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Theodore Dengerud Missing Person Case

Last seen in Sunburg, Minnesota on Apr 03, 1982

Victim Details

Feb 03, 2011

Jan 09, 2024

Theodore

Dengerud

74

30

68 inches

69 inches

195 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Apr 03, 1982

Sunburg

Minnesota

Kandiyohi County

56289

No

9649

Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office

Willmar

Minnesota

Kandiyohi County

56201

Kent Bauman

Detective

2201 Northeast 23rd Street, Suite 101, Minnesota

3202351260

County

Law Enforcement

82003030

1982-04-03

Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office

Brown

Blue

Blue

06/30/2026


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Theodore Leonard Dengerud, age 30, was last seen on April 3, 1982, in Sunburg, Minnesota. That night, around 11:00 p.m., he left his home in New London to pick up his wife from her sister’s house in a rural area near Sunburg. Unfamiliar with the roads, Dengerud stopped at an elderly couple’s home to ask for directions, making them the last known individuals to have seen him. Shortly after, his car was found crashed into a small tree at a T-shaped intersection, with no signs of him at the sce ...
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Last Seen: Apr 03, 1982

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  • BCA still looking for missing New London man - Willmar Radio Home
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