Missing
Jackie Edward Orders
Orders, approximately 2003
Date and time person was reported missing : 11/19/2003
Missing location (approx) :
Morganton, North Carolina
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
Age at the time of disappearance: 40 years old
Height / Weight : 5'9, 170 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : Unknown, but he usually wears jeans, work boots, t-shirts and a fleece jacket or flannel shirt.
Medical conditions : Orders suffers from high blood pressure and gout. He takes medication to control both conditions.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, green eyes. Orders has previously broken both of his wrists.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Orders was last seen in Morganton, North Carolina on November 19, 2003. He planned to travel to Florida, via Georgia, to visit relatives. He packed all of his belongings, including his medication and identification, and left.
Orders never arrived to see his family in Florida and has never been heard from again. He was reported missing on December 23, a little over a month after he was last seen.
Orders is described as a free spirit who frequently moved between friends' homes, spending only a few days at a time with each of them. In spite of his lifestyle, it's highly uncharacteristic of him to be out of touch with his family for this long. He was employed as a pipefitter at the time of his disappearance. Foul play is suspected in his case, which remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Burke County Sheriff's Office
828-438-5500
September 2021 updates and sources
Burke County Sheriff's Office
North American Missing Persons Network
The News Herald
October 12, 2004. December 30, 2008; Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
