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Richard Willis Bendele, 29, was last seen on November 17, 1996, while hunting pheasants in the remote Laidlaw Park area of Blaine County, Idaho. That evening, he called his mother from his blue pickup truck, stating that the vehicle had stalled despite having gas, and he believed someone had tampered with it. He sounded nervous but assured his mother he would mark a nearby turnoff and call her back. Unfortunately, that call never came, and after a failed attempt by his mother and girlfriend to r ...Read More
Last Seen: Nov 17, 1996
Victim Details

May 27, 2009

Sep 01, 2023

Richard

Bendele

56

29

71 inches

170 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Nov 17, 1996

Hailey

Idaho

Blaine County

No

122

20328

Blaine County Sheriff's Office

Hailey

Idaho

Blaine County

83333

Mark Dalton

Det.

1650 Aviation Drive, Idaho

2087885555

County

Law Enforcement

96-1100033

1996-11-21

Blaine County Sheriff's Office

8169

Brown

Green

Green

11/22/2025


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