VA - Doug Grabowski, 35, Roanoke County, 8 May 2005

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It's been two years since a Roanoke County mother has seen her son.

Thirty-five-year-old Doug Grabowski mysteriously vanished on Mother's Day. He was last seen working on a pickup truck with friends off Route 221 in Roanoke County. Grabowski left to go get a part and never returned.

His dogs were left at his home. His mother, Susan Cox, says it's something he'd never do. Grabowski's rusted out 1977 black Ford Pickup was also missing.

Two years later, detectives and Grabowski's mother are asking anyone who may know something to come forward. "We're seeking information from anyone who would have information about Doug being abducted and/or killed, which would be homicide," says Detective Dave Flynn.

http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=6498299&nav=menu368_22_10_7
 
From the Doe Network...

Douglas Carl Grabowski
The victim's skeletal remains were located on November 8, 2006 in Blountville, Sullivan County, Tennessee. He was identified in October 2007. Grabowski, a graduate of Cave Spring High School and Roanoke College, was 35 when he disappeared from Roanoke County in May 2005.

Moderators: You might want to move this to the Located Forum.

I'm sorry to the family - you are in my prayers.
 
Oct 24, 2007 Updated Jul 1, 2020

SBM
  • ...gunshot wound to the chest
  • ...handgun was found near Grabowski's remains
  • ...identified "persons of interest in Roanoke"
  • ...hoping to determine what a man whose family said he'd never left the Roanoke area was doing in Sullivan County -- and how he died
  • ...Grabowski's missing truck, described as a black 1977 Ford F150 long-bed truck with heavy rust and primer spots featuring Virginia tags ZKB-6823
 
 Douglas Carl “Doug” Grabowski Jr.
Douglas Carl “Doug” Grabowski Jr.
BIRTH 13 Jan 1970
Virginia, USA
DEATH May 2005 (aged 35)
Virginia, USA
BURIAL Cremated
MEMORIAL ID27198455

Douglas Carl "Doug" Grabowski Jr. 35, of the Back Creek Community of Roanoke County, who's life was taken in May 2005. He was born January 13, 1970. Surviving are his mom and dad, Susan and Danny Cox; sisters, Tracie Grabowski Robertson and husband, Scott, and Laura Cox; brother, Matt Cox; niece and nephew, Kacie and Riley Douglas Robertson, all of Roanoke; father, Douglas Carl Grabowski Sr. and wife, Millie; brothers, A.J. and Manny Grabowski, all of Florida; and grandmother, Mary Grabowski, of Pennsylvania.

Doug graduated from Cave Spring High School, class of 1988 and Roanoke College class of 1992. He was employed in the landscaping and lawn care field. Doug enjoyed hunting, nature, cutting wood and anything that involved being outdoors. Doug was a very special, warm, caring and helpful person to his family and friends, neighbors and especially the elderly.

He is sadly missed. A memorial service will be held at Oakey's South Chapel on Brambleton Avenue at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 31, 2008. The Rev. Harold C. Lewis will officiate. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. In lieu of flowers, please plant a tree in memory of Doug or make a donation by check or money order to Roanoke Valley Crime Line, Inc., P.O. Box 13101, Roanoke, Va. 24022. Anyone with info concerning Doug's death, please contact crime line at 1-540-344-8500. Arrangements by Oakey's South Chapel, 540-989-3131 .
Published in the Roanoke Times on 5/30/2008.

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If he was a graduate of Roanoke College and continued to live in this area, he was likely a regular at one of the bars or restaurants in Salem. Those Roanoke College people tend to stay loyal to the businesses and keep hanging out there with friends after they graduate. But I imagine LE is already looking into that.
 

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