MI MI - Harold Covey, 20, Oscoda, 23 Dec 1976

[cenazoic]

Would be interesting to know what became of the fingerprint comparison.

 

[TheArtfulDetective]

Anniversary of disappearance today.

 

[FL267]

Has this John Doe been considered? Over the border but near enough, time frame fits and reconstruction of face looks very similar, particularly to photo in uniform.

Algonquin Park John Doe 1980 - DNA Doe Project Cases

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Has this John Doe been considered? Over the border but near enough, time frame fits and reconstruction of face looks very similar, particularly to photo in uniform.

Algonquin Park John Doe 1980 - DNA Doe Project Cases

@Caring1 Does Harold have any listed rule-outs? Thanks.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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www.namus.gov

 

[Caring1]

@Caring1 Does Harold have any listed rule-outs? Thanks.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

50 Unidentified Person Exclusions

 

[MichiganTrueCrimer]

A few more FOIA documents for Harold Covey. Sorry it took so long.

 

[Richard]

The photo of the enlisted Army soldier certainly appears to be of Harold Covey. At age 20, when Harold went missing, he should have still been on active duty unless discharged early.

From all the posted documentation, David Goldstick seems a likely suspect in Harold's disappearance. A good place to search would be in the ground, under the area of the bonfie that he set.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Harold is still missing

Missing Person / NamUs #MP14993

View NamUs missing person case MP14993 for Harold Hiram Covey missing from Oscoda, Michigan. Date of last contact: Dec 23, 1976. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

5751DMMI - Harold Hiram Covey

Distinguishing Marks/Features: Deformity: crooked little finger, unsure which hand

Identifiers​

Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Available
DNA: Available

 

[Richard]

The photo of the enlisted Army soldier certainly appears to be of Harold Covey. At age 20, when Harold went missing, he should have still been on active duty unless discharged early.

From all the posted documentation, David Goldstick seems a likely suspect in Harold's disappearance. A good place to search would be in the ground, under the area of the bonfie that he set.

The photo of the enlisted soldier appears to be one taken in boot camp. The haircut is very short and there is no unit or rank insignia. Also, no ribbons above the pockets.

It is a US Army green uniform of the early 1970's, which precedes the change of shirt color from khaki to light green.

 

[Sweetluv]

Do we know if Harold had any tattoos?

 

[MichiganTrueCrimer]

Do we know if Harold had any tattoos?

According to initial missing person report, no, Harold did not have any tattoos.

 

[Richard]

LE could obtain a copy of Harold's military record from the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, MO. This might add some information to the file on him.

 

[MichiganTrueCrimer]

LE could obtain a copy of Harold's military record from the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, MO. This might add some information to the file on him.

It's possible I'm reading this wrong, but I really don't think Covey was in the military. Perhaps he was in a young cadets program, or something?

 

[cenazoic]

The photo of the enlisted soldier appears to be one taken in boot camp. The haircut is very short and there is no unit or rank insignia

I really don't think Covey was in the military.

Assuming it is Harold in the photo, I also assumed it was a boot camp photo for the reasons Richard mentioned. (I was USAF, not Army, but we still took pics like this in boot camp during the ‘90s. They’re sort of like high school senior pics in that they were taken fairly early in the boot camp schedule, so its existence isn’t proof that he completed boot camp.)

So it’s possible he washed out before graduating. Could explain both the photo and ‘none’ under “Military Service” in the document you posted above. In yet another assumption, the Army/DoD may keep records of washouts, but don’t know that for a fact.

 

[MichiganTrueCrimer]

Assuming it is Harold in the photo, I also assumed it was a boot camp photo for the reasons Richard mentioned. (I was USAF, not Army, but we still took pics like this in boot camp during the ‘90s. They’re sort of like high school senior pics in that they were taken fairly early in the boot camp schedule, so its existence isn’t proof that he completed boot camp.)

So it’s possible he washed out before graduating. Could explain both the photo and ‘none’ under “Military Service” in the document you posted above. In yet another assumption, the Army/DoD may keep records of washouts, but don’t know that for a fact.

That's also entirely possible, and I hope my replies weren't appearing as though I was trying to argue. That's not the case at all.

I still have a BUNCH of documents from the FOIA response. I'll put them in proper order tomorrow and try to upload everything I have within the next few days.

 

[cenazoic]

Even if you were trying to argue, it’s all good. That’s what we’re here for, right?
Not arguments, exactly, but discussions, and reasonable people may sometimes disagree about meanings, evidence, conclusions, etc. - to me, thats the value of a forum like WS.

Was just trying to reconcile the pic and the ‘none’, which upon another review actually is in the field titled “Branch”, not “military service”.