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John Eric Lake, 37, disappeared on December 10, 1967, in Manhattan, New York. At the time, Lake was the sports editor for *Newsweek*. He had spent the evening having dinner and drinks with a female acquaintance before dropping her off at her apartment. Lake expressed a desire to accompany her inside, but she declined, and he was last seen walking toward a subway station, intending to return to his own apartment in Greenwich Village. He was never seen again.
Lake’s disappearance was no ...Read More
Last Seen: Dec 10, 1967
Lake’s disappearance was no ...Read More
Last Seen: Dec 10, 1967
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Dec 28, 2009
Sep 15, 2022
John
Lake
94
37
70 inches
72 inches
160 lbs
190 lbs
White / Caucasian
Male
Dec 10, 1967
New York City
New York
New York County
134
2362
New York City Police Department - Missing Persons Squad
New York
New York
New York County
10039
2770 Frederick Douglass Boulevard, New York
2126947781
Local
Law Enforcement
29273
1967-12-14
New York City Police Department - Missing Persons Squad
6422
Brown
Brown
Brown
11/19/2025
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Forum Posts (2)
I’ve been diving back into old missing persons cases, and John Eric Lake’s story piqued my inter... ...Read More
04/01/2023
04/01/2023
Has anyone here looked into what Lake's plans were after dropping off his acquaintance that night? I... ...Read More
01/09/2023
01/09/2023
