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Edward Nye Missing Person Case

Last seen in Prospect, Oregon on Jun 22, 1978

Victim Details

Apr 15, 2010

May 28, 2024

Edward

Nye

62

14

63 inches

120 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Jun 22, 1978

Prospect

Oregon

Jackson County

No

26828

Jackson County Sheriff's Office

Central Point

Oregon

Jackson County

97502

Preston Friend

Detective

5179 Crater Lake Highway, Oregon

5417746800

County

Law Enforcement

http://jacksoncountyor.org/sheriff/

78-5188

Jackson County Sheriff's Office

Blond/Strawberry

Blue

Blue

07/07/2026


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On a summer day in June of 1978, a distressing and perplexing mystery began to unfold in the wilderness of Oregon. Fourteen-year-old Edward Chester Nye was on a camping trip with his church youth group in the Sky Lakes area, near the middle fork of the Rogue River, a region located about twelve miles east of Prospect, Oregon. On June 22, the blond-haired, blue-eyed teenager informed his brother that he was going to fish by himself downstream. He was last seen wearing a yellow shirt, brown jeans, ...
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Last Seen: Jun 22, 1978

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    Has anyone ever looked into other incidents in the Sky Lakes area around the time Eddie went missing... ...Read More
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    I came across Edward Chester Nye’s case while diving into some older missing person files, and som... ...Read More
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