URGENT! PLEASE HELP! Search for Missing Man in Middle Tennessee
This man is a dear friend of mine. He was my high school sweetheart, and we were married for 9 years during the 70s. He has been missing since last Wednesday. Please click the link and read more. There is a video at the link, too, that aired on Channel 5 Sunday night. PLEASE post the article and video anywhere else you can to help us find our friend.
We are desperate to learn the name of the older man he was supposedly with when he disappeared. He is believed to have been with this man on the way to place a bid on a stone masonry project at the site of a home being built for this man's daughter. Without knowing the identity of this man, they don't know where to even begin looking.
Here's the link. Please click, and watch the video. If you can help spread the word, I would greatly appreciate this.
And if anyone here gets any hits, psychic or otherwise, about his whereabouts, PLEASE pass it on to me! Prayers and magic for his safe return are also welcomed!
[link:http://www.newschannel5.com/story/19259250/friends-search-for-local-missing-artist|
Thanks so much!
Silver
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With his car left behind, he was in the other person's vehicle. So if there was an accident, they would both be missing...
for protection, strength and hope. Sending vibes to you and yours, you're all in my prayers.
To personalize this request a bit, here are some pix of David and of his ultra-cool house he built himself. Yes, it's a hobbit house!
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What a magnificent soul and what a beautiful sanctuary he created!!!
Please, please keep us posted. Ongoing prayers, good vibes, hugs of support on the way....
I send Love and Light that your dear friend will be found soon.
I have been reading about dowsing and there were several techniques for using dowsing to find missing people, objects and such.
Do you know anyone who has experience in dowsing? Perhaps this might be another avenue you could try to locate your friend.
Let me know if you'd like me to explain the techniques I have been reading about and I'll write them up for you. In the meantime I will continue to send to you, your friend and all those who know and love him!
Rock Quarry. Feel that not only did they visit the building site, but also looked at specific resources to be used in its construction. Since David was not only a stone mason, but an artist, they may have discussed specific stones & cutting methods. That area has incredible limestone formations readily available. It may not be a "regulation" quarry, but a place where rock would be quarried for the project. It looked like he had used cedar in his hobbit house. That area is one of the largest cedar groves in the world, they might have also gone to look at certain trees the gentleman (or David) wanted to incorporate. Got the feeling that they ventured outside that immediate area.
I realize this makes the search area much bigger, but I definitely got the rock quarry hit. My son is a geologist, I will ask him if he is aware of any such sites in that area.
Hope this is helpful & David is found soon!
You're all in our thoughts today-everyday
Things like this intrigue me so much. I hope that's not offensive. I often wish I could be part of the team searching/investigating for a person that has been missing..I would love to help in a 'boots on the ground' kind of way.
I've not been very in tune with things lately; so atm all I can add is my love and good wishes/vibes. Please keep us updated.
and it will be a HAPPY ending!
I'm so sorry it has taken the authorities so long to treat it as a criminal case.
Hopefully the video will provide a solid lead...
Still checking in and sending good vibes.
and soon.
Sending love to all
I'm so sorry to hear this!!!1 Of course I will keep him in my thoughts and send energy! 
to both David and you too Silver.
Please take care of yourself.
I was thinking of you and wondering if there was an update.
That is such a small community, everyone knows everyone else, basically. These small Southern towns are full of nosy, busy-bodies with nothing else to do but watch what's happening....even the most insignificant goings-on. If David was a "for'ner 'round those parts", then he would have been under even closer scrutiny.
1) Do they know what time he met this gentlemen at DG?
Unless it was in the very early hours, there would have been people about who would have seen them.
2) How did you know he was going to do this?
Obviously he communicated w/someone about this meeting. I would be investigating that/those party(ies) more.
3) Would someone have "set him up" because they suspected he had $?
Flashy jewelry, expensive clothes/car, tools, life ins., etc.? Or something else they wanted?
4) Could there have been a "love interest" involved?
Was he dating someone; someone he might not have known well enough to suspect any danger existed?
5) Could he be held hostage?
Used as a "slave" for free work?
6) Could this "story" be a ruse to throw investigators off the trail?
Just some questions I have about the situation & food for thought.
Asking the angels
that he be out there some place...still alive.
Since the friends are impeccable, could there have been someone else "in their circle", (another guest, handyman, etc.) who might have been involved?
