NY NY - Edward Ratynski, 53, South Fallsburg, 13 December 2007

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11 Jan 08

Armed with an auger, a chain saw and scuba equipment, a state police dive team yesterday continued the search for a missing Goshen native thought to have gone ice fishing just before he disappeared in December.

Edward A. Ratynski Jr., 53, was reported missing Dec. 18 from the South Fallsburg boardinghouse he had moved to recently. He was last seen on Dec. 12.

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15 April 08

A nearly five-hour search this morning of Conklin Pond failed to turn up any signs of a 53-year-old Goshen man who was has been missing since December.

The man, Edward A. Ratynski Jr., had been living in a boarding house less than a mile from the pond in South Fallsburg for about three months, his daughter reported at the time of his disappearance.

Ratynski, an avid fisherman, is believed to have gone to check the ice fishing conditions on Dec. 12. He hasn’t been seen since and was reported missing on Dec. 18.

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Missing: Edward A. Ratynski
New York State
Division of State Police
http://www.troopers.state.ny.us/Wan...w.cfm?ID=9998b5e8-c948-4678-b32f-cdcfb044b27e
Edward Ratynski was last seen by his neighbor on December 13, 2007, leaving his residence in the Town of Fallsburg, Sullivan County, N. Y.
Ratynski may have been going to a nearby body of water to check the thickness of the ice for fishing.
Ratynski does not have a vehicle, and there has been activity on his bank account since the date he went missing.
If you have any information, please call:
Agency: NYSP Troop F
Address: SP Liberty
Phone: (845)292-6600

The Charley Project

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/r/ratynski_edward.html

NY State Missing Persons

http://newyorkstatemissingpersons.ning.com/photo/edward-a-ratynski-fallsburg

Edward is still missing

Still missing, now heading toward 13 years...

None of the above links are working for me, he does have a NamUs (10002) including a picture and descriptive information:

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Seems a long shot, but skeletal remains were found just over a year ago near a town about 9 miles away (64342). Hair is listed as black, Ratynski's is described as brown, but I wonder if that's close enough. Seems like he would probably be considered automatically?

I know he didn't have a car, but could have hitched a ride or 9 miles is walkable conceivably. Remains were found in a "densely wooded area" so that might actually be closer to South Fallsburg than the town of Liberty proper.

New here, not sure how to check on rule-outs etc

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

JaneDrew said:

None of the above links are working for me, he does have a NamUs (10002) including a picture and descriptive information:

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Seems a long shot, but skeletal remains were found just over a year ago near a town about 9 miles away (64342). Hair is listed as black, Ratynski's is described as brown, but I wonder if that's close enough. Seems like he would probably be considered automatically?

I know he didn't have a car, but could have hitched a ride or 9 miles is walkable conceivably. Remains were found in a "densely wooded area" so that might actually be closer to South Fallsburg than the town of Liberty proper.

New here, not sure how to check on rule-outs etc

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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You have to have an account. Once you properly login you can see rule outs and “save” a person to make it easier to find them again.

Thank you!

I have the rule outs attached.
If the “there was bank activity after he was missing” is true and not a typo, then it does not sound like he went missing while fishing, but rather he went and met up with someone afterwards and something happened?

<<there has been no activity on his bank account since the date he went missing.>>

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Ratynski, circa 2007; Ratynski's tattoos

• Missing Since 12/13/2007
• Missing From Fallsburg, New York
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Male
• Race White
• Date of Birth 02/09/1954 (69)
• Age 53 years old
• Height and Weight 5'6, 205 pounds
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• Clothing/Jewelry Description A black jacket, black jeans and white sneakers.
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• Medical Conditions Ratynski is classified as disabled.
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• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Ratynski has tattoos on both arms; photos of them are posted with this case summary.

Details of Disappearance​

Ratynski was last seen by a neighbor leaving his residence on La Vista Drive in Fallsburg, New York on December 13, 2007. An avid fisherman, he may have been en route to Conklin Pond to check the thickness of the ice for fishing. He has never been heard from again.

Ratynski was reported missing on December 16. Since his disappearance there's been no activity on his bank account. He was living in a boardinghouse at the time of his disappearance; he'd moved there just a few months before. He was disabled and unemployed and couldn't afford to live in his native Goshen, New York.

Searches of Conklin Pond have turned up no evidence as to Ratynski's whereabouts. His case remains unsolved.

Investigating Agency​

• New York State Police
• Troop F
• 845-292-6600

Source Information​

• New York State Troopers
• The Times Herald Record
• New York State Missing Persons

Updated 3 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated April 30, 2011; picture added, distinguishing characteristics updated.