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Martin Smith Missing Person Case

Last seen in Escalante, Utah on Nov 27, 2017

Victim Details

Apr 25, 2022

Jan 12, 2024

Martin

Smith

62

54

71 inches

160 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Nov 27, 2017

Escalante

Utah

Garfield County

No

113786

Garfield County Sheriffs Office

Panguitch

Utah

Garfield County

84759

375 N 700 W, Utah

4356762678

County

Law Enforcement

#37046

2022-04-25

Garfield County Sheriffs Office

4736

Red/Auburn

Hazel

Hazel

07/04/2026


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In the vast and rugged landscape of southern Utah, a mystery began to unfold in the late autumn of 2017. Martin Andrew Smith, a 54-year-old man from California, had been camping in a dry wash off the Hole in the Rock Road in Escalante. The last known sign of his activity was a receipt dated November 27, 2017. After this date, an unsettling silence fell over his campsite, a silence that would stretch into months before anyone knew he was gone. It wasn't until April 2, 2018, that his vacant c ...
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Last Seen: Nov 27, 2017

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