Robert Littlefield was 60 years old when he was last known to be in Auburn, Maine, on October 5, 1988. He is listed in NamUs as missing person MP54189, with Auburn in Androscoggin County identified as the place of last contact, and the Auburn Police Department named as the investigating agency. Public case summaries describe Robert as a White/Caucasian man with gray or partially gray hair and brown eyes, standing approximately 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing about 160 to
165 pounds. He also had identifying physical characteristics that may have helped distinguish him from others, including a cleft chin and a mole near his left temple.
The account of Robert’s disappearance begins with what appeared to be a planned trip. According to the case information, Robert said he intended to take a bus from the Auburn area to Wingdale, New York, where he planned to visit his cousin. He packed two suitcases before leaving, suggesting that he expected to travel and be away for some period of time. Yet one detail stood out as troubling: he left his medication behind at home. For a 60-year-old man who apparently relied on medication, that omission raised concern and made the situation feel less like a routine trip and more like the beginning of something uncertain and frightening for those who knew him.
Investigators and family were left with a painful contradiction. Robert had stated a destination and a purpose, but the expected travel trail did not support that he completed the journey. The bus station reportedly had no record of Robert leaving the area, and he never arrived in Wingdale, New York. That left the most important part of the story unresolved: somewhere between his stated plan to travel and his failure to reach his cousin, Robert disappeared. The known public record does not provide a confirmed route, a confirmed boarding, or a verified sighting after he was last seen in Auburn.
At the time he vanished, Robert was reportedly wearing a red flannel shirt, tan pants, rubber boots, and tortoise shell frame glasses. He was also associated with distinctive jewelry: a gold-colored ring with 12 diamonds in a rectangular design and a “gold nugget” band ring. These details matter because, in long-term missing person investigations, clothing, accessories, jewelry, and physical descriptors can remain important even years later, especially when a case depends on recognition, memory, unidentified-person comparisons, or renewed public attention.
Robert’s case was reported to the Auburn Police Department shortly after his disappearance, and the agency remains listed in public case data connected to the investigation. The Maine State Police note that the Office of Chief Medical Examiner is the official state clearinghouse for missing people in Maine and that NamUs is used to help track and manage missing person case files in the state. NamUs itself describes the system as a national resource for missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases, used to store, share, and compare case information. In Robert’s case, DNA information has also been entered into the broader identification process through a paternal niece reference sample, with a complete STR profile uploaded and searching at NDIS, while additional maternal family reference samples were being requested.
There is no public case resolution status in the provided case data indicating that Robert Littlefield has been found alive or located deceased, and the public sources reviewed continue to present him as a missing person. Exact details about what happened after he left, whether he reached any point near the bus station, or why there was no record of his departure remain unknown from the available online information. What remains is the story of a man who told others he was going to visit family, packed for the trip, left behind medication he may have needed, and then vanished from Auburn without a confirmed trace; in overview, Robert Littlefield’s case is a long-unsolved Auburn, Maine missing person case centered on an intended bus trip to Wingdale, New York, a journey that public records indicate he never completed.Last Seen: Oct 5, 1988
