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Lester Shoemaker Missing Person Case

Last seen in Sullivan, Missouri on Feb 01, 2016

Victim Details

May 26, 2023

Jan 12, 2024

Lester

Shoemaker

63

53

70 inches

72 inches

145 lbs

155 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Feb 01, 2016

Sullivan

Missouri

Franklin County

63080

No

125498

Franklin County Sheriff's Office

Union

Missouri

Franklin County

63084

Charles Subke

Captain Detective Bureau

#1 Bruns Lane, Missouri

6365846817

County

Law Enforcement

2023-03011

2023-05-19

Franklin County Sheriff's Office

3458

Brown

Hazel

Hazel

07/26/2026


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In the quiet corners of Missouri, a story of unsettling silence began to unfold around February 1, 2016. On that day, 53-year-old Lester E. Shoemaker was last seen in the Sullivan area of Franklin County. A man with brown hair and hazel eyes, standing somewhere between 5'10' and 6'0' and weighing around 145 to 155 pounds, he seemingly vanished without a trace. When he was last seen, he was wearing a black coat or a dark-colored jacket, blue jeans, tennis shoes, and a baseball ...
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01/04/2024
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09/04/2023
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05/16/2023
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