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.

Duane Ludwig Winget -- Missing Since February 1962

Missing Person: Duane Ludwig Winget
Last-contact date: February 15th, 1962
The area where the MP was last seen: Fort Lewis, Washington in the Pacific Northwest

Link to government source: NamUs #MP35935

Ethnicity: White
Sex: Male
Age at time of disappearance: 23 years old
Hair details: Red/auburn
Eye details: Blue eyes and wore glasses at times
Scars: None known
Height/weight: 5-foot-5 to 5-foot7- and 145 to 170 pounds

BMI: The missing person was overweight by BMI at the time of the last contact, however, he may have had an athletic appearance.

Details from NamUs*: "SPC Winget was last seen on 02/15/1962 while training at Fort Lewis Military Base. He was participating in a hand over hand river crossing training in the Nisqually River when he lost his grip and went down the river. He was never located."

*Grammar or spelling errors are not corrected from original sources.

Duane Ludwig Winget has not been seen since February 15th, 1962 when he was 23. At about that time, he was known to have been from Fort Lewis, Washington.

What stands out with this case, is the fact that his fate can be reasonably assumed. He was performing a military exercise over a hazard. In this case, he lost his grip and fell into a river. He can be presumed drowned or dead from the fall. A relative of Duane's contacted the site and offered the following location of the incident as well as where search efforts took place.

I found a newspaper article associated with this case. It appeared in the Wasau Daily Herald on February 17th, 1962 (page 2). Apparently, Winget's safety belt failed at the exact moment that he suffered some kind of balance mishap. This lead to him falling six feet into the Nisqually River where he was presumed drowned according to the original journalism in the days after his disappearance.

Sat, Feb 17, 1962 – 2 · Wausau Daily Herald (Wausau, Wisconsin) · Newspapers.com

John Does associated with the Nisqually River are candidates for a rule-out with this missing person but after all this time Winget's remains are likely to be separated. I've wondered if his safety vest might contain metal and be embedded along the shores of the river. From that point of view, a metal detector combing the river shores might help with this case.

Note: when people are missing for several years as this person has been, some of their distinctive characteristics may no longer be relevant as identifiers. This is because many distinctive characteristics such as scars, birthmarks, or tattoos may be lost as identifiers through putrefaction if the person has died.

Author: Shane Lambert (Facebook profile)

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Twitter: @UncoolNegated (Twitter)

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All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.

I am not a Private Investigator, however, I am currently studying to be one as of February 2021.

Website hashtag: #MPCSL