MO - Donald Erwin, 59, Camden, 29 Dec 2013

[los2188]

Donald Lee Erwin


Donald Lee Erwin is a 59 year old white male that has been missing since December 29th, 2013 from Camden, Missouri. He was last seen by his wife as he left to make what was supposed to be a quick trip to a store. He never returned home. Erwin drives a Silver 2002 Hyundai Elantra, with Missouri plates MK6-E3P.

Erwin is 5' 8", 190 lbs, and has long brown graying hair that he wears in a ponytail. He also wears a full beard. He is also missing his left leg.

Please contact the Camden County Sheriff's Department at 573-346-2243.

http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/ne...6#.UsNVhfRDuSq

http://www.ky3.com/news/local/author...z/-/index.html

[los2188]

Deputies Search for Man Missing from Camdenton Area

CAMDENTON, Mo. – A 59-year-old Camdenton man has been added to a national database of missing persons after family members reported he had left his home on Sunday to buy cigarettes and has not been seen since.

http://www.ozarksfirst.com/story/sea...tUeODNnJ19icZw

[los2188]

Search for Missing Camdenton Man Continues -

CAMDENTON, Mo. -- Family and friends will gather again today, Jan. 11 to search for missing man Donny Erwin, who left his home to buy a package of cigarettes a week and a half ago and disappeared.

http://www.ozarksfirst.com/story/sea...aUq3UAkvNvwMrw

[Sunrisenow]

Oh no, this doesn't sound good.
No wallet, no glasses, no medication, no phone.
He is diabetic.

[techpuppy]

Camdenton is in the Lake of the Ozarks area. It's the off-season but still lots of activities going on in the area. Some of the facts are puzzling to me.

Why would he go to a store without his wallet? How was he going to pay for his purchase?

Why would he be driving without his glasses?

It seems to me that in any case he didn't plan to be gone long...if he really took off on his own. I am a little suspicious of the cigarette-buying story.

[techpuppy]

I guess I'm wondering if the neighbor actually saw the man drive off or only noticed the car leaving and couldn't tell who was in it.

[los2188]

With only one leg, he would be, seemingly, an easy target if that is what happened. He's been missing for WAY too long, so I don't think he's with us given his medicinal needs.

[southsleuth]

With only one leg, he would be, seemingly, an easy target if that is what happened. He's been missing for WAY too long, so I don't think he's with us given his medicinal needs.

You are so right about him being an easy target, also, with his diabetes being bad enough that he had a leg amputated he may have have had an insulin blackout or coma due to his blood sugar falling/rising.

[techpuppy]

Clearly I'm not the sleuth I thought I was. I never made a connection between the amputation and diabetes. I was caregiver to my mom who was diabetic. When her blood sugar went too high (she loved and sneaked candy at any opportunity) she became quite irrational and impulsive.

It doesn't seem his vehicle has been found. There are countless back roads in the area as anything that so much as gets a breeze from the lake is sold as vacation property, no matter how bad the access. There are also countless boat ramps and water access points in the area. Many of them would normally have no one around them this time of year and some would be accessible from private drives, etc.

I hope he's safe somewhere, but we've also had extremely cold temperatures going down to minus 15 to minus 20 this past week as well as a fair amount of snow. Those temperatures, BTW, were air temperatures, not wind chills.

[techpuppy]

I suppose it would have been more suspicious if he had taken his medicine with him. Still, he only had a $13 gift card and gas for maybe 45 miles or so. He did not take his glasses or his wallet. I wouldn't think $13 would get you much in the way of cigarettes. This is another time that information is lacking. I assume he didn't make it to the store. With the searching going on it would seem that the car has been concealed somewhere or it would have been spotted by now.

[techpuppy]

Nothing new information-wise, however this video has been posted on youtube. It has additional photos I haven't seen elsewhere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x2-LiClGgs

Kind of an unusual post somehow, but MSM has had nothing since the end of December.

[SeriouslySearching]

Body found at truck stop in OKC, body may have been there for five days

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Police responded to the Flying J Truck stop near I-40 and Morgan Road in Yukon, Okla., after someone reported seeing a body in the area.

Police say the body was found in a 2002 Hyundai Elentra.

http://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/...-for-five-days


Body Discovered At Yukon Truck Stop

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Police have not identified the body, but they believe the death is of natural causes.

http://www.news9.com/story/24614057/...kon-truck-stop

[OkieGranny]

Can't find any updates on the body found at the Yukon truck stop. I did watch the news video and the car appears to be white rather than silver. Surely LE has checked the tag and/or VIN by now, at any rate.

Mr. Erwin was still missing as of yesterday:

http://www.lakenewsonline.com/articl...ainment%20life

According to Kelly Luttrell at the Camden County Sheriff’s Department, the case is still open, but there are no new leads in this case. Investigators are on the case and are still working with the original information given to law enforcement.

[summer_breeze]

http://www.ozarksfirst.com/story/d/s...RkOOwc1Nvo53Nw

02/22/2014 04:38 PM
02/22/2014 04:47 PM

CAMDENTON, Mo.-- Family and friends gathered again today, Feb. 22 to raise money for a reward fund for missing man Donald Erwin.

[summer_breeze]

http://www.ky3.com/news/local/camden...48998_25344534

Shayla Patrick
POSTED: 10:28 PM CDT Apr 05, 2014

CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. -
"This is my brother, he went missing December 29th out of Camdenton,"

Each flier that leaves Yavonne Erwin's hands is a leaf of hope that one more person might join the search for Donald.