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Donald David Smatlak










Missing Person Case September 2021



Missing Person Case September 2021



Missing Person Case September 2021



Missing Person Case September 2021


Smatlak, approximately 2006




Date reported missing : 01/28/2006

Missing location (approx) :
North Versailles, Pennsylvania
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White


DOB : 07/15/1980 (41)
Age at the time of disappearance: 25 years old
Height / Weight : 6'0 - 6'1, 230 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : Diamond studs in both ears, a gold chain and a gold bEthnicity : let on his left wrist. Clothing unknown, but he usually wears oversized shirts or sweaters, baggy jeans with a belt, tan boots and a suede jacket.
Medical conditions : Smatlak has an unspecified medical condition and is in need of medication.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian male. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Smatlak's nickname is Donny. His ears are pierced and he has a gap between his front teeth and a small scar on the lower left side of his lip. Smatlak has a Chinese symbol tattooed in the center of his back and on his right shin in black ink, and a tattoo of his name in Chinese on the center of his chest in black ink. He wore a goatee at the time of his disappearance.





Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Smatlak last had contact with his family at approximately 4:00 p.m. on January 28, 2006, by telephone from his residence in the 1000 block of Logan Road in North Versailles, Pennsylvania. He he said he was going to visit a friend in Delmont, Pennsylvania, but never arrived. He was scheduled to eat dinner with his parents the next day, but never made it there either. He has never been heard from again.
His vehicle, a silver four-door 2004 Mazda 3, was found abandoned shortly before noon on February 9, 2006, at Meyran Avenue and Louisa Street in Oakland, Pennsylvania. This was about thirty miles from his residence. The windows were rolled down and snow had gotten inside. It had snowed on February 2 and 3, but not since then, so the car had probably been parked at that location since around that time.
His loved ones stated he did not have any known friends in the Oakland area and they did not believe he would have deliberately left his car with the windows rolled down. When his apartment was checked, it was clean and there were no indications of a struggle or foul play.
Smatlak graduated from Norwin High School and the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg; his degree is in criminal justice. During his college years he was a commuter student.
After his graduation in 2005, he got an apartment and took a job in the produce section of the North Versailles Giant Eagle store, but shortly before his disappearance he lost his job. He was looking for another job and had an interview scheduled in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. By January 2006, he had been living on his own for nine months and had been seeing the same woman for two years.
Months before he disappeared, Smatlak went out for a meal with his parents and told his mother, "If anything ever happened to me or if I was ever missing, know that I'll be okay." His mother wasn't alarmed by this statement and thought it might be connected to problems he was having with his girlfriend.
Investigators think Smatlak had been selling drugs in Westmoreland County for over five years by the time of his disappearance. He hadn't been arrested during this time period, but police are basing their conclusion based on what other witnesses said and by what was found at his apartment. Authorities believe his disappearance is connected to the drug trade.
Smatlak has not used his cellular phone or access his bank accounts since his disappearance. He was close to his parents and spoke to them every few days, and his family says it is uncharacteristic of him to leave without warning. His case remains unsolved.


Other information and links : ncy

North Versailles Police Department
412-823-1111
412-473-3000



September 2021 updates and sources

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