TX TX - Loy Cosby, 87, Sweetwater, 2 June 1998

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Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance​

Missing Since: June 2, 1998 from Sweetwater, Texas
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: April 9, 1911
Age: 87
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 140 lbs.
Hair Color: Gray
Eye Color: Blue
Race: White
Gender: Male
Distinguishing Characteristics: Scars on his abdomen
and on his groin. Wears a full set of dentures. Age spots
on face. Medical Conditions: Dementia; suffers from short-term
memory loss and confusion as a result. Walks with a slight
limp due to gout in left foot. DNA is available. Clothing: White t-shirt underneath a long-sleeved,
light-colored button-down shirt, khaki pants and black
leather lace-up shoes. NCIC Number: M-128019213
Case Number: DPS: M9808004; Nolan: 98-1119 ​

Details of Disappearance
Cosby was last seen at approximately 6:00 AM on June 2, 1998 in Sweetwater, Texas. He walked away from his lakeside cabin while his family members were asleep. Witnesses told authorities that he was walking along a road leading away from Sweetwater on the morning of his disappearance. An extensive search produced no clues as to his whereabouts. He often spoke of traveling to California.


Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Nolan County Sheriff's Office
(915) 235-5471
OR
Texas Department Of Public Safety
(800) 346-3243
Source Information
Texas Department of Public Safety
National Center for Missing Adults

http://www.nampn.org/cases/cosby_loy.html

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/cosby_loy.html

https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/925

 

[Rle7]

Colorado City teenager Hailey Dunn has been missing since Dec. 27 – but she is not the only person still missing in the Big Country.

Another Big Country resident, 87-year-old Loy Cosby, has been missing for almost 13 years.

Early on the morning of June 2, 1998, Nolan County authorities were called out to Lake Sweetwater for the report of missing Cosby.

His wife got up around 6 a.m. that day to find he had left the house. Cosby suffered from dementia. He was last seen just north of the lake dam and recreational area.

Dozens of volunteers came out to look for Cosby, handing out flyers and helping anyway possible. Hundreds of tips were called in.

Nolan County Sheriff David Warren was chief deputy in 1998 and worked the Cosby case.

"It's just so disturbing to know that somebody may have gotten into a car and made it halfway across the country and something happened to him or something. We just don't know," Warren said.

Warren said he's never forgotten the Cosby case. Nolan County sent Cosby's DNA to the Texas Department of Public Safety's Missing Persons Database. In 2005 they resubmitted material as the system was updated. Still, no matches.

http://www.ktxs.com/news/26857240/detail.html

 

[CastlesBurning]

According to this genealogy site, Loy's relatives indicate he died on 4/17/07 at age 96:

Loy Cosby + Mattie Marie Alston - Our Family Tree

 

[CastlesBurning]

Bumping for Loy - it's now been 24 years.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Loy is still listed as missing

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

3402DMTX - Loy Cosby

Distinguishing Marks/Features: Walks with a limp due to gout in his left foot; age spots on face; scar on abdomen and groin; perforated ulcer and hernia; suffers from dementia, short-term memory loss and confusion

Identifiers​

Dentals: Wears dentures
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown

Loy Cosby – The Charley Project

• Medical Conditions Cosby was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease several months prior to his disappearance and suffers from short-term memory loss and confusion as a result of his condition. He walks with a slight limp due to gout in his left foot.

<<Cosby was employed as a shipyard worker in California for many years before returning to his hometown of Sweetwater in the 1980s. His relatives canvassed the area near the shipyard after his disappearance, hoping to locate evidence as to his fate. The business has since ceased operations.

Investigators believe that Cosby may have received a ride from a passing motorist who did not realize he was a missing person. He may have attempted to travel to the west coast.

Cosby's wife said that her husband complained of discomfort due to gout in his left foot during the day prior to his disappearance. The pain did not affect his walking abilities. Cosby is described as an independent person. He developed dementia after suffering a stroke in 1997.

All of his immediate family who lived in the area at the time of his 1998 disappearance have either died or moved away in the years since then. Cosby's case remains unsolved.>>

 

[Pennysmom1]

Loy Cosby (1911-2007) - Find a Grave Memorial

www.findagrave.com