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Kenneth Welch Missing Person Case

Last seen in Phoenix, Arizona on Apr 03, 1980

Victim Details

Sep 22, 2016

Jan 12, 2024

Kenneth

Welch

84

38

65 inches

67 inches

145 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Apr 03, 1980

Phoenix

Arizona

Maricopa County

18812

Flagstaff Police Department

Flagstaff

Arizona

Coconino County

86001

Ryan Turley

Lieutenant

911 East Sawmill Road, Arizona

9287793646

Local

Law Enforcement

https://www.flagstaff.az.gov/Directory.aspx?did=73

89-17921

1989-10-03

Flagstaff Police Department

Brown

Brown

Brown

09/10/2026


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In the spring of 1980, a 38-year-old man named Kenneth Lawrence Welch vanished from Phoenix, Arizona, leaving behind aปริศนา that has endured for decades. The last time anyone is known to have heard from him was on April 3rd of that year. On that day, in a state of apparent distress, Welch made a frantic phone call to his mother from a payphone on Washington Street in Phoenix. He told her that he was being pursued by a gang ...
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Last Seen: Apr 03, 1980

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