Francisco Do Nascimento Pimentel -- Missing Since August 1976

Details from NamUs**: 

"Francisco enlisted in the Massachusetts Army National Guard. His orders directed him to travel to Fort Dix, New Jersey on August 8, 1976. He went to the AMTRAK train station in Providence, RI accompanied by friends and family. He boarded the train with other recruits and his recruiter but never arrived in Fort Dix, New Jersey. He has not been seen or heard from since."

Missing Person: Francisco Do Nascimento Pimentel

Last-contact date: August 8th, 1976
The area where the MP was last seen: Providence, Rhode Island
Link to government source: NamUs #MP78513

VITAL DETAILS

Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Sex: Male
Age at time of disappearance: 18 years old
Birthdate: between August 9th, 1957 and August 8th, 1958

• I'm not sure of the exact birthdate for Francisco Do Nascimento Pimentel but a date range can be calculated using his age at the time of the disappearance.

Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Scar: None listed at NamUs
Height/weight: 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-9 and 128 to 135 pounds
BMI*: 

• Francisco Do Nascimento Pimentel was in the normal range for BMI.
• Please, Google-search BMI if you aren't familiar with the phrase. I think it's an important tool to be aware of when working on missing person cases.

Tattoos: Francisco Do Nascimento Pimentel did not have any tattoos associated with his profiles. If you know this to be a mistake, then please contact this site.

Francisco Do Nascimento Pimentel was last heard from on August 8th, 1976, when he was 18 years of age. This individual has now been missing for 45 years as of the original publication date of this blog post.

What stands out with this case, is that the NamUs description describes a situation where you would think it would be hard for him to disappear -- at least, without a further lead. It says that he boarded a train with military recruits and his recruiter, yet the last person to report seeing him was his family members. It would seem like the co-recruits, recruiter, and possibly train staff would have something to say on this matter. There definitely appears to be an incomplete story regarding the circumstances. To try and complete it, I did some research on Newspapers.com and Ancestry.com but was not able to find anything additional on this missing person.

I think this case opens up to Websleuths and amateur investigators/hobbyists if someone who knew him on the day he was last seen provides more details. Additionally, any of the co-recruits that remember that day might be able to offer something.

The way he sounds, he boarded the train in Providence bound for New Jersey but never reached it. Did he jump off the train? Did he sneak off at an earlier exit to dodge military duty? This is a difficult case where there's just not enough to conjecture from, meaning that opening up the details is the first duty. However, I think it is fair to say that any destination en route to Fort Dix from Providence is in play. It's not clear what the Amtrack route was but Warwick, New London, Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, Stamford, New York City, Newark, Trenton, and Philadelphia could all be points where he disembarked.

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Author: Shane Lambert (UncoolNegated on Websleuths)

All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.

Shane Lambert (UncoolNegated on Websleuths) is not a Private Investigator, however, he is currently studying to be one as of March 2021.

Website hashtag: #MPCSL

*For BMI values, I use the UPPER or HIGHER ranges that are given for height and weight.
**Text might be paraphrased. If taken verbatim, then grammar or spelling errors are not necessarily corrected from original sources.
Disclaimer: Whenever possible, government sources are preferred for getting the details of a missing person's case. However, any source that the article writer deems reputable may be used.