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In the days following Christmas in 2003, the festive lights remained on at the Shreveport, Louisiana home of Earnest Lee Franklin, but the man who had switched them on was gone. There is some variation in the exact date he was last seen, with reports citing both December 25th and December 27th of that year. On the evening he vanished, around 11:45 p.m., Mr. Franklin, a 57-year-old retired forklift operator, spoke to his sister in California on the phone from his residence in the 1600 block of Au ...Read More
Last Seen: Dec 27, 2003

Victim Details

Jan 27, 2026

Jan 27, 2026

Earnest

Lee Franklin

57

57

5'6 inches

210 lbs

Black

Male

Dec 27, 2003

Shreveport

Louisiana

Shreveport

Shreveport Police Departmen

318-673-7020

06/10/2026