Missing
Mark Skinner Clarke
Clarke, approximately 1983
Date and time person was reported missing : 12/01/1983
Missing location (approx) :
Tuckasegee, North Carolina
Missing classification : Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 03/24/1954 (67)
Age at the time of disappearance: 29 years old
Height / Weight : 5'9, 155 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Clarke may have a full beard and/or mustache. He has a previous neck injury as well as a burn scar on his right knee.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Clarke joined the L'Abri Christian Fellowship of England sometime during 1982. He became estranged from his family members and several friends shortly thereafter.
Clarke's parents last saw him in January 1982, when he was treated for fatigue by a physician in North Carolina. Clarke contacted his parents for the final time one year later in January 1983, shortly after his father's election to Congress.
Authorities believe that Clarke may have boarded a plane in early December 1983 at the request of the L'Abri Christian Fellowship Of England. He possibly flew to either Baltimore, Maryland or to Washington, D.C. Clarke apparently traveled afterwards to Asheville, North Carolina via bus, where he stayed in a motel on December 24, 1983.
Clarke then rented a car and drove to Tuckasegee, North Carolina with an unidentified female friend known only as Millie. Clarke drove Millie to Atlanta, Georgia and dropped her off in the city. He then continued driving alone to Columbia, South Carolina, where he visited a friend for three days. He returned to Tuckasegee, North Carolina after that visit.
Several of Clarke's friends told authorities that he did not want his family to know he was in North Carolina, nor did Clarke wish to communicate with them. He did not possess any credit cards at the time of his 1983 disappearance and paid for all purchases with cash.
Clarke has not been heard from since this time. His whereabouts are unknown.
Other information and links : ncy
Jackson County Sheriff's Office
704-586-4480
September 2021 updates and sources
North Carolina State Bureau Of Investigation
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Interactive Missing Person Search Map