Missing Arvin Walter Nelson Nelson, approximately 2014 Date reported missing : 08/06/2014 Missing location (approx) : Los Padres National Forest, California Missing classification : Lost/Injured Missing Gender : Male Ethnicity : Black DOB : 03/30/1963 (58) Age at the time of disappearance: 51 years old Height / Weight : 6'3, 200 pounds Description, clothing, jewerly and more : Brown hiking boots. Carrying a dark blue backpack and leather flip-flops. Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : African-American male. Black hair, brown eyes. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Nelson was last seen in the Ventana Wilderness in the Los Padres National Forest in California on August 6, 2014. He planned to go for a long hike in the forest and was supposed to return by August 16. A friend dropped him off at China Camp near Tassajara Road, high and deep in the forest. He was possibly en route to Pine Valley, Pine Falls or the Black Cone Trail. He was supposed to finish his hike at Big Sur Station from Sykes and the Pine Ridge Trail, but he never arrived there and has never been heard from again. Nelson is an experienced hiker and well-known in the area. An extensive search turned up no sign of him. He is presumed to have gotten lost or injured in the wilderness. Other information and links : ncy Monterey County Sheriff's Department 831-755-3722 September 2021 updates and sources California Attorney General's Office KSBW 8 CBS San Francisco Monterey County Weekly Strange Outdoors October 12, 2004. April 4, 2018; . |