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Ray Collins

Status:
Missing
Case Details

Last Seen Date

1987-07-31

Last Seen Location

Salida, Chaffee County, CO

Age at Disappearance

57 Years

Gender / Sex

Cisgender Male

Race/Ethnicity

White / Caucasian

Tribal Affiliation

None
Physical Description

Height

5' 9"

Weight

150 lbs

Hair Color

Brown

Eye Color

Blue
Distinctive Features

Features

Deformity: Three deformed fingers on right hand(pinky, ring and middle)due to carpentry accident. (tips of fingers missing). Scar/mark Scar on bridge of nose. Other distinctive physical characteristic: Spoke with a southern accent.

Clothing & Accessories

Items

Jewelry: Ring gold with a green October birth stone. Stone was oval with a Cabochon cut. The stone was encircled with a ring of tiny beads.

Vehicle Information

Vehicle

Collins' friend returned to FL driving Collins' pick-up. Was said to of been put on a Grey Hound bus bound for the Grand Canyon from Denver, CO the day he went missing.

Circumstances of Disappearance

Collins, a resident of Winter Haven FL, was mineral collecting in CO with 2 male friends. One returned to FL on a family emergency, then a few days later, the other returned driving Collins' pick-up truck. It was later discovered that that friend had taken out a $25,000 life insurance policy on Collins. The friend said that Collins had wanted to go to the Grand Canyon, so he dropped him off at a bus station in Colorado Springs.

Contact Information

Investigating Agency

Chaffee County Sheriff's Office

Agency Phone Number

(719) 539-2596

Case Number

87-2613
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