NV NV - Kinsey 'Trent' Otto, 24, Las Vegas, 20 May 2000

Kinsey Maxfield Otto
Nickname/Alias: Trent
Last Seen: 20 May, 2000 21:47
DOB: 4/5/1976
Age: 24 (now 41)
Height & Weight: 5’ 11” (71.0 to 73.0 in) 150-165 lbs

Distinguishing Characteristics:
· Caucasian Male
· Light Brown hair
· Blue Eyes
· 5 small scars on his back as the result of mole removal.
· Tongue pierced
· Naval Pierced
· May go by alias, Trent

Clothing/Jewelry Description:
· Gray button-up shirt
· Jeans
· Blue hat with yellow lettering
· Silver navel ring
· Silver tongue stud
· Left MLPS carrying blue duffel bag and at least 10K cash

Circumstances
Endangered missing person. On or about May 11, 2000 Kinsey Maxfield Otto arrived in Clark County / Las Vegas Nevada by commercial airline. Kinsey Maxfield Otto never boarded his return flight on May 19, 2000 to Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has not contacted friends or family.

http://www.postbulletin.com/father-...cle_b559fd8f-f67f-5782-a39c-e22817e15991.html

His father believes that he may have gone to Las Vegas to pick up a large shipment of Ecstasy, with the intent to return to Minneapolis, MN and turn it over to a drug dealer. Police confirmed he went to several Las Vegas nightclubs the night he arrived on a flight from Minneapolis. The father believes he would not have willingly abandoned his 4-year-old son.


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

Details of Disappearance

Otto lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2000. He took a Sun Country Airlines' flight from Minnesota on May 13, 2000 to McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada. Authorities confirmed that Otto arrived in Las Vegas and visited several clubs in the city during the following days. Investigators believe that he was in Las Vegas to complete a large deal for the drug Ecstasy. Otto was carrying at least $10,000 in cash when he departed from Minnesota.
Otto called his father sometime after May 13 and claimed he was in Minneapolis visiting a friend who was hospitalized as the result of automobile accident injuries. Authorities believe that Otto's story was fabricated and that he was in Las Vegas when he phoned his father.

Investigators suspect that Otto met with his drug dealer's contact in Las Vegas during his stay. The individual refused to cooperate with authorities regarding Otto's disappearance.

Otto was scheduled to return home to Minneapolis on May 19, but his return ticket was never used.
Otto's family members stated that Otto was devoted to his young son and would not have abandoned him. They believe the reason he agreed to carry out the drug deal was because he had just signed an agreement with a talent agency and he was scheduled to move to Chicago in early June to begin a modeling career but he didn't have the money to cover the relocation.

Authorities believe that foul play was involved in Otto's case and theorize that he may have murdered as the result of a drug deal gone awry.


NamUS: https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/202/0/
Dental: Charting is available and entered
DNA: Sample submitted – Tests complete
Fingerprint: Fingerprint information is available and entered

Investigating Agency: Lvmpd.com/ Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Det. Dave Culver
702-828-3521

Minneapolis Police Department
Missing person case MP-00-153898
Contact: Lieutenant Michael Fossum (612) 673-3645 michael.fossum@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

Any updates on this case? Was Scott Dozier ever looked at for this? He was involved in two separate drug related murders in 2001 and 2002. He ended up killing himself this year after the his death by lethal injection was challenged in court.

Nevada death row inmate committed 2 drug-related killings

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articles from 2000

Facebook page for Kinsey
www.facebook.com/groups/215564288568210/

Sadly Kinsey's mother Connie passed away Jan. 20 2022

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