Oliver Wendell Munson
Missing since February 13, 1984 from Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: circa 1945
Age at Time of Disappearance: 39 years old
Distinguishing Characteristics: Black male.
Circumstances of Disappearance
Munson, a bachelor and somewhat of a recluse, was last seen in 600 block of Orpington Road in Catonsville, Maryland on February 13, 1984. At 7:50 a.m., a neighbor saw Munson leaving his home, alone apparently heading to work.
Wendell was a industrial arts high school teacher in Howard County, MD, and never arrived at school.
He had an occasional girlfriend, but on weekends he often left town to visit his mother and two brothers on the Eastern Shore.
His family reported him missing the next day, February. 14, after checking his home. On February 16, the 1980 Ford Pinto belonging to Munson is found parked on Braeside Road in Catonsville, about two blocks from his home. The right front tire is flat, apparently due to a slow leak. In it was his touring cap, he usually wore, and had his lunch bag and school notebook on the front seat. Munson hobby was working on the old cars that littered his yard.
Investigators believe that he may have been murdered in retaliation of testifying against an auto theft ring. Mr. Munson had unknowingly bought a blue 1973 Datsun 240Z car from a ring member the year before he disappeared. This car had been stollen the on the morning of Munson's disappearance.
On February 27, the blue 1973 Datsun 240Z that had been stolen was recovered at the edge of Leakin Park in West Baltimore.
In the car were two business receipts with Munson's name, traces of unidentified blood, and a small-caliber shell casing. His body may have been dumped or buried somewhere, perhaps in Leakin Park, near where the stolen car was later found.
February 28, 1984 City police searched Leakin Park without success. ON May 28, 1985 Munson was legally declared dead, the victim of "presumptive homicide," his body was never found.
Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Baltimore County Police Department
410-887-3943
Source Information:
Maryland Missing Persons Network
Baltimore Sun 10/7/1993
The Doe Network: Case File 2006DMMD
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2006dmmd.html
Missing since February 13, 1984 from Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: circa 1945
Age at Time of Disappearance: 39 years old
Distinguishing Characteristics: Black male.
Circumstances of Disappearance
Munson, a bachelor and somewhat of a recluse, was last seen in 600 block of Orpington Road in Catonsville, Maryland on February 13, 1984. At 7:50 a.m., a neighbor saw Munson leaving his home, alone apparently heading to work.
Wendell was a industrial arts high school teacher in Howard County, MD, and never arrived at school.
He had an occasional girlfriend, but on weekends he often left town to visit his mother and two brothers on the Eastern Shore.
His family reported him missing the next day, February. 14, after checking his home. On February 16, the 1980 Ford Pinto belonging to Munson is found parked on Braeside Road in Catonsville, about two blocks from his home. The right front tire is flat, apparently due to a slow leak. In it was his touring cap, he usually wore, and had his lunch bag and school notebook on the front seat. Munson hobby was working on the old cars that littered his yard.
Investigators believe that he may have been murdered in retaliation of testifying against an auto theft ring. Mr. Munson had unknowingly bought a blue 1973 Datsun 240Z car from a ring member the year before he disappeared. This car had been stollen the on the morning of Munson's disappearance.
On February 27, the blue 1973 Datsun 240Z that had been stolen was recovered at the edge of Leakin Park in West Baltimore.
In the car were two business receipts with Munson's name, traces of unidentified blood, and a small-caliber shell casing. His body may have been dumped or buried somewhere, perhaps in Leakin Park, near where the stolen car was later found.
February 28, 1984 City police searched Leakin Park without success. ON May 28, 1985 Munson was legally declared dead, the victim of "presumptive homicide," his body was never found.
Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Baltimore County Police Department
410-887-3943
Source Information:
Maryland Missing Persons Network
Baltimore Sun 10/7/1993
The Doe Network: Case File 2006DMMD
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2006dmmd.html
