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On a summer afternoon in southern Oregon, on July 29, 1980, a 44-year-old man named Francis Joseph Wisnovsky was working at Lost Creek Lake in Trail. It was around 3:15 p.m. when he entered the water. An employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, his task that day was a diving operation to work on the cables for a boat dock. Tragically, after submerging into the lake, he never came back to the surface.

The immediate belief was that Mr. Wisnovsky had drowned while performing his dutie ...Read More
Last Seen: Jul 29, 1980

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Victim Details

Jan 22, 2015

Apr 11, 2024

Francis

Wisnovsky

88

44

75 inches

200 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Jul 29, 1980

Trail

Oregon

Jackson County

97541

No

23751

Jackson County Sheriff's Office

Central Point

Oregon

Jackson County

97502

5179 Crater Lake Highway, Oregon

5417746800

County

Law Enforcement

80-7723

Jackson County Sheriff's Office

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

06/24/2026


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