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CHARLES TIMM Missing Person Case

Last seen in West Palm Beach, Florida on Feb 07, 1980

Victim Details

Apr 12, 2023

May 17, 2024

CHARLES

TIMM

85

39

72 inches

175 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Feb 07, 1980

West Palm Beach

Florida

Palm Beach County

No

124498

Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

West Palm Beach

Florida

Palm Beach County

33406

3228 Gun Club Road, Florida

5616883000

County

Law Enforcement

https://www.pbso.org

80-024957

1980-03-04

Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

07/18/2026


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Charles Timm, a 39-year-old crop duster, went missing on February 7, 1980, after departing from the West Palm Beach Airport in Florida. Timm and his colleague, Clarence Hopper, had taken off in a twin-engine Beechcraft airplane they had purchased months earlier. The two men, both residents of South Haven, Michigan, and employed by the Mueller Crop Dusting Service, flew over the Gulf of Mexico and never returned. The plane was never recovered, and they are presumed to have crashed into the ocean. ...
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    Does anyone have more information about the weather conditions on February 7, 1980, near the Gulf of... ...Read More
    08/19/2024
    Has anyone else looked into the weather conditions on the day Charles Timm and Clarence Hopper went ... ...Read More
    10/06/2023
    Has anyone else delved into the maintenance records of that Beechcraft? I've been reading up on simi... ...Read More
    01/16/2023
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