, a divorcing spouse can ask the court to permit service by publication or other methods of alternate service. After complying with court rules on divorce by publication, the spouse seeking a divorce can publish a notice of the divorce in a newspaper in the same locality as where the divorce proceeding is taking place.

If the abandoning spouse does not respond within 30 days, the divorcing spouse can proceed with the divorce hearing. The court will then enter a default judgment in favor of the divorcing spouse.

I wonder if there ever was any publication related to this divorce. Maybe someone with a subscription to Newspapers.com can find something about that.

 

[Bit of hope]

I hope you don't mind @AFgirl193 bringing your post on the Texas UID over to here.

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If it’s the same David C. Kipp, looks like he bought a house 11/8/1985 In Tarrant county, then 4 months later reported missing. Something isn’t right.

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[ChatteringBirds]

Bumping up David's case. I find myself wondering what his wife/family thought happened, what did they suspect?

Was he happy and making plans or was he depressed?
Was he going to meet someone when he went missing?
Did he go missing with a vehicle? What are the details?

 

[AirForceVet24]

This case hits hard for me a bit. So like David, I also served in the Air Force and I was stationed in Japan from 2018-2024 and I knew a lot of guys to whom I served with who had a rough time during the service and at least one of them sadly took his life shortly after he left the military. So in my opinion, I think the answer to his case lies somewhere in his background, could he have been depressed? Quoting AFGirl193, taking a look at his service record did he get an honorable discharge, a whole bunch of things.

I am really not sure if this has been done or not, but I did submit an FOIA request in his case to Fort Worth and I also made a flyer for him in my Locks of Reunification group.