Missing
Mitchell Manns
Manns, approximately 1990
Date and time person was reported missing : 03/16/1990
Missing location (approx) :
Martin, Kentucky
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 06/23/1951 (70)
Age at the time of disappearance: 38 years old
Height / Weight : 6'1, 300 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A white t-shirt, blue work pants and blue All-Star sneakers.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, hazel eyes.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Manns was last seen at the Triangle Mart in Martin, Kentucky on March 16, 1990. He was supposedly en route to McDowell Hospital, but never arrived there and has never been heard from again.
There was speculation that Harry Eugene Hale was connected to Manns's disappearance. Hale was convicted of credit card fraud in 1993 after he used a card belonging to Christoph Zahn, who disappeared from Georgia in 1992.
Hale had a reputation for stalking bus stations and highways searching for young male transients. He is suspected of drugging and Gender : ually assaulting young men in several states. Some of Zahn's belongings were found in Hale's mother's home. He has not been charged in connection with Zahn or Manns's disappearances, however.
Manns lived in Allen, Kentucky in 1990. Foul play is suspected in his case. It remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Kentucky State Police
606-433-7711
September 2021 updates and sources
The Doe Network
The Floyd County Times
The Lexington Herald-Leader
Kentucky State Police
October 12, 2004. December 21, 2010; Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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