In the spring of 1996, a 51-year-old man named Paul Evers St. Claire vanished from West Linn, Oregon, leaving behind a life shrouded in mystery. He was last seen on April 23, 1996, and neither he nor his red 1988 Pontiac Lemans with Oregon license plate NQZ961 have been seen since. The circumstances surrounding his disappearance were immediately considered suspicious by authorities. As investigators delved into his life, they uncovered a significant secret: Paul Evers St.
Claire was an assumed identity. His birth name was Lloyd Adam Buzzard, a name he had shed in the early 1970s to build a new life in the Portland metropolitan area. Under his new name, he became involved in various business ventures.
The investigation into St. Claire's disappearance quickly led to a complex web of relationships and criminal activity. Detectives learned that St. Claire was associated with a man known as Frank Tidwell, which turned out to be an alias for Robert Stroh, a man with a violent criminal past. Stroh was reportedly a silent partner in several of St. Claire's businesses. Investigators believe Robert Stroh was the last person to see St. Claire alive. Complicating matters further was St. Claire's friendship with a female relative of Stroh's, as well as a possible friendship with the estranged wife of Stroh's younger brother, David Stroh. David Stroh, who also used aliases and had an extensive criminal record, disappeared shortly after St. Claire, following a sexual assault investigation against him.
The interconnected disappearances of Paul St. Claire and David Stroh painted a grim picture for investigators. A significant break in the case came when skeletal remains, discovered in a remote area of Grant County, Oregon, between 1997 and 1998, were identified in 2019 as David Stroh through advancements in genetic genealogy. His death was ruled a homicide. Authorities believe the two cases are connected, but with Robert Stroh's death in 2013, a key figure in the investigation was lost forever. The disappearance of Paul St. Claire, also known as Lloyd Adam Buzzard, remains an unsolved and troubling case, leaving behind unanswered questions about the final days of a man who lived a life under an assumed name and the dangerous individuals with whom he became entangled.Last Seen: Apr 23, 1996
