Missing
Roger Ralph Packer
Packer, approximately 1978
Date and time person was reported missing : 12/05/1978
Missing location (approx) :
Tempe, Arizona
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 11/13/1953 (67)
Age at the time of disappearance: 25 years old
Height / Weight : 5'6 - 5'8, 130 - 140 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Blond hair, blue eyes.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Packer was last seen on December 5, 1978 in Tempe, Arizona. He left his home in the 900 block of east Laguna Drive to go on an extended vacation, possibly to the Pacific Northwest. He has never been heard from again.
Packer's vehicle was found abandoned at the East Verde River Campgrounds near the East Verde Rive Bridge on State Route 87 in Payson, Arizona on December 12. The car was unlocked and the key was in the ignition.
Packer didn't leave an itinerary for his vacation and his parents didn't know he was missing until February 3, when the state Motor Vehicle Division notified them that his car had been abandoned. He is considered missing under suspicious circumstances. His case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Tempe Police Department
480-350-8588
September 2021 updates and sources
California Attorney General's Office
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The Arizona Republic
October 12, 2004. July 13, 2017; Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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