Missing
Robert Vincent Black
Black, approximately 1996
Date and time person was reported missing : 03/12/1996
Missing location (approx) :
Los Angeles, California
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 11/30/1931 (89)
Age at the time of disappearance: 64 years old
Height / Weight : 6'1, 170 pounds
Medical conditions : Black was reportedly depressed over the state of his health at the time of his 1996 disappearance.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Gray hair, brown eyes. Black wears eyeglasses.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Black was last seen leaving his Los Angeles, California residence on March 12, 1996. He was heading to a doctor's appointment at the time. Black never returned home and has not been heard from again. He may be a patient in a hospital or nursing home.
Black was reportedly a patient of the same doctor who treated Goldie Swanger, Richard Davison, and Patricia Laxer, all of whom vanished in 1997. Swanger was found in 2004 but the others are still missing. All four missing persons disappeared either en route or upon returning from appointments with the same physician. It is not known if the cases are otherwise connected in any way.
Other information and links : ncy
Los Angeles Police Department
213-485-5381
September 2021 updates and sources
Los Angeles Police Department
The Alamance Independent
California Attorney General's Office
October 12, 2004. September 20, 2006; DOB : corrected, date of disapearance updated.
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