Who in TN would have known he was going to MI, besides the friends who owned the farm?
Someone could have seen him withdrawing $ & followed him. When & where did that happen?
I'm w/you....there is a stinking fish in Watertown!
I don't mean to sound negative, but the small town police are less than effective in many of these cases (most are Barneys w/very few Andys! Many are just not too bright, sad to say). Unless you are connected to one of the big shots in town, they don't expend much energy. And they simply don't have the resources & often lack the training to do effective investigation work. These incidences are so rare, they simply don't have any experience w/them. Unfortunately, small town folk will also "cover" for each other, especially when a "for'ner" is involved. There still prevails an "us against them" mentality in these tiny Southern towns.
My feeling is there will be a resolution eventually. It may be months, but the story will be revealed.
Until then, still holding out hope for you & him......
Yep, I lived in that area for 20 years. The local cops did basically NOTHING until the Nashville news media picked up the story. He wasn't "local," he wasn't kin to anyone they knew, so they didn't much care. When the media got involved, the sheriff's department got involved, too. And now, that they FINALLY decided to treat it like a criminal case a couple of weeks ago, the TBI (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation) are involved. I figure they are at least a bit more professional, more well-trained, and have more tools to work with. But so far, none of them have turned up a darn thing worth truly investigating.
One thing they were onto a couple of weeks ago was this poor couple David recently built a koi pond for. They are good friends with David, and there was no reason we could see to suspect them, but the local cops accused them of killing him and burying him in the pond. WTH? This turned out to be NOT the case, as we figured, but they spent a good deal of time frightening these poor people (who, of course, are outsiders in their eyes), and ignoring leads others closer to the situation were trying to get them to pursue (like the old girlfriend, and another local lowlife who was actually going around bragging that he'd killed David--good grief! bragging? really?--but now they say both of them "check out"
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And yes, I definitely feel that the clannish mentality is playing a part. They are protecting their own. Someone knows something and isn't talking because it would implicate kinfolks or some such. This "us and them" thing is prevalent there. It's like there are two communities: the born-and-raised-there locals (which includes Bible-thumpers, lowlife rednecks, and a few otherwise good-hearted and decent folks) and the outsiders, the "for'ners" (whom most see as librul hippie artist Yankees). There's some crossover, but not a whole lot. So, yeah, some local politics and associated crap has been a part of this all along.
I have this image in my head of some hunter finding him once the leaves fall and hunting season starts up. I hope I'm wrong, but that is an image that keeps popping up. It's very difficult to find anything in the woods there in the summer because of all the lush growth. It's just too dense.
As for others in the circle of friends, there just doesn't seem to be much there to investigate.
He took money out of the bank on Monday or Tuesday, not sure which, for the trip to Michigan. Anyone close to him knew he was going. It's possible someone saw him do that, and got it in their head to rob him, but why wait til Wednesday? I dunno. The security cameras at the bank revealed nothing that looked suspicious.
Since you lived there, you know the "local landscape" & nailed it quite accurately. Since they went after the koi pond folks so vehemently that raises a HUGE red flag to me that they know what happened & are protecting their own. "Whose the lowlife's DADDY?" That will be another indicator of what the real deal might be.
I love the South (weather, beauty, good people), but this is where it all goes to the dogs. This protecting "our" people just sours the milk, since many of "our" people are not worth protecting--just the opposite.
It's never made sense to me, but then I've been on that "for'ner" side of the fence (& still am after 30 yrs!) even tho I'm from TN! Just not from "here".
Still holding out hope & keeping my intuition on high alert. Don't give up on this, it will all come out sometime.
"Who's yer DADDY?" Big one there.
And yes, unfortunately, I know exactly what you mean. In these small towns, if you weren't born and raised in THAT community, you are, and forever will be, an outsider: "them." It doesn't matter how much you try to fit in, how involved you get in the community, what kind of person you are. In all that 20 years I lived there -- and I was involved with that community on many levels and did all kinds of volunteer work -- not once, never ever, did even ONE local person try to be my friend, invite me over for dinner, or even just something simple like going shopping together or out to lunch. I'm also a Southerner, but like you, I just was not from there.
