Philip E. Jackman was 21 years old when he was last known to have contact on July 7, 2004, in Orange, Vermont. Public NamUs information identifies him as a White/Caucasian male with brown hair and brown eyes, approximately 6 feet 5 inches tall and 175 pounds, with a distinctive tattoo of a heart on his left shoulder. His case was entered in NamUs as MP31623, with the Vermont State Police in Berlin listed as the investigating agency.
The available public information about Philip’s disappearance is limited, but reports state that after he went missing in 2004, his vehicle was found abandoned on Beard Road in Orange. Law-enforcement reporting at the time described him as suicidal and evading capture, and news accounts also stated that he was wanted on a state warrant related to sex offenses. These details are part of the public record surrounding the investigation, but they do not lessen the human reality that Philip was a young man whose disappearance left his family without answers for many years.
More than a decade later, human remains were discovered by a hunter in a wooded area off Beard Road in the Town of Orange on October 2, 2015. The remains and related evidence were sent for examination, and investigators initially said they believed the remains were Philip’s, though a positive identification had not yet been made at the time of the first public reports.
DNA testing later confirmed that the remains belonged to Philip Jackman. Public reporting said Vermont State Police announced the confirmation in 2016, nearly a year after the remains were found. NamUs-related case information also states that Philip was located deceased and positively identified, but that only partial remains were recovered, which is why the case may still appear active in NamUs rather than fully removed from the system.
Although the exact date of Philip’s death is not clearly established in the available public information, the case is no longer a traditional active missing-person search because he was found deceased and positively identified. The remaining uncertainty appears to involve the limited nature of the recovered remains and the sparse public details surrounding the circumstances of his death. A memorial notice later identified him as Philip Edward Jackman of Morris Drive in Orange and announced a gathering to remember his life at Orange Town Hall, reflecting that beyond the case file, he was someone known and mourned by people in his community.Last Seen: Jul 7, 2004
