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Paul Fugate Missing Person Case

Last seen in Willcox, Arizona on Jan 13, 1980

Victim Details

Mar 02, 2009

Oct 26, 2022

Paul

Fugate

87

41

65 inches

70 inches

160 lbs

170 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Jan 13, 1980

Willcox

Arizona

Cochise County

85643

7213

Cochise County Sheriff's Office

Sierra Vista

Arizona

Cochise County

85635

Ursula Ritchie

Sergeant

100 Colonia De Salud, Arizona

5208033280

County

Law Enforcement

https://www.cochise.az.gov/sheriff/home

800082

National Park Service Investigative Services Branch

7045

Brown

Blue

Blue


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Almost 40 years after Chiricahua National Monument Ranger Paul Fugate went for a hike and vanished without a trace, the National Park Service (NPS) has raised its reward fund in the case to $60,000. Decades after initial leads in Fugate’s disappearance grew cold, new information has prompted NPS investigators and Cochise County (AZ) Sheriff Mark Dannels to renew their request for the public’s help in solving the 38-year-old mystery.

On January 13, 1980, Paul Braxton Fugate, then age ...
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Last Seen: Jan 13, 1980

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    Wow, I can't believe it's been almost 40 years since Ranger Paul Fugate disappeared without a trace.... ...Read More
    11/20/2023
    I’m really intrigued by the disappearance of Paul Fugate from Chiricahua National Monument. Given ... ...Read More
    02/10/2023
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