Thomas "Tom" Michael Thurston
Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Case # 05-3805
NamUS MP # 10390
Date of birth: 14 July 1986
Tom is a white male, 6 feet 1 inch tall, weighing 170 pounds, and has blue eyes and buzzcut brown hair. He was wearing a plaid shirt and blue jeans when last seen. On 6 November 2005, Tom went camping with a friend. They encamped at the Cow Mountain Mayacama Campground, on the Mendocino/Lake County border. Google map link here:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/S...c4e4edae73da65!8m2!3d39.061291!4d-123.0563915
At about 2 AM on the 7th, Tom awoke, borrowed a flashlight from his friend, and went outside to make a restroom call. He never returned.The sleepy friend did not miss Tom until daylight. The friend then searched for Tom for several hours on that Sunday morning before calling the Thurston family. Responding deputies searched the recreation area that afternoon. Augmented by search and rescue volunteers, they again searched on Monday, with no result.
Tom's fingerprints and DNA results are available. The case is assigned to Det. Quincy Cromer of the MCSO. (Who, it so happens, is also a reporter for the Ukiah Daily Journal.) Information concerning this missing persons case may be called in to the MCSO Tipline at 707-234-2100. MCSO's Investigative Services Bureau may be emailed at
barneys@co.mendocino.ca.us. The Sheriff's Office can also be reached at 951 Low Gap Road, Ukiah, CA 95482.
Sources:
MCSO website page:
http://www.mendocinosheriff.com/missing/
CA Dept of Justice website page:
http://dojapp.doj.ca.gov/missing/detail.asp?FCN=3310531100231
NamUS website page:
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/10390/1/
National Missing Person Directory website page:
http://www.missingin.org/reg5528/thomas_michael_thurston.htm
The Willits News, 7 October 2015:
http://www.willitsnews.com/general-...oking-for-missing-persons-in-mendocino-county