Missing
Karl Lee Larsen
Larsen, approximately 2004
Date and time person was reported missing : 02/25/2004
Missing location (approx) :
Paola, Kansas
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 12/25/1960 (60)
Age at the time of disappearance: 43 years old
Height / Weight : 5'8 - 5'9, 140 - 158 pounds
Medical conditions : Larsen suffers from schizoaffective disorder, a mental illness which causes him to hear voices. He was prescribed medication to control the condition, but he may not have been taking at the time of his disappearance. He may be suicidal.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Larsen is balding. He has a scar on his elbow.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Larsen was last seen in Paola, Kansas on February 25, 2004. That day, he asked his mother to pick up his son from school. He was a single parent with full custody. He has never been heard from again.
In late March 2004, Larsen's tan four-door 1992 Saturn was found abandoned behind a farmhouse in rural Linn County, Kansas. He often went duck hunting in that area. His vehicle had apparently been parked there for a long time. It was locked and Larsen's keys and identification were inside, but there was no tEthnicity : of him.
In May 2004, Larsen's mother was cleaning out his apartment when she found found a receipt for a box of bullets for a handgun. The receipt was dated just before Larsen vanished. It is unknown what, if anything, this has to do with his disappearance. The handgun wasn't inside his apartment, and all his other guns were at his mother's home.
It's theorized that Larsen may have taken his own life, but there is no evidence to support any theory. Shortly before his disappearance, he lost his job with the Paola Public Works Department. His case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Paola Police Department
913-294-4191
September 2021 updates and sources
The Kansas City Channel
The Miami County Repulic
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5 October 12, 2004. December 22, 2016; Height / Weight : added.
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