Missing
Robert Austin Tharp
Tharp, approximately 2014
Date and time person was reported missing : 07/05/2014
Missing location (approx) :
California City, California
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 09/18/1993 (27)
Age at the time of disappearance: 20 years old
Height / Weight : 6'3, 150 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A black Taylor Beeson shirt and red and black shorts.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Blond hair, blue eyes. Tharp goes by his middle name, Austin. Tharp has tattoos on his arms and hands, including the word "California" in cursive.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Tharp was last seen at his mother's home in California City, California on the morning of July 5, 2014. His mother was out of state at the time, but another person staying in the house saw him in the driveway before Tharp left in a car with three other people. He left all his belongings behind and has never been heard from again.
Tharp's mother believes he's no longer alive, as she thinks he would have contacted her if he could have. Few details are available in his case.
Other information and links : ncy
California City Police Department
760-373-8606
September 2021 updates and sources
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The Mojave Desert News
California City Police Department
The Kern Golden Empire
23 ABC News Bakersfield
October 12, 2004. July 16, 2020; date of disappearance corrected, picture added, Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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