LA LA - Louis Boggs, 67, Baton Rouge, 29 Jan 1979

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The Doe Network:
Case File 1244DMLA

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1244dmla.html

Missing Since: January 29, 1979 from Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Classification: Endangered Missing

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Vital Statistics
•Date Of Birth: August 11, 1911
•Age at Time of Disappearance: 67 years old
•Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 6'0"; 180 lbs.
•Distinguishing Characteristics: White male. Brown eyes; grey hair.
•Marks, Scars: Missing left finger.
•Dentals: Available. Upper and lower dentures.
•DNA: Not available.
•Clothing: Tan, button-up collared sweatshirt, green pants.


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Circumstances of Disappearance:
The lounge operator was reported missing by his son on January 29, 1979. Boggs received a telephone call at his Florida Boulevard bar the day he disappeared. He talked for a while, then hung up and left to run an errand. He's not been seen since.
Boggs' stepson, Clifford E. Lewin, was found a short time after the disappearance sleeping in Boggs' car in Florida. A bloody knife and a shovel were in the trunk and he was charged with killing his stepfather. After a trial, Lewin was acquitted in 1981.
Lewin was the first person in Louisiana to stand trial for a presumed murder in which no body had been found.
Boggs was a retired construction worker whose hobby was his lounge. He was there every morning by 06.00 to make coffee for his regular customers.

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Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office
225-389-5000

NCIC Number: M-036630720
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source Information:
NamUs https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/4053/174/
LSU FACES Lab http://identifyla.lsu.edu/profile.php?id=119
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.) - April 19, 1998 - Section: News - Page: 20-a
 

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Charley Project: Louis Boggs Sr. – The Charley Project

Louis Boggs Sr.
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Boggs, circa 1979

  • Missing Since01/29/1979
  • Missing FromBaton Rouge, Louisiana
  • ClassificationEndangered Missing
  • Date of Birth08/11/1911 (107)
  • Age67 years old
  • Height and Weight6'0, 180 pounds
  • Distinguishing CharacteristicsCaucasian male. Gray hair, brown eyes. Boggs wears eyeglasses as well as upper and lower dentures. His blood type is B.
Details of Disappearance
Boggs was last seen at his lounge, Louis's Lounge in the 17300 block of Florida Boulevard, on January 29, 1979. He received a telephone call, talked for awhile, then hung up and left the premises to run an errand.

He was driving his green and yellow 1975 Ford LTD with the license plate number 203A255. He left his gun, a .357 magnum, behind at the lounge, as well as a bank bag of the night's receipts. He has never been heard from again.

After his disappearance, bloodstains were found at his home in the 5700 block of Glen Oaks. Two weeks later, his stepson, Clifford Earl Lewin, was found sleeping in Boggs's LTD in a wooded area in Chipley, Florida. He and his sister lived with Boggs at the time of his disappearance. Lewin said Boggs had lent him the car, but Boggs's son stated he would have never lent his vehicle to anyone.

A dirt-caked shovel and a knife, clothing and paper stained with human blood were in the trunk of the vehicle, and the trunk liner was bloodstained also. DNA testing wasn't available in 1979, but investigators determined the blood on the items in the trunk and the blood in Boggs's house was type B, his type. The soil on the shovel was found to be of the type found near the Mississippi River.

Prior to his disappearance, Lewin allegedly told others he planned to kill his stepfather by poisoning his food. Boggs had had him committed to a psychiatric hospital in 1978, and Lewin was angry about it and said if he ever tried to do it again, his body would be found in the river. When a police officer questioned him and urged him to tell where Bogg's body was so, Lewin allegedly replied, "You don't have to worry, [the body]'s not your county."

Lewin was charged with first-degree murder in Boggs's case. He initially pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, but on the eve of his trial he changed his plea to a simple not guilty. He was acquitted at his 1981 non-jury trial. He was later sentenced to 50 years in prison for planting a pipe bomb that crippled a Florida police officer when it exploded.

Boggs is a retired construction worker. Foul play is suspected in his case due to the circumstances involved.
 
Thats really odd I think the same, so I was investigating more about him, who are his children etc.
 

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