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Joseph Batiste Missing Person Case

Last seen in Pineville, Louisiana on Sep 01, 1995

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Case Description

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In the late summer of 1995, a profound and lasting mystery began to unfold in the town of Pineville, Louisiana, with the disappearance of 52-year-old Joseph Cleveland Batiste. On the first day of September, Mr. Batiste, a resident of the Camelia Garden Nursing Home, walked away from the facility and vanished. At the time he went missing, he was wearing a blue and white striped shirt and tan pants. Described as a Black man with graying black hair, brown eyes, and a mustache and beard, his sudden ...Read More
Last Seen: Sep 01, 1995

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    Victim Details

    Mar 19, 2014

    Jul 31, 2020

    Joseph

    Batiste

    81

    52

    67 inches

    180 lbs

    Black / African American

    Male

    Sep 01, 1995

    Pineville

    Louisiana

    Rapides Parish

    71360

    Unknown

    5500

    Pineville Police Department

    Rapides

    Louisiana

    Rapides Parish

    71360

    L. Feliciano

    Detective

    910 Main Street, Louisiana

    3184426603

    Local

    Law Enforcement

    https://www.pineville.net/department/index.php?structureid=14

    6951-2718

    1995-12-30

    Pineville Police Department

    Gray or Partially Gray

    Brown

    Brown

    06/13/2026


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    Forum Posts (2)

    Has anyone else been curious about the area surrounding the Camelia Garden Nursing Home? I’ve been... ...Read More
    09/09/2024
    I've been following Joseph Cleveland Batiste's case for a while now, and something that keeps me up ... ...Read More
    04/16/2023

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