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Douglas
Henry
71
54
72 inches
73 inches
200 lbs
220 lbs
White / Caucasian
Male
The morning of May 21, 2007, began like any other for 54-year-old Douglas Henry. His wife last saw him at their Reno, Nevada, home at 6:00 a.m. before she departed for her own workday. Credit card records show that Douglas, known as Doug to friends and family, made a purchase at a gas station at the corner of Keystone and 4th Street at 6:50 a.m. He was scheduled to arrive at his job as a truck driver at 7:30 a.m., but he never appeared and was not heard from again. His wife, Beth, noted that he was in good spirits before he vanished and was excited about property they had recently acquired in the Palomino Valley area. She firmly believes he would not have voluntarily left. Compounding the family's concern was the fact that a gun Douglas owned was also missing. A significant and perplexing discovery in the case came when Douglas's gold 1995 two-door Saturn was found abandoned. The vehicle was not located anywhere near his home or intended workplace in Reno, but rather at the trailhead of Boundary Peak near Goldfield, Nevada, a remote location in Esmeralda County. The car was covered in dust, and strangely, its VIN plate and license plates had been removed. This detail was particularly odd to his wife, who stated that Douglas was known to keep a messy car, yet the vehicle was found clean with nothing in the glove box or trunk. The discovery of the vehicle so far from his expected route and in such a condition only served to deepen the mystery surrounding his disappearance, prompting law enforcement to treat the case as a potential crime. The investigation into what happened to Douglas Henry has been described by one detective as one of the strangest cases in his 15-year career. Despite the passage of time, the case remains unsolved, leaving his loved ones without answers. At the time he went missing, Douglas was described as a white male, standing 6'0" to 6'1" and weighing between 200 and 220 pounds, with blue or hazel eyes and a bald head. He also has a distinctive tattoo of a dragon on his arm. The Reno Police Department continues to list him as a missing person and encourages anyone with information, no matter how insignificant it may seem, to come forward. The overview of this case is one of profound mystery: a man who starts a normal workday, makes a routine gas purchase, and then vanishes, with his car later found in a remote wilderness area under suspicious circumstances.
May 21, 2007
Reno
Nevada
Washoe County
9909
Reno Police Department
Reno
Nevada
Washoe County
89502
Tazy Ciofalo
CSO II Missing Person Division
455 East 2nd Street, Nevada
7753342175
Local
Law Enforcement
07-19897
2007-05-21
Reno Police Department
Unknown
Blue
Blue
05/20/2026