I also love the South and miss many things about it... those lush, green hills, fireflies, the sounds of a summer night, the slower pace of life, the good and decent people (and there are some), but I don't miss this attitude we're talking about. My apologies to any Southerners reading--southerncrone and I are both Southerners, too--but after 20 years, I couldn't take it any more. It's a big part of why I left. My daughter still carries emotional scars from how they treated her. Had I realized what was happening to her, I would have left sooner.
So, yeah, I agree. I think the "investigation" has been bogus from the start. Someone--probably several "someones"--knows something. There's a gay community in the area, and several years ago, one of these men was murdered. He was eventually found, although it took a while. I don't think they ever found the killer(s), though. I seriously doubt that they even seriously tried. Just as in David's case, he wasn't one of them. Now, if his DADDY had been somebody known, they'd have moved mountains to find him and bring his killers to justice (regardless of his gender identity). Kin is everything.
OK... rant off. Sorry.
You echo my experience to a T. If my husband's family (whom we are estranged from) hadn't been such big wigs here for generations, my experience would probably have been worse. I'm convinced I was only hired to teach here because of my married last name. It's like they've never recovered from the Carpetbaggers after the Civil War.
I've thought seriously about moving out, too. My husband (a real homebody) has even talked of it because TN has gotten so RED. Though I don't believe he would ever actually do it. I'm hoping to find a job where I travel, just to get out of here some....a reprieve so to speak.
I'm so sorry for your daughter. As a teacher, I witnessed first-hand how the kids "from elsewhere" were treated. If they were from some perceived "glamorous" place, like CA or FL or HI, then they became a celebrity, like a circus attraction. Otherwise, they were held at arms distance....never allowed to fully integrate. Just like the adults were treated. This is learned behavior from waaaaay back. I hope she can put it behind her & live a fulfilling life now. Tell her I said: "It was them w/the problems & NOT HER!" 
But I'm sure she realizes that by now, if she's been gone from here very long.
The earlier unsolved murder of the gay guy, were you referring to Short Mtn. or is there another gay community in that area?
Holding out hope.
that lets you travel,sc! It does help to get away, even if just for a while.
Thanks for sharing your experience. It helps.
Yeah, my daughter knows that in her head, but she still deals with it emotionally. Thank you for those words, though. The kicker for her is that she was "born and raised" there, just like them so far as she could figure, but her family wasn't, so she was still treated differently.
The gay community I was speaking of is an offshoot of Short Mtn., called Ida, that's way up at the head of Dry Creek in Dowelltown. We used to call this place Whippoorwill Hollow. It is so gorgeous. There's a waterfall up there that is breathtaking. (I used to live in one of the houses up there way back when... my daughter was conceived in that house.) It's not as big or as well-known as Short Mtn., but it's part of the same group of people. Way back then, Short Mtn. was a commune, just not a gay commune. I remember all kinds of people who lived there. I know the story of the place going way back to the early 70s. Interesting stuff.
Anyhow, thanks for sharing with me, and for making me think about those old memories. 
Glad to rekindle your "good" memories of TN. 
The area you speak of is very pretty, I was not aware of the Ida community, though.
Mnemosyne. We are all just so exhausted at this point. Frustrated and emotionally exhausted. Hugs help!
She finally called me. There was a home invasion at a friend's place she was house sitting and she was brutally raped. Took off out of fear for her life.
I understand that kind of worry.
We are still dealing with the repercussions 16 years later. She is an amazing young woman, now running a free clinic in a rural city. 
My heart goes out to you and all who love him.
I can only imagine how that must have felt, though.
hope you are holding up alright.
I keep coming back here to check if there is any news.
I hope that Monday brings good news and I will continue to send positive energy and ramp it up Sunday night into Monday.
Carole will not waste your time or hers, if she doesn't have something she feels is strong info.
Soooo hoping some answers come from this!!!! 
Carole made it clear to my friends that she is coming on Monday, and that she intends to try to follow up on her latest impressions, with or without their help. Of course, they are quite willing to help, but the fact that Carole feels so strongly about this is a good indication, IMO. Like you said, she would not be wasting her time or theirs on this if she did not feel she really has something. She isn't getting anything out of this in terms of compensation. She is volunteering to do this. She is working on this case out of the goodness of her heart and her compassion. I am also hoping that we get some answers!
She has made her money over the years & I believe she does quite a bit of this work now to "give back".
She's a Scorpio, so this type of "detective work" is a natural part of her destiny.
Still thinking of your friend.
still thinking about your friend. Hope you have some news to share soon.
