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Shawn Rice Missing Person Case

Last seen in Spokane, Washington on Nov 18, 1996

Victim Details

Mar 06, 2013

Jan 12, 2024

Shawn

Rice

57

28

72 inches

160 lbs

170 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Nov 18, 1996

Spokane

Washington

Spokane County

99207

No

13206

Spokane County Sheriff's Office

Spokane

Washington

Spokane County

99260

Marc Melville

Detective

1100 West Mallon Avenue, Washington

5094772240

County

Law Enforcement

https://www.spokanecounty.org/1080/Sheriff

96-0100637

1996-11-18

Spokane County Sheriff's Office

Brown

Blue

Blue

07/10/2026


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In the early winter of 1996, concern grew for a 28-year-old man from Spokane, Washington, named Shawn T. Rice. He was last seen on November 18, 1996, a day that would mark the beginning of a years-long mystery for his family and investigators. Shawn, a White male with brown hair and blue eyes, was reportedly in a suicidal state of mind around the time of his disappearance. His last known whereabouts were in the vicinity of Chattaroy, a community in Spokane County, during a severe ice storm that ...
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Last Seen: Nov 18, 1996

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