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Sunday, October 15, 2017
Missing persons leave painful mysteries in EV BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer
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even years ago, Hugh Turner, an 85-year-old winter visitor from Canada, went for his daily walk in northeast Mesa on Christmas Eve. Turner was a fit and vital man, working out three days a week, playing golf a couple of times a week. His family saw no sign of what would happen next. Turner never came back. He still hasn’t been found, frustrating thousands of volunteers who’ve looked for him. His grieving family, robbed of closure through a memorial service or a burial, released balloons in remembrance a year after his disappearance. Turner, who is 92 if – against all odds – he is alive today, is not the only person in the East Valley who left without a trace. Arizona has 1,507 missing people, according to a national website. East Valley police field hundreds of missing-person reports each year, mostly runaways and people suffering from dementia. Others voluntarily disappear, choosing to have no contact with family members who report them missing. On Saturday, Oct. 21, police from the East Valley and throughout Maricopa County will
(Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff Photographer)
Laura Colón, longtime Mesa police missing persons investigator, is still looking for Hugh Turner. She recently “flagged” the gold ring with his initials on that it Turner was wearing in a photograph, hoping that someone might have found it or that it might have turned up at a pawn shop.
be at Arizona State University West’s campus in Glendale to hold an annual effort aimed at trying to find some of those missing people. Family members who can’t find a loved one will have an opportunity to report someone missing, submit a new report or provide a DNA sample from their loved one.
DNA is a powerful form of evidence that may not have been widely used when a relative disappeared a decade or more ago, said Sgt. Vince Lewis, a Phoenix Police spokesman. Lewis said eight cases have been cleared See
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COMMUNITY ....... . 13 BUSINESS ....................19 OPINION ................... 23 SPORTS....................... 25 FAITH ........................... 28 CLASSIFIEDS ........... 36
BY SRIANTHI PERERA Tribune Staff Writer
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arine veteran Taylor Winston of San Diego didn’t think twice about stealing a truck during the recent Las Vegas shooting massacre to transport the wounded to hospital. Neither did Gilbert-based B5 Motors owner Shane Beus, who felt compelled to reward him with a 2013 Ford F150, valued at $20,000, for his heroism. For his part, Winston, 29, is paying it forward – he plans to sell his own car and donate the proceeds to those affected by the
shooting. Ever since Beus’ gesture, the phones have been ringing off the hook at the used car dealership and the company’s Facebook account has been flooded with compliments from people around the world – dozens promising to purchase their next truck from him. “Gentlemen, you people went above and beyond. You are the most loved and respected car dealership in America for how (Srianthi Perera/Tribune Staff Photographer) you treated that fine soldier who saved so many lives. I live in Boca Raton, Florida, Shane Beus, owner of Gilbert-based B5 Motors, gave a See
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2013 Ford F150, valued at $20,000, to Las Vegas shooting hero Taylor Winston.