Missing
Jay Walter Burns
Burns, approximately 1984
Date and time person was reported missing : 01/25/1984
Missing location (approx) :
Rochester, Pennsylvania
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
Age at the time of disappearance: 58 years old
Height / Weight : 5'10, 180 - 190 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A navy blue jacket, a silver watch, a wedding band and gray eyeglasses with smoked lenses and silver frames.
Medical conditions : Burns is supposed to wear a hearing aid, but it was left behind.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Graying red hair, blue eyes. Burns has a long scar on his arm from a dog bite.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Burns was last on January 25, 1984, after he left his home in Rochester, Pennsylvania to work the 6 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. shift at the J&L Steel Mill in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. He never arrived there and has never been heard from again.
After his disappearance, his blue 1974 Dodge was found abandoned on a bridge in Rochester, with the engine still running. There was no sign of Burns at the scene; his case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Beaver County Detective Bureau
724-773-8550
Rochester Township Police Department
724-774-7278
September 2021 updates and sources
Beaver County Crime Solvers
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