Missing
John Thistlewood
Thistlewood, approximately 1985 (seven years prior to his disappearance)
Date and time person was reported missing : 09/11/1992
Missing location (approx) :
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Missing classification : Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 08/20/1955 (65)
Age at the time of disappearance: 37 years old
Height / Weight : 6'0, 210 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A red silk shirt, black jeans and black sneakers.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Thistlewood has a mustache.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Thistlewood dropped his two children off at a relative's residence on South American Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at approximately 7:30 p.m. on September 11, 1992. He told his family members that he would return shortly to pick up the children.
Thistlewood has never been seen again. He was driving his white two-door 1992 Ford Expo with the Pennsylvania license plate number XTX-633 at the time of his disappearance. His vehicle has never been recovered.
Thistlewood was known to frequent the Wildwood, New Jersey area in 1992. His case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Philadelphia Police Department
215-686-3013
215-686-3014
September 2021 updates and sources
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