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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 ...
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Last Seen: Nov 17, 1996

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