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Divers find vehicle linked to missing person

Posted at 7:22 am November 11, 2021
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Divers found a vehicle in Melton Hill Lake on Wednesday afternoon that has been confirmed to be linked to a missing person case from July 2005, Miriam Ruth Hemphill, the Oak Ridge Police Department said.

The ORPD said the car was pulled out of the water Wednesday evening, and the investigation continues.

“There is no confirmation of a body being in the vehicle,” the ORPD said Wednesday evening. “Crews will not be able to access the inside of the vehicle tonight.”

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Filed Under: Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: divers, Melton hill lake, Miriam Ruth Hemphill, missing person, Oak Ridge Police Department, ORPD

Rescuers search for missing man in water at Bull Run Park

Posted at 4:59 pm February 18, 2018
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Rescuers in an Anderson County Sheriff's Department boat search for a missing man in the water at Bull Run Park in Claxton, authorities said Sunday afternoon, Feb. 18, 2018. Anderson County Sheriff Paul White is at left in the boat. In front is Knoxville Police Department search and rescue volunteer Candy Stooksbury with K-9 Barnabas, a bloodhound. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

Rescuers in an Anderson County Sheriff’s Department boat search for a missing man in the water at Bull Run Park in Claxton, authorities said Sunday afternoon, Feb. 18, 2018. Anderson County Sheriff Paul White is at left in the boat. In front is Knoxville Police Department search and rescue volunteer Candy Stooksbury with K-9 Barnabas, a bloodhound. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 11:15 p.m.

CLAXTON—Rescuers searched for a missing man in the water at Bull Run Park in Claxton on Sunday afternoon and evening, but they were not able to locate him.

The search was called off as daylight faded just before 7 p.m. Sunday, more than six hours after the missing man’s pickup truck was located near the park. It’s not clear when the search might resume.

The missing man is reported to be from Knox County, said Mark Lucas, Anderson County Sheriff’s Department chief deputy. The identity of the man, reported to be 66, was not immediately available Sunday.

Anderson County Sheriff Paul White said the man left his black pickup truck on the side of road across Bull Run Creek from Bull Run Park, The keys were in the truck, and a suicide note was in the truck, White said. The vehicle was parked alongside New Henderson Road at Tracy Allison Lane.

But rescuers aren’t certain that the man is in the water, White said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County EMS, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Anderson County Volunteer Rescue Squad, Bull Run Creek, Bull Run Park, Bull Run Park boat ramp, Knoxville Police Department, Knoxville Volunteer Rescue Squad, Mark Lucas, missing person, New Henderson Road, Paul White, search, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Terry Allen

Sheriff’s Department asks for help finding missing man

Posted at 9:24 pm October 14, 2014
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Michael Miller Missing Person

 

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing person, Michael David Miller, 42. Miller was last seen on Sunday, October 5, at his parent’s home in Claxton.

He exchanged text messages with a friend on Tuesday, October 7, but has not been heard from since.

Miller is described as 5 feet, 7 inches tall, and 150 pounds. He has blond hair and hazel eyes. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Claxton, Michael David Miller, missing man, missing person

Updated: Andy Allen, missing ORHS senior, had been lost in woods

Posted at 8:55 am September 2, 2014
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Andy Allen

Andy Allen

Note: This story was updated at 11:20 a.m.

Andy Allen, the 17-year-old Oak Ridge High School senior who had been missing since Saturday night, has been found safe after getting lost in the woods, authorities said Tuesday morning.

Allen told deputies that he was unable to find his way out of the woods, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office said.

Allen had been missing since early Sunday morning after leaving his father’s home in west Knox County on foot. He was reunited with his parents on Tuesday morning.

The Knox County Sheriff’s Office said a witness saw Allen walk out of the woods on Hart Road in Knox County around 8 a.m. He then walked to the Weigel’s on Northshore Drive off Pellissippi Parkway.

“A second person identified him and called 911,” the Sheriff’s Office said. “When Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived, he had been taken to a back room at the store. Rural Metro examined him and then he was sent home with his parents.”

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Filed Under: Education, K-12, Knox County, Police and Fire, Police and Fire, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Andy Allen, Barb Allen, Betsy Coleman, Concord Park, Hart Road, KCSO, Kevin Allen, Knox County Sheriff’s Office, missing person, Northshore Drive, Oak Ridge High School, ORHS, Pellissippi Parkway

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