MI MI - Mikel (Michael) Schepke - 47, Rogers City, 10-Nov-2013

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by Brendan Kinney
Posted: 11.11.2013 at 12:44 AM

Police search for mentally handicapped man

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Still missing.

http://www.thealpenanews.com/page/content.detail/id/528074/We-can-t-forget-about-man-who-went-missing.html?nav=5041

It is the mid 1970s. A young boy of 10 or 11 is dropped off the school bus at his parent's store where they have living quarters in the back He opens the door to find his mother tied up and young men ransacking the store for money and groceries. He and his mother are severely beaten and left for dead by the young men who had already committed armed robbery, kidnapping, and murder. His mother, my mother's youngest sister, was somehow able to manage the situation so as to protect her son and herself and was able to identify one of the young men. She had the strength to testify in court and the two men are serving several life sentences in the Michigan prison system. The young boy was Mike Schepke.

This fall Mike went for a walk down the side road as he had nearly every day for years. When the time passed for him to return, he had vanished. The K-9 dog lost his trail at the spot where he always turned around to head home. They searched, but Mike was gone.
 
Oh my, I'm so sorry what this man has been through. I wish he is happy and at peace wherever that may be.
 
From May of this year.
http://demo.piadvance.com/2014/05/search-crews-make-another-effort-to-locate-missing-man/

A search crew organized by the Presque Isle County Sheriff’s Department was back out this past weekend looking for a clue that might provide a connection to the whereabouts of Mikel Schepke, who came up missing after leaving his home along Birchwood Drive.

The search north of Rogers City, which started Nov. 10, turned into a recovery effort Nov. 13, 2013, but was suspended prior to the firearm deer season.The time of the disappearance provided some of the harshest weather conditions since the previous winter. Sheriff Bob Paschke said the latest search Saturday and Sunday was an attempt to make sure crews had covered all areas.
more at link.

Mikel went missing one year ago today.
 
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Schepke, circa 2013
  • Missing Since 11/10/2013
  • Missing From Rogers City, Michigan
  • Classification Endangered Missing
  • Sex Male
  • Race White
  • Age 47 years old
  • Height and Weight 5'10 - 5'11, 175 pounds

  • Clothing/Jewelry Description A faded navy blue nylon Woolrich jacket with a plaid and maroon lining and a zipper and a snap closure, a long-sleeved navy blue Docker's turtleneck over a hunter green Docker v-neck shirt, black Fruit-of-the-Loom briefs, black Wrangler jeans with a 34-inch waist and a 32-inch inseam, a 34-inch brown leather belt with a nickel buckle, white ribbed crew socks, tan size 9.5 Route 66 boots with heavy tread soles and side zippers, and a black canvas baseball cap with an adjustable plastic strap in the back, an emblem of an eagle, a yellow sun and the word "ALASKA", and two fingerprints in white paint on the visor. Carrying a white handkerchief, a short-handled black plastic comb and a wooden cross two inches by two and a half inches in size.

  • Medical Conditions Schepke has severe intellectual disabilities due to brain damage sustained when he was ten years old, when he and his mother were attacked, stabbed, beaten and left for dead by two assailants who were robbing his family's convenience store. He had to have brain surgery and had parts of his brain removed. He is also an insulin-dependent diabetic and he takes seven different medications.

  • Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Schepke wears eyeglasses with metal frames. He has a steel plate in his skull.

Details of Disappearance​

Schepke was last seen walking on Birchwood Drive near Morrill Road outside Rogers City, Michigan on November 10, 2013. This was near the Herman Vogler Conservation Area. He has never been heard from again and an extensive search turned up no indication of his whereabouts.

At the time of his disappearance, Schepke lived with his sister and brother-in-law on Birchwood Drive. They stated his health had improved dramatically in the year and a half since he had moved in with them. He went for walks daily, but he would always return home within a few hours. He had not eaten very much prior to his walk on the day he went missing, and could have become sick.

Little information is available as to Schepke's fate.

Investigating Agency​

  • Presque Isle County Sheriff Department 989-734-2156

Source Information​

Updated 1 time since October 12, 2004. Last updated October 22, 2021; casefile added.
 

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