John Lake

Missing
Case Description
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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
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    Victim Details

    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

    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

    Brown

    Brown

    Brown

    09/26/2024


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