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Wendall Lankford Missing Person Case

Last seen in Coldspring, Texas on Sep 06, 2008

Victim Details

Jul 19, 2021

Jul 23, 2021

Wendall

Lankford

63

46

68 inches

265 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Sep 06, 2008

Coldspring

Texas

San Jacinto County

77331

No

105826

Montgomery County Sheriff's Office

Conroe

Texas

Montgomery County

77301

Fadi Rizk

Detective

#1 Criminal Justice Drive, Texas

9367605800

County

Law Enforcement

http://www.mctxsheriff.org/

10A013957

2008-11-25

Montgomery County Sheriff's Office

6604

Brown

Hazel

Hazel

07/24/2026


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Wendall Elton Lankford, 46 years old, was last seen on September 6, 2008, in the Camilla area of Coldspring, Texas. Known by the nickname "Buddy," Lankford stood 5'8" and weighed around 265 to 280 pounds. He had brown hair, hazel eyes, and a distinctive tattoo of a black outline of roses on his left forearm. After being last spotted in San Jacinto County, he was never heard from again.

It wasn't until November 25, 2008, that his family officially reported him m ...
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Last Seen: Sep 06, 2008

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  • Wendall Elton Lankford - The Charley Project
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