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Stanley Borofsky called home a few day prior to Thanksgiving from Ft Lauderdale, Fl stating he would be coming home to Missouri. He never arrived. His daughter is now looking for answers and his profile is on NamUs:

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/21889/11?current_page=case_information

Stanley Borofsky is described:
White Male
43 years old
69-73"
165-185lbs
Brown, Short, Wavy hair
"Halo cast scars in cranium; previous fractures: 9 ribs, neck in 3 places, mouth had been crushed and rebuilt with metal bridge work; had been in a full body cast."
 

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Although described as Hispanic, this male 50-65 years old, dark, curley hair, and "He had recent head trauma, fx of the hard palate, fx of left 6, and right 3.4.5.6.7.8.9 ribs This man had healed rib fractures of left 9. He had old fracture of the left lower jaw with the wire still present" He was found in Riverside, CA. April '89. Stanley Borofsky would have been 57 in 1989.

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/7125
 
You calling this one in mom?
 
Houston Mom said:
No, I just find the story sad for the daughter. Hope we could help solve the mystery.
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Does someone need to call this in? I've never done one, but will try if it will help somebody!

Right down to the Angel Flight pants (popular in the disco era when Stanley went missing)... UID range 1-10 years in '89, '77 would put it at 12 years, definitely within the margin of error.
 
hawkhd said:
Does someone need to call this in? I've never done one, but will try if it will help somebody!

Right down to the Angel Flight pants (popular in the disco era when Stanley went missing)... UID range 1-10 years in '89, '77 would put it at 12 years, definitely within the margin of error.
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Everybody has a first time, you have my blessings. The coroner is at the following link for the UID. Interestingly, the above UID is not listed.

http://www.riversidesheriff.org/coroner/unidentified/
 
When I first saw this thread, Aileen Wuonos immediately came to mind. The other best bet is that he just took off to fly home and crashed in some unfound place. The link says that he had no license and filed no flight plan but I wonder if he would file one if he had no pilot's license.
 
STANDREID said:
When I first saw this thread, Aileen Wuonos immediately came to mind. The other best bet is that he just took off to fly home and crashed in some unfound place. The link says that he had no license and filed no flight plan but I wonder if he would file one if he had no pilot's license.
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Flying from Ft Lauderdale to Kansas City would involve flying over the Gulf of Mexico, Eh?
 
If he owned several planes but never filed a flight plan in his own name, he was probably hiring pilots.
 
Wondering if he could have flown from Ft Lauderdale to the Tampa area and run into trouble there. Possibly whoever was piloting the plane?
Build matches, facial structure, injuries, dentals.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/21889

also found this one. I suspect this is likely him

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2492umfl.html
 
Coffee56 said:
Wondering if he could have flown from Ft Lauderdale to the Tampa area and run into trouble there. Possibly whoever was piloting the plane?
Build matches, facial structure, injuries, dentals.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

also found this one. I suspect this is likely him

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2492umfl.html
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https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2492umfl.html
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

I missed this possibility when it was suggested. Remains of a large man in his 50's found in a burned-out airplane in Lake County, which is on the route from Fort Lauderdale to Missouri Google Maps. Found in 1981 but date of death is "unknown" per Doe Network, so presumably the crash wasn't witnessed.

Did you submit it, @Coffee56 ?
 
carbuff said:
https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2492umfl.html
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

I missed this possibility when it was suggested. Remains of a large man in his 50's found in a burned-out airplane in Lake County, which is on the route from Fort Lauderdale to Missouri Google Maps. Found in 1981 but date of death is "unknown" per Doe Network, so presumably the crash wasn't witnessed.

Did you submit it, @Coffee56 ?
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I did not. I do like how sure of the match I was in my early days of sleuthing though. I do still think it’s worth submitting if someone would like to. I’m a suggestion person but leave calling them in to others much better at it. I wish there was more info on whether he flew his planes or if he always hired a pilot.
 
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Coffee56 said:
Looks like Stanley raced cars too. Still reading through but maybe some tidbits of info here.

Stan Borofsky: Any New Or Old Viewers Have Any Info Anything For A Daughter Page 1 Racing From The Past

unable to open without a subscription but name is mentioned in 1st paragraph. He was not the racer killed.

Racing Driver Is Killed (Published 1967)
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I was able to get in and see the thread. There's a post from his daughter looking for information, and several replies. It sounds like he was a fairly well known driver and that he didn't race any more after a bad accident in Iowa--I assume that was where he had all those broken bones from.

One of the replies says his nickname was "the Mad Russian."

Summary text of the news article:

KNOXVILLE, Iowa, Aug. 12 (AP)--Dan Kreuger of Kansas City was killed tonight when his racing car cracked up in a preliminary of the national super modified races at the Marion County Fairgrounds. Kreuger's racer bumped into one driven by Stan Borofsky of Grandview, Mo., and went into an end-over-end flip.
 
This is one that if there was just a little bit more info on either side it could be an easy R/O. Did he ever pilot? Did the remains have previous injuries?
 
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