Robert Lue Verne Odman Sr. was 53 years old when he was last known to have contact with authorities on January 6, 1996. His case is associated with Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and NamUs lists him as Missing Person MP7193, with the date of last contact recorded as January 6, 1996. The attached case data identifies the investigating agency as the Sioux Falls Police Department and does not list a case resolution status of Alive or Deceased, so the case should be treated as unresolved based on the
available information.
The known timeline begins months before his final reported sighting. According to The Charley Project, Robert disappeared from Sioux Falls in September 1995 after an altercation with his two sons. He reportedly got into his silver Bronco, drove away, and did not return home. This earlier disappearance is an important part of the case because it suggests Robert had already become disconnected from his usual life before the final confirmed encounter in Colorado.
On January 6, 1996, Robert reportedly resurfaced in Walsenburg, Colorado. The Charley Project states that he walked into the Walsenburg police station and asked where he could find a homeless shelter. After leaving the police station, he was not seen again. NamUs records the last known location in the case as Sioux Falls, South Dakota, while other summaries describe the final known encounter as occurring in Walsenburg, Colorado, creating a case history that spans both South Dakota and Colorado.
Robert is described as a White male with sandy brown hair and blue eyes. He stood approximately 6 feet 2 inches to 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighed between 175 and 190 pounds. He was blind in his left eye. Distinguishing features included a scar on his abdomen from spleen surgery and a tattoo of a knife with a skull on his forearm. These details remain significant because, in long-term missing person cases, physical identifiers may help connect a missing person to older records, sightings, unidentified remains, or other investigative leads.
The Charley Project notes that Robert was reportedly depressed over the death of his daughter around the time he disappeared. That detail adds a deeply human dimension to the case: Robert was not just a missing person entry in a database, but a father who may have been carrying intense grief when he became separated from his family and community. There are few public details about what happened after he left the Walsenburg police station, and no publicly available source reviewed here provides a confirmed explanation for where he went next.
Robert’s case remains a long-standing unresolved missing person case. The available public information is limited, but it consistently points to a man who left Sioux Falls after family conflict, later appeared in Walsenburg seeking information about shelter, and then vanished again. Anyone with information relevant to Robert Lue Verne Odman Sr.’s disappearance is directed by public case listings to contact the Sioux Falls Police Department, the agency identified as investigating the case.Last Seen: Jan 6, 1996
