Missing
Norbert Anthony Dantzman
Dantzman, approximately 2019
Date and time person was reported missing : 08/30/2019
Missing location (approx) :
Winter, Wisconsin
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 06/20/1930 (91)
Age at the time of disappearance: 89 years old
Height / Weight : 5'9, 136 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A checkered shirt, a black vest, black pants, black shoes, a light colored baseball cap, and a ring on his right hand.
Medical conditions : Dantzman suffers from dementia and other cognitive issues. He is, however, very physically fit and mobile for someone his Age at the time of disappearance: .
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Gray hair, brown eyes. Dantzman's nickname is Tony. The index fingers on both his hands are crooked. He wears prescription eyeglasses and dentures, and he had a gray beard at the time of his disappearance.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : In August 2019, Dantzman traveled from his home in Crescent City, California to Winter, Wisconsin for a family reunion. He arrived on August 29 and stayed in the Northern Lights Motel with his daughter and son-in-law. On the morning of August 30, he left the motel on foot and never returned.
Surveillance footAge at the time of disappearance: the motel showed Dantsman walking out of the building to his vehicle. He tried to open it, but the car was locked, so he walked to the back of the motel and continued walking north. He was sighted at 9:30 a.m. near the Norwood Trailer Court, about a quarter-mile north of the motel; this is the last time anyone saw him. Dogs tracked his scent to Highway 70; he may have been picked up by a passing motorist.
Dantzman didn't have any identification or cash at the time of his disappearance. He may not realize he is a missing person and may be attempting to return home to California, or he may try to travel to Arizona, where he and his late wife spent a few months every year. He had worked as a merchant mariner along the Great Lakes, and he enjoyed vacationing in the southwestern U.S. and hunting and trapping in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Idaho.
His case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Sawyer County Sheriff's Office
715-634-5213
September 2021 updates and sources
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
