Missing
Gene Andrew Payne
Payne, approximately 1994
Date and time person was reported missing : 08/20/1994
Missing location (approx) :
Pima County, Arizona
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
Age at the time of disappearance: 45 - 46 years old
Height / Weight : 5'7, 210 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A purple, green, red and white striped polo shirt with a collar, green denim shorts, black and white sneakers with no laces, a dark blue baseball cap with a "Vaquero Livestock" logo and black sunglasses.
Medical conditions : Payne broke his back in an accident in 1986. The injury left him disabled; he's unable to walk for more than a quarter-mile at a time.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Payne has surgical scars on his back and walks with a stoop. He is bowlegged and is issing the tip of his right pinky finger. He has a brown bull and black horse tattooed on each side of one forearm, and a tattoo of a dark anchor with "USN" underneath on the other arm.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Payne was last seen at his ranch in the Avra Valley area of Pima County, Arizona on August 20, 1994.
He left his family's home on north Musket Road at 7:00 a.m., telling his wife he was going out to feed the livestock and would be back soon. He never returned and has never been heard from again. No one saw or heard anything unusual in the vicinity that morning, and an extensive search turned up no sign of Payne's whereabouts.
Payne left behind his wife, two sons and a grandson. His wife doesn't believe he left of his own accord because he was close to his family. His case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Pima County Sheriff's Office
520-351-4900
September 2021 updates and sources
Pima County Sheriff's Office
The Tucson Citizen
The Arizona Daily Star
October 12, 2004. September 13, 2013; Description, clothing, jewerly and more : added, Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: , Medical conditions : and Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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