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Mar 06, 2013
May 30, 2023
Paul
Buckley
72
46
72 inches
180 lbs
200 lbs
White / Caucasian
Male
In the spring of 1997, a 45-year-old man named Paul Edward Buckley vanished from Spokane, Washington, leaving his family with lingering questions. While official records note his date of last contact as November 4, 1998, when he was 46 years old, his family recalls last seeing him in Spokane around Easter of 1997. At the time of his disappearance, Paul was described as being six feet tall, weighing around 185 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. A graduate of Whitworth University, he was known to have experience with roofing and driving large trucks, skills that could have taken him anywhere. He divided his time, traveling back and forth between Spokane and Highwood, Montana, a detail that adds another layer to the geography of his last known movements. The circumstances leading up to Paul's disappearance are shrouded in uncertainty. According to his family, he was last seen in Spokane before he boarded a Greyhound bus. The destination he was heading towards remains unknown. Before he left, Paul had made a promise to one of his daughters that he would be back in time for a family reunion scheduled to take place in Cozad, Nebraska. His failure to appear at this important family event was deeply uncharacteristic and marked the beginning of a long and painful search for answers. He did not show up at the reunion, and from that point on, all communication from him ceased. The investigation into Paul Buckley's disappearance is managed by the Spokane County Sheriff's Office, with a report officially filed on November 4, 1998. This has led to some confusion regarding the precise timeline of when he went missing. Despite the passage of decades, his case remains unsolved. There has been some thought that he may have found work with a ministry at some point after he disappeared. The overview of this case highlights the painful ambiguity his loved ones face; Paul Buckley, a father and a man with connections in both Washington and Montana, seemingly stepped onto a bus and vanished from the lives of those who knew him. With an unknown destination and a promise to return unfulfilled, his disappearance is a quiet tragedy with no clear answers, leaving only a cold trail for investigators to follow.
Nov 04, 1998
Spokane
Washington
Spokane County
No
13207
Spokane County Sheriff's Office
Spokane
Washington
Spokane County
99260
Marc Melville
Detective
1100 West Mallon Avenue, Washington
5094772240
County
Law Enforcement
98-803285
1998-11-04
Spokane County Sheriff's Office
Brown
Blue
Blue
06/23/2026
