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David Lovely Missing Person Case

Last seen in Fort Bridger, Wyoming on Aug 05, 1985

Victim Details

Dec 12, 2008

Dec 20, 2023

David

Lovely

60

20

76 inches

160 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Aug 05, 1985

Fort Bridger

Wyoming

Sweetwater County

No

6131

Huntington Beach Police Department

Huntington Beach

California

Orange County

92648

2000 Main Street, California

7149608811

Local

Law Enforcement

https://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov/departments/police/index.php

85-019506

Huntington Beach Police Department

4104

Brown

Blue

Blue

No

07/07/2026


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David Vernon Lovely, 19 years old at the time, disappeared on August 5, 1985, while traveling cross-country with his family from California to Massachusetts. Riding a 1978 Yamaha motorcycle, Lovely had been separated from his family in Wyoming after deciding to continue riding ahead while they stopped in Evanston. He later called his aunt from Fort Bridger, Wyoming, reporting that his motorcycle had broken down but had been repaired by a "rough-looking" man at a truck stop. Lovely expr ...
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Last Seen: Aug 05, 1985

